Herington USD 487 -

The Herington Middle School Spelling Bee will take place today in the MS Gym starting at 1:00 pm.

Railer Basketball will be at the Centre Classic tonight! The girls will take on Marion at 4:00 and the boys play Peabody-Burns at 5:30. Go Railers!

Changes to the Menu Tuesday: •Fiestada Pizza •Baby Carrots •Fresh Broccoli Florets •Fresh Grapes •Canned Fruit Choice Wednesday: •Cheeseburger in WG Bun •Dk Green Leaf Lettuce •Tomato Slices •Oven Fries •Red Bell Pepper Strips •Fresh Orange •Canned Fruit Choice Thursday: •Salisbury Steak •Whole Wheat Roll w/Jelly •Mashed Potatoes w/brown gravy •Green Beans •Applesauce •Canned Fruit Choice Friday: •Baked Chicken Drumstick • Biscuit w/honey •Fresh Broccoli Florets •Fresh Grape Tomatoes •Pineapple Chunks •Canned Fruit Choice

Reminder that tomorrow Herington FBLA will be hosting the District III contest. If you are participating in the contest please be at the school by 8:00 am. Bring a pencil, calculator and be in dress clothes. Boys button down shirts and ties. Workers can report to the high school gym area at 8:15. Thank you to all who have volunteered their time to help.

Due to the ice day on Friday, MS STUCO will still accept sweatshirt orders until Wednesday morning. Order forms need to be turned into one of the school offices!

The Railer Wrestling team had a great day at the Halstead Invitational. The results are as follows: Colby Lollar 2nd #106 Trenton Braucher 6th #120 Ayden Lawrenz 5th #132 Junior Mathews 1st #220 Junior Matthews was also voted as Outstanding Wrestler for the tournament! Great job!

HHS Girls' basketball team are raffling a $200 gift certificate to First Choice Meats in Herington. $1 per ticket or 6 for $5 Drawing will be held at halftime of the boys' game February 21st. You do not need to be present to win. Contact one of the players or Robyn at the Board Office for tickets.

8th Grade Recognition Pictures · Sunday, January 19th at 1:30 PM at the Middle School o Enter through the main middle school doors · Bring White uniform (boys-Mrs. Becker will have yours) o Basketball Shoes o Shooting Shirt · Managers o Wear jeans and your team shirt · Should be over no later than 2:30 PM · If you need a ride or have questions, call Ms. Hawkins 989-225-7361

Railers sweep Peabody tonight! Girls win 57-32 and the Boys prevail 59-45!

HHS Wrestlers will be at the Halstead Invitational. Matches will start Saturday at 9:00am.

We will play the basketball games at Peabody tonight. The bus will leave at 2:30 from the High School parking lot. There will be no JV Girls game. 4:30pm JV Boys 6:00pm V Girls 7:30pm V Boys

The HES Literacy Night scheduled for today has been postponed due to weather conditions.

Good morning. Herington schools will be closed today. Friday January 17th. Due to weather.

Miss Scarff was the assistant principal at HES this morning! Miss Scarff was able to do this because of positive behavior following our Railway expectations. #beingallwecanbe

Reminder to HES Parents. The Literacy Fun Night is Friday from 6-8 p.m. at Herington Elementary School. There are lots of fun activities planned including a visit from Mrs. Susan, basic First Aid with EMTs, classroom escape room, building a wind turbine, cake walks and more. It's not too late to join the fun. Registrations can be turned in this week or at the event. Hope to see you there! Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rsIM7jzclZ9FFhDtZp599by9R59K8DRBIZcwGpM-Ugk/edit?usp=sharing

Third grade students in Mrs. Kroupa’s MTSS group work together to sort words by their vowel sounds on the interactive board! #beingallwecanbe

HMS Basketball Thursday, January 16th at Herington 4:30 B boys - MS Gym 4:30 B girls - HS Gym ​​​5:30 C-Team Boys​​​ - MS Gym 5:30​​ A-Team Girls - HS Gym ​​​6:30 C-Team Girls​​​ - MS Gym 6:30​​ A-Team Boys​ - HS Gym

Mrs. Weber’s class had a picnic where the students worked together to practice counting and adding the items needed for their picnic! #beingallwecanbe

HHS Basketball at home Tuesday, January 14th against Centre. High School Gym​​​ ​​​JV Boys 4:30​​​​ ​​​Varsity Girls 6:00​​ ​​​Varsity Boys 7:30

Middle School Student Council will be selling Railer sweatshirts this week. Below is a picture of the order form that describes the color of the sweatshirt, a picture of the design, along with the colors of the design. The cost of each sweatshirt is $20.00 plus additional costs for sizes bigger than XL. Order forms and money are due to any of the three offices by Friday, January 17th. Middle School students will be given a sweatshirt for free from their cookie dough fundraiser. Any questions, please contact Ms. Hawkins at the Middle School.