HHS Basketball will travel to Canton-Galva on Tuesday!!!
5:00pm Varsity Girls
6:30pm Varsity Boys
Times have been moved up due to anticipated bad weather.
Go Railers!!!
HMS Railer Basketball travels to Canton-Galva tonight.
This will be a boys only contest!
4:30 B-Boys
5:30 A-Boys
Go Railers!!!
Happy Kansas Day!!
Don’t forget that if any USD 487 student, faculty, or staff go on a Kansas trip this weekend (Saturday or Sunday) to email Mr. Hirsch a picture of your adventure. Then you will be entered in the drawing to win a Kansas guidebook signed by the authors!! Email at jhirsch@usd487.org.
Have a fun Kansas weekend!! And happy birthday Kansas!
The first forensics tournament is a go! The HHS team only brought 3 today to Augusta but they are strong! Stay tuned this afternoon for results!
Next Saturday, a larger team will be heading to Abilene.
Go Railers!!
Congratulations to our Herington Middle School Spelling Bee Champion, 8th grader, Parker Holmes!
The 1st runner-up was 7th grader, Rebecca Beames, and 2nd runner-up was Winter Amoyan. Other students who will be moving on to also compete in the Dickinson County Spelling Bee are 6th Graders Calie Holmes, 3rd runner-up, and Levi Cronk.
They were the top spellers out of 15 middle school students who all competed in the middle school’s Spelling Bee, on January 26.
The Dickinson County Spelling Bee will be hosted by Solomon Middle School in the Solomon High School gym, Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at 1:00 p.m.
Reminder to wear your purple.
HHS Railer Basketball will be in action tonight vs. Northern Heights
Location: Herington High School
Time: 6:00pm Varsity Girls
7:30pm Varsity Boys
The JV games have been canceled!!
Important Dates to Remember!
Feb. 11 - Homecoming
Feb. 18 - Senior/Parent Night
New image of the breakfast and lunch menu for February.
February Breakfast and Lunch
Thursday's 8th Grade Recognition will take place after the A-Girls basketball game at approximately 6:15pm.
HMS Basketball will be in action on Thursday!
Event: 8th Grade Recognition Night!!!
Opponent: Little River
Game Times: MS Gym - 4:30 B-Team Boys, 5:30 C-Team Boys
HS Gym - 5:00 1/2 B-Team Girls, 5:30 A-Team Girls, 6:30 A-Team Boys
HHS Girls Basketball Tonight!!!
The Lady Railers Varsity will take on Chase County.
Game Time: 6:00pm
Location: Herington High School
There is not a boys game tonight!
Good Luck Railers!!!
Parents, here are the updated guidelines for USD 487 athletes return to play document. This is based on the return to play guidelines set by KSHSAA for an athlete to return to participating after having Covid-19.
Please contact Mr. Gregg Hackerott at greggh@usd487.org or 785-258-2448 with any further questions.
Thank you!
Current Junior and Sophomore boys, Kansas Boys State registration is open. The session will be at Kansas State University June 5th to 11th. Use this link to learn more and to apply https://ksbstate.org/
See Mr. Pritchard for more information as well.
Hello HES Families!
A quick update on some fun opportunities we have going on at HES over the next couple of weeks! Reminder that participation in all spirit days is optional.
• Kansas Day is Saturday, January 29th so HES is celebrating with spirit days next week:
o Monday 1/24 - Windy Day! Show off what the wind can do with a crazy wind-blown hairdo!
o Tuesday 1/25 - Time to shine on! Wear yellow and/or sunflowers to radiate your pride for Kansas!
o Wednesday 1/26 - Home on the Range! Be a cowgirl/cowboy, farmer, or rancher.
o Thursday 1/27 - Wild About Kansas! Dress up as your favorite Kansas animal! (Kansas animal symbol ideas: https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-symbols/17169)
o Friday 1/28 - Hats off to Kansas! Wear a special Kansas hat or clothing to show off for the final day of pride for our state!
o Saturday 1/29 - Kansas Day! Take a special trip to see something truly spectacular in Kansas. Try to go outside of your local area to check something out that is uniquely Kansas. Email a picture to Mr. Hirsch at jhirsch@usd487.org, and be entered in a drawing to win a Kansas Guidebook 2 for Explorers, signed by the authors, Marci Penner and WenDee Rowe!
• We believe we should have the staffing to resume our after school program on Monday, January 24th!
• The HES January All School Assembly will be on Friday, January 28th at 2:00! Please note the time change for this month!
• We will be celebrating the 100th day of school by welcoming students to dress up like they are 100 years old! Because of staffing challenges, here are the dates each grade level will celebrate the 100th day of school:
o Kinder, 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade – Monday, January 31st
o 2nd Grade – Tuesday, February 1st
Event: HMS Basketball will travel to Centre on Monday the 24th.
Schedule:
Boys
● JV Boys Game (New Gym) 5:00 PM
● Varsity Boys Game (Main Gym) 6:00 PM
Girls
● Varsity Girls Game (Main Gym) 5:00 PM
Herington High School will host the 3rd place games of the Centre Cougar Basketball Classic. Opponents will be determined later this evening.
Game Times: 1:00pm HHS Girls Game
2:30pm HHS Boys Game
Seniors, the application for the True Blue KSHSAA scholarship has been sent to your school email. We have a lot of Railers who participate in KSHSAA sponsored activities, both athletic and non-athletic. 34 scholarships will be given out this year. I encourage you to apply!
Kansas day is next saturday the 29th! To celebrate, we will be doing some fun spirit week days! Have fun and Lets show off our pride!!
Monday 1/24 - Windy Day! Show off what the wind can do with a crazy wind blown hairdo!
Tuesday 1/25 - Time to shine on! Wear yellow and/or sunflowers to radiate your pride for Kansas!
Wednesday 1/26 - Home on the Range! Be a cowgirl/cowboy, farmer, or rancher.
Thursday 1/27 - Wild About Kansas! Dress up as your favorite Kansas animal! (Kansas animal symbol ideas: https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-symbols/17169)
Friday 1/28 - Hats off to Kansas! Wear a special Kansas hat or clothing to show off for the final day of pride for our state!
Saturday 1/29 - Kansas Day!!! Take a special trip to see something truly spectacular in Kansas. Try to go outside of your local area to check something out that is uniquely Kansas. Email a picture to Mr. Hirsch at jhirsch@usd487.org, and be entered in a drawing to win a Kansas Guidebook 2 for Explorers, signed by the authors, Marci Penner and WenDee Rowe!
Tonight's HHS basketball games will be held at Marion High School
3:00pm HHS Girls vs Elyria Christian
4:30pm HHS Boys vs Solomon
Games tonight will be livestreamed. You can find it on YouTube.com by searching MCTV20Live.