Herington USD 487 -

2026 Missouri State University Juried Exhibition for High School

Big news for Herington HS! Congratulations to Sarah for her incredible showing at the MSU Virtual Juried Exhibit.

Sarah took home a Merit Award for her ceramic piece Elegantly Wonky, along with Honorable Mentions for Part of Life’s Rich Tapestry (ceramics) and There’s Always Hope in Kansas (pen and ink).

This was the most competitive year yet, with 728 entries from 10 states. Only 145 awards were given out in total, and Sarah’s Merit Award is one of only 35! Check out the virtual exhibition when it opens on June 1, 2026.

Games tonight at Home vs Little River. Good Luck Railers!

Parents of Students on Bus Route 5: Please know that due to a double route, your student will be picked up from school this morning late by approximately 40 minutes. Please call your respective offices with any questions. Thank you!

State FBLA Officer Interviews and Board Meeting were held at Herington Schools today. Isabelle, Koryn, Atalie and Mrs. Beye were in attendance. Henry attended the meeting via zoom. Henry and Isabelle will be completing their terms in March. Atalie and Koryn are running for a state office.

First Grade also had a fun Christmas party before break! They decorated little Christmas trees. There were also some special visitors, Mrs. Hett and her baby!

Frosting + Fun + Lots of Candy and Sprinkles = 3rd Grade Christmas Party. 3rd graders also celebrated reaching their AR goals with hot chocolate, popcorn, and the Polar Express!

Ms. Beren's fifth grade class enjoyed playing some Christmas games before break. For the first one, they were blindfolded and they had to scoop bows into a bucket using a spatula! The next game they had to stack marshmallows using a candy cane. Lots of teamwork for this one!

The Railer archery team traveled to Chapman, KS today for the first tournament of the season against 5 other schools from central Kansas. The Railers performed well, bringing home 12 individual medals and 2 team 1st place finishes. HS top finishers were, Gage (1st), Koryn (1st), Atalie (2nd) and the HS team placed 1st. MS top finishers were, Xane (3rd), Carly (1st), and Lillian (2nd) The Railer ES team filled the podium with the following top place finishers.. Boys: Christopher (1st), Waylan (2nd), Derek l (3rd) Girls: Brynlee (1st), Ava (2nd), Treygan (3rd) Gage (279) & Koryn (277) were the top Boy & Girl shooters (respectively) across all divisions for the tournament. Great Job Railers!!! The Railer Archery Team jumps into the heart of their season following winter break. We compete next on January 24th in Oswego, KS.

Chase County Christmas Tourney 12-20-25 132 pounds - Ethan 4th 144 pounds - Reid 1st 150 pounds - Colten 2nd 157 pounds - Korbyn 1st 175 pounds - Hunter 2nd Hwt - Michal 4th Good Job!

Good Luck to the HHS Wrestlers today at Chase County.

Good Luck to the Archery Team at Chapman today.

Good luck HHS basketball at Peabody tonight.

Junior High games scheduled today with Wakefield have been postponed due to high winds. Makeup date is being worked on.

Good Luck HMS today at Wakefield.

Good Luck to the HHS Wrestlers today at Rossville.

Mrs. Deutschendorf's kindergarten and Mrs. Meyer's 2nd grade collaborated to create beaded candy canes this morning. The two classes had a fun time working together and making beautiful ornaments!

The students were greeted in the gym on Tuesday with some special visitors! Stephania Martin from the H.E.S. PTO and Santa Rowdy came to read How the Grinch Stole Christmas to the students and hand out candy canes. But then another Grinchy visitor came to hear his story as well. The students loved it!

Mrs. Roth's Kindergarten class enjoyed decorating gingerbread houses this week. Thank you so much to all the parents who came to join their child for this activity. it was so much fun!

Extension Alert!!!

You're in luck! If you would still like to order an ad for your senior student, the due date has been extended until December 17th! Contact Miss Rookstool with any questions.

Last Wednesday the H.E.S. students had the opportunity to participate in Body Venture. Volunteers and H.H.S. students shared the purpose of different parts of the body as the elementary students "moved" through the body. It was a great learning experience!