Vega High School

🏀 **Lady Longhorns Shoot-a-Thon!** 🏀 As the Lady Longhorns gear up for an exciting basketball season, you can show your support by pledging to donate for each free throw made on **October 9**. Choose to support your favorite **JH Lady Shorthorn**, **HS Lady Longhorn**, or both! All proceeds will help fund the **2024-2025 basketball season** Every shot makes a difference! 💛🖤 Donate today and help our teams hit the court strong! JH Lady Longhorn Shoot-a-thon >> https://bit.ly/VegaJHLadyHornsShoot-a-thon HS Lady Longhorn Shoot-a-thon >> https://bit.ly/VegaHSLadyLonghornShoot-A-Thon

📣 October is Fentanyl Awareness Month in Texas! Join us in raising awareness about the dangers of fentanyl and its impact on our communities. Throughout this month, we'll share information and resources to help educate and prevent overdoses. 🔹 What You Can Do: Educate Yourself: Learn about the signs of fentanyl exposure and overdose. Spread the Word: Share information on social media to raise awareness. Together, we can make a difference. Let’s save lives! 💙 #FentanylAwarenessMonth #TexasTogether

🏀 **Lady Longhorns Shoot-a-Thon!** 🏀 As the Lady Longhorns gear up for an exciting basketball season, you can show your support by pledging to donate for each free throw made on **October 9**. Choose to support your favorite **JH Lady Shorthorn**, **HS Lady Longhorn**, or both! All proceeds will help fund the **2024-2025 basketball season** Every shot makes a difference! 💛🖤 Donate today and help our teams hit the court strong! JH Lady Longhorn Shoot-a-thon >> https://bit.ly/VegaJHLadyHornsShoot-a-thon HS Lady Longhorn Shoot-a-thon >> https://bit.ly/VegaHSLadyLonghornShoot-A-Thon

📢 ATTENTION VEGA ISD COMMUNITY 📢 Join us for a PUBLIC MEETING on the upcoming **VATRE (Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election)** 🗓 Monday, October 7th 🕖 7:00 PM 📍 Vega ISD Auditorium This is your chance to learn how VATRE affects our school, ask questions, and have your voice heard! 🗣️ Let's come together for our students, teachers, and community! 💛🖤 #VegaISD #LonghornPride #VATRE #CommunityFirst

Reminder: Don't Forget to RSVP! If you're a first responder, we’d love to have you at our First Responders Appreciation Meal on October 21st at 6:00 p.m. in the High School Commons Area. Please RSVP by October 1st by emailing gdukes@vegalonghorn.net or calling the high school office. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

If you are coming to the blackout pep rally today at 3:14 p.m., please enter through the auditorium doors.

We are currently experiencing issues with phone service. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you need assistance, please email the campus secretaries. Thank you for your understanding.

🖤🎉 Tomorrow is our Black Out Pep Rally! 🎉🖤 Make sure to stop by the Longhorn Spirit Store in the morning to grab your game day spirit items! 💛🖤 Glow bracelets and necklaces will be available for purchase—let’s light it up Longhorns! ✨ #BlackOutPepRally #LonghornPride #GameDayReady #GlowUp

🌟 See You at the Pole 🌟 Today, our students came together in unity, lifting up prayers and showing support for one another. 🙏💛🖤 We are so proud of the faith and leadership our Longhorns demonstrate! Many thanks to the area churches for providing a warm smile while serving donuts, milk and juice for our students. #SYATP #VegaStrong #LonghornPride #FaithInAction #UnityAtThePole

Thanks to the internet - social media, online gaming, chat rooms, etc. - our children are often being groomed and exploited right under our noses. Reports of online enticement increased more than 300% from 2021 to 2023. Online enticement is a broad category that includes sextortion, in which a child is groomed or coerced to take sexually explicit images or even meet face-to-face with a perpetrator for sexual purposes. In recent reports of financial sextortion, boys are most often the targets. Once the targeted boy sends what the supposed female has asked for, the perpetrator will demand money or threaten to leak the images. These scenarios happen quickly and in some cases have tragic outcomes with children taking their own lives. The technology is constantly evolving with alarming increases in generative AI to create deep fake sexually explicit images or videos based on any photograph of a real child. WE have to do better at educating ourselves and our children about these dangers - and how to get help. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has resources available for parents to educate children.

Calling All Oldham County First Responders! We are honored to invite you to our Annual First Responders Appreciation Meal on October 21st at 6:00 p.m., hosted in the High School Commons Area. This special event is proudly organized by Vega High School FCCLA, FFA, Band, NHS, & STUCO as a token of our deep appreciation for your service and dedication to our community. Please RSVP by October 1st by emailing gdukes@vegalonghorn.net or calling the high school office to help us prepare. We look forward to celebrating with you!

Friona ISD has moved to a digital ticketing system. For tomorrow's games, see the attached link below. https://gofan.co/event/1665628?schoolId=TX12129

Reminder!! 🖊️ Don't miss our FAFSA Financial Aid Night on October 17th at 6:00 PM in the computer lab! 📅💻 Join us for assistance and information on completing your FAFSA application. ✨ We look forward to helping you navigate the financial aid process! 🤝💰 Spread the word! 📢💬

See You at the Pole This Week! 📅 Wednesday, September 25th Grades PreK-6: 7:30 a.m. Grades 7-12: 8:40 a.m. Join us for a morning of student-led prayer as we come together in faith. 🙏

📸 **Smile Big, Longhorns!** 📸 School Picture Day is this week! 💛🖤 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 💛🖤 #PicturePerfect #LonghornSmiles #VegaISD #CaptureTheMoment #LonghornPride

"We're 6 weeks into the school year, Longhorns! 🎉 Remember, attendance is the key to success! 🗝️ Our goal is to have 96% of students at school every day—because every class, every lesson, every moment matters! Let’s unlock our potential together! 🖤💛 #KeyToSuccess #96PercentChallenge #AttendanceMatters #VegaISD #LonghornPride"

**Thursdays mean it's GAME DAY!!!!! 🏈** Join us tonight at Longhorn Stadium for JH and JV football games! 🎉 🕔 **Shorthorns** kick off at 5 PM 🕕 **JV** takes the field at 6 PM Come out and cheer on our teams, and don’t forget to grab some treats from the concession stand run by our amazing band! 🎶🍿 #GoLonghorns #GameDay #LonghornPride 💛🖤

🎉 Congratulations to our amazing ag mechanics students at the Tri-State Fair! 🌟 Ethan Spinhirne - Grand Champion John Osborn & Keegan Brorman - Reserve Grand Champion And a huge shoutout to Vega FFA for being the Sweepstakes Champion at the Tri-State Ag Mechanics Show! 🏆👏

📣 Exciting news! Our high school and junior high cross country runners had an good performance at the Amarillo College Badger Run. Plus, the varsity volleyball team secured a win at Dimmitt today! 🏃‍♂️🏆🏐 Congrats to all our athletes for their hard work and dedication! 👏👏

Mini cheerleaders were fantastic at the pep rally and halftime show today! 🎉👏 Thanks for bringing so much spirit to the game. 🏈💪 Go Longhorns!! 🤘🌟