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.
Here is the schedule of events for the high school track meet at St. Mary's this Friday(4/26)
The high school track team competed at Marion yesterday. Riley Jackson came in first place in the triple jump and achieved a personal record(PR) in doing so! The team had nine top three placers and 21 PRs. For team scores, the boys came in third place, 2 points out of second place and the girls finished in 5th. Friday, the team will be competing at the St Mary's Invitational.
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 HS track meet at Marion on Tuesday 4/23.
Monday, April 22 - HMS Home Track Meet
HMS will be hosting a track meet on Monday, April 22. The meet begins at 1:00.
Senior Spotlight --
Today some of the HHS Theatre students were able to go to McPherson High School to watch their production of “Noises Off!” It was an absolutely hilarious time!
Students were also able to explore the set and meet the cast.
Thanks to MHS Theatre for the invite!
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.
May Breakfast/Lunch Menu
Here are the schedule of events for the high school track meet at Council Grove on Thursday.
The high school track team compete at Goessel yesterday. It was a tough day battling the wind, but we still had some good performance. Athletes earning gold medals were Rowdy Jackson in pole vault, Hannah Pritchard in triple jump, and the boys 4x4 relay (Jeffrey Zilleyette, Mason Mortensen, Sam Begley, and Tyus Becker. Those earning 2nd place medals were Tyus Becker in the 800, Mason Mortensen in high jump, Harley LaRosa in the 100 hurdles, Morgan Sill-Sheppard in discus, and Sienna Brown in the 400. Team members coming in third were Mason Mortensen in discus, Sam Begley in high jump, Jesse Meier in 110 hurdles, Hannah Pritchard in long jump, Jeffrey Zilleyette in triple jump, the boys 4x1 relay (Jeffrey Zilleyette, Sam Begley, Reagan Jackson, and Reid Griffith), girls 4x1 relay (Tyler Urbanek, Kora Kinchin, Hannah Pritchard, and Neveah Bonhomme), girls 4x4 (Tyler Urbanek, Sienna Brown, Kora Kinchin, and Hannah Pritchard). Overall, both teams placed fourth in the meet.
Tomorrow afternoon, the team travels to the Council Grove Invitational. Field events start of 3:30 and running events will start at 5:00