Herington USD 487 -

Fifth graders worked on their math skills as they explored the ins and outs of a pumpkin. #beingallwecanbe

🏉🎃 Railer Football will travel to Valley Falls to take on the Dragons Thursday, October 31st at 7:00pm. Go Railers!

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Mrs. Stika's 8th grade students use puzzles to prove the Pythagorean Theorem

Mrs. Stika's 6th grade students work together to solve problems involving ratios, equivalent fractions, and unit rates

HES Families: Friendly reminder that students are welcome to dress according to our theme associated with celebrating Red Ribbon Week! Monday - #beingallwecanbe (wear camouflage) Tuesday - "red"-y to live a drug free live (wear red clothing) Wednesday - I'm dreaming of a drug free life (wear pajamas) Thursday - drugs are scary (wear fall colors: purple, orange, black, etc; bring costume for parade) We invite anyone to view the costume parade at 12:15 in the HES gym on Thursday, Oct. 31st. Please contact the office if you need a costume, the revised lunch schedule times, and costume guidelines.

Lady Rails Volleyball win their first match of sub-state defeating Republic County 20-25, 25-11, 25-13. Will play the winner of the Bennington Canton-Galva match around 7pm.

Herington has a state qualifier for cross country!!!! Congratulations Davanne.

Ms.Burton's 8th graders are learning about soils and today they did ribbon tests to determine soil textures. They had a good time getting their hands dirty to learn!

HES fourth and fifth grade students began their whiffle ball World Series this morning in P.E. class. Lots of teamwork, late game heroics, and enjoyment from the Railers! #beingallwecanbe

A few HES students have some fun learning and practicing vowel sounds during MTSS today! #beingallwecanbe

Tonight at 6:00 the HHS volleyball team will be featured as a news story on KWCH.

Good Luck to the HHS football team as they travel to Canton Galva tonight. Game time 7:00 pm. GO RAILERS!!

GOOD LUCK at REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY HHS!! Last Thursday was League yesterday we got medals from our league. It turns out that Koy and Craig both medaled and Trenton was one place away from medaling!! Davanne got a second medal for 3rd place in our league, 8th place overall. Awesome Job!!! Saturday regionals are at Waubunsee KS. They will run at 10:00 and 10:45 at Waubunsee High School. The races will actually end on the track. Coach Greenlee stated, "I am so proud of these kids!! This may be the last meet of the year but State isn't out of the question if we have a few or all run their best times." Lets GO, Railers!

Family Games deepen engagement, create more family cohesion, and give families an opportunity to use their emotional intelligence skills. Family Games has been a great way to bring families closer together during the LIFE family engagement sessions on Monday evenings. #beingallwecanbe

Congrats to the HHS Scholars Bowl team on their 1st place finish at Elyria Christian today. Great job!!

No Afterschool or LIFE programs next week.

Saturday, October 26th, Sub State Bracket. Best of Luck Lady Railers!!

Mrs. Schneider’s fifth grade class learned about different explorers and then worked with a partner to create a ship that floats! #beingallwecanbe

Cookie Dough is here and needs to be picked up by 4. Thanks.