Herington USD 487 -

RETIREMENT RECEPTION Join us to celebrate Carrie Kickhaefer, Paula Morgan, and Georgia Rucker as they enter their retirement! Friday May 10th at 3:45 p.m. in the Elementary cafeteria

The Herington Schools 6-12 Band and Vocal Concert has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 8. The concert will be in the High School Gym, starting at 7:00 pm.

Today's Senior Spotlight --

MS Wheat State League Schedule Tuesday, May 7th - at Herington

Here is the schedule for the high school League track meet at Solomon and May 9th.

Senior Spotlight --

Senior Sunday Spotlight -- Tyus, a true gem of HHS.

Sophia Weber, along with 524 other Kansas seniors, was honored today at the Governor’s Scholars Award Program. Sophia’s academics put her in the top 1% of students in the Sunflower State. Ms. Clark accompanied Sophia today as her chosen teacher of influence. Congratulations, Sophia, your impact and legacy at HHS is truly remarkable! #RailerProud

The HHS Forensics team would also like to give a huge shoutout to the Herington FRE for providing pizza for lunch today for the whole team! Thank you so much!!!

Congratulations to the HHS Forensics team! After a LONG day, the team ended up with 3rd place at 2A State Forensics!! Coaches Hirsch and Rookstool cannot be more proud of the team!!! The following medaled: IDA Ethan Urbanek & Henry Nelson - 5th Place Prose Aiden Souza - 4th Place Adrian Harrison - 6th Place Humorous Solo Sophia Weber - 1st Place - State Champ! Oration Sophia Weber - 1st Place - State Champ! Informative Sophia Weber - 1st Place - State Champ! Congrats to EVERYONE who competed at state champs and state festival today! Herington could not be more proud of you all! Go Railers!!!!

Result Time!!! State Festival students received a ranking on the quality of their piece! We had four students qualify for Festival. Karizma Matthews in Poetry: 1 Mallory Arnold in Informative: 1 Lucas Vinduska in Impromptu: 3 Lucas and Gabe Vinduska in IDA: 2

Forensics Final Round Updates: IDA: Henry Nelson and Ethan Urbanek Prose: Aiden Souza, Adrian Harrison And Sophia Weber in all three of her events: Oration, Informative, and Humorous Solo Our team is working hard! Keep cheering on your Railers!

Update on your HHS State Forensics competitors: The following students broke into semi-finals! IDA teams: Henry Nelson and Ethan Urbanek, Raquel Lawrenz and Aidan Thibodeau Prose: Aiden Souza, Adrian Harrison And Sophia Weber in Oration, Informative, and Humorous Solo Stay tuned for final results! Go Railers! ♥️🧡

The HHS Forensics team is celebrating before state forensics tonight with a team activity at Mosley Street Meldodrama! The following will be competing at State Champs: Duet Henry Nelson & Isabelle Ecklund Prose Aiden Souza Kennedy Idleman Adrian Harrison Poetry Cheyenne Purkeypyle Aiden Souza Korey Meier IDA Ethan Urbanek & Henry Nelson Sierra Woods & Adrian Harrison Aiden Souza & Peyton Rand Raquel Lawrenz & Aidan Thibodeau HSA Sophia Weber Oration Sophia Weber Informative Sophia Weber The following will be competing at State Festival: Informative Mallory Arnold Impromptu Lucas Vinduska IDA Gabe Vinduska & Lucas Vinduska Poetry Karizma Matthews Good luck tomorrow! Go Railers!!

HES had a wonderful field day today! Huge thanks to Mr. B, the HES staff, and the HHS students for making this a fun afternoon for the Railers! #LevelUpRailers

Senior Spotlight today -- Tyler says that she will miss Bean Boozled with her advisory the most!

Good Luck to the HHS Forensics Team heading to State Forensics this weekend.

HES fifth grade students had their annual museum earlier this week! #LevelUpRailers (part 2)

HES fifth grade students had their annual museum earlier this week! #LevelUpRailers (part 1)

HES had an assistant principal helping out this morning! Miss Dixie Ridenour earned this with her positive behavior points. She helped with field day set-up, student behaviors, and in the cafe. #LevelUpRailers