Herington USD 487 -

Mrs Mein’s Early Childhood and Teaching classes went and did story time for Ms Susan at the library. But with the rain they went to Discovery Daycare, so the kids didn’t have to walk. Where they made a craft, had a snack, and Hs students read to the children.

HES had a big time group of recruits sign their letters of intent to attend kindergarten last night! Introducing the HHS class of 2037 and their wonderful kindergarten teachers! (part 2)

HES had a big time group of recruits sign their letters of intent to attend kindergarten last night! Introducing the HHS class of 2037! (part 1)

Congratulations to the 2024-2025 Herington Middle School Cheer Squads!!!

Today's Senior Spotlight -- Caleb has been a great addition to HHS. We hope you had a great Senior year!

Hello USD 487 Families, If your child going to be in middle school or high school next year and plans on participating in any sports, we are offering sports physicals at the school next week for $25. Please have your child sign up in their school offices. We ask that all sports physical forms be filled out and turned into the school by May 6th. Sports physicals can be paid in cash or check to USD 487. Please call your school with any questions!

Today's Senior Spotlight -- Emma is always quick to smile and laugh -- may she always be that way!

This is a copy of the letter sent home with students providing infomation about our upcoming field trip.

Kindergarten Round-Up in the Herington School District will be Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 at 5:30 at Herington Elementary School. Your child must be five years old on or before August 31st, 2024 in order to attend Kindergarten next term. Prospective students and their parents are encouraged to attend Kindergarten Round-Up and become informed and prepared for your child’s Kindergarten year. Students and families will have the opportunity to meet staff members and hear some important information for next year. Parents will have some time to fill out enrollment forms and go over medical information with the school nurse. Parents are asked to bring their child’s state-certified birth certificate, immunization records, and a recent health assessment (if available). Please call Herington Elementary School at 785-258-3234 to confirm your attendance for Kindergarten Round-Up on Wednesday, May 1st (if you haven't already done so). The process will take approximately 30-45 minutes.

HES Families: We have field day coming up this Friday, May 3rd at 1:00 at the HHS football field. Students will rotate to different stations around the football field until 3:00. At that time, we will have the class tug of war games on the football field. Students are welcome to wear/bring sunscreen. A big thank you to PTO for providing water bottles and snacks for field day. We will send out text alerts, make a Facebook post, or send a note home if we have to postpone or change the field day start time for anything weather related (i.e. if an HMS/HHS home track meet gets rescheduled to Friday). Each class is also invited to wear a specific color of shirt on Friday for field day: - Kindergarten – purple, 1st – blue, 2nd – green, 3rd – pink, 4th – yellow, 5th – red Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up soon and we are wanting to express our gratitude to the amazing staff we have at HES. The HES PTO and USD487 Administrative Team will be putting together our “Treat Train” for all of our HES staff to select items from during Teacher Appreciation Week. If any parents or community members would like to add any items to the “Treat Train” that would be greatly appreciated. Gift cards to local businesses, candles, jewelry, snacks, drinks, and any other items similar to this would be terrific. This will begin on Teacher Appreciation Day – Tuesday, May 7th. Please drop off items you want to add to the “Treat Train” in the HES front office any time. Thank you! We are excited to have some new Railer staff members joining the HES team next year! We are still looking for a high-quality preschool or 5th grade classroom teacher and paraprofessionals for the 2024-2025 school year. We are always in need of additional bus drivers and substitute teachers. If you know of anyone interested in any of these positions please reach out to the office at 785-258-3234 or e-mail Dr. Morgan at nmorgan@usd487.org.

Here is the schedule of events for the HHS home track meet on Thursday May 2nd. Come support the Railers for their last high school home meet for the season.

The middle school track meet at West Franklin tomorrow has been moved to a noon start instead of 2:00.

2024-25 Dance Team Congratulations

HHS State Officers are spending the morning in Topeka at their first state executive board meeting. State Executive VP Aidan Thibadou, State Secretary Mallory Arnold, District III VP Isabelle Ecklund and Adviser Lisa Beye along with other officers around the state are attending the meeting.

If you are going to the high school track meet in St. Mary's today, the schedule has changed from what was posted as the schedule of events two days ago due to weather conditions. There will be no preliminary races for the 100m dashes, the 100m hurdles, or the 110m hurdles. The 4x800 relay will still be at 4:45. The senior recognition will occur right after that relay. Then, the rest of the meet will be ran as scheduled. There will be 3 throws allowed with no finals for the shot, disc, and javelin. The long jump and triple jump will have 3 jumps allowed and no finals.

Today's Senior Spotlight -- Maggie, Mags, Magetha, whatever she's called, she always brings sunshine to any room!

The HMS Track Meet at Herington has been cancelled for today. This meet will not be rescheduled. The middle school will still practice after school in the gym and will be done at 4:45 and ready for a 5:00 pick up.

Approximately 25 local businesses came to HHS today to offer job opportunities and discuss the workings of their business to our students. Thank you so much for your time and the experience that our students gained in talking with you.

Kindergarten Round-Up at Herington Elementary School Kindergarten Round-Up Date: Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 at 5:30 Location: Herington Elementary School, 1403 N. D St., Herington, KS 67449 Kindergarten Round-Up in the Herington School District will be Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 at 5:30 at Herington Elementary School. Your child must be five years old on or before August 31st, 2024 in order to attend Kindergarten next term. Prospective students and their parents are encouraged to attend Kindergarten Round-Up and become informed and prepared for your child’s Kindergarten year. Students and families will have the opportunity to meet staff members and hear some important information for next year. Parents will have some time to fill out enrollment forms and go over medical information with the school nurse. Parents are asked to bring their child’s state-certified birth certificate, immunization records, and a recent health assessment (if available). Registration is required. We are requesting you to please call Herington Elementary School at 785-258-3234 to confirm your appointment for Kindergarten Round-Up. Current HES Kindergarten students will have a regular school day with Kindergarten continuing to be in session on Wednesday, May 1st.

Here is the schedule of events for the high school track meet at St. Mary's this Friday(4/26)