Congratulations to the HHS English Department! They received $6,000 from Casey's through their "Cash for Classrooms" grant program. Thank you, @caseys! This money will be used to update the classroom furniture of Ms. Clark and Miss Rookstool.
HHS Speech and Drama hosted the Wheat State League Forensics Tournament last week. Five schools were competing. Your Herington Railers took 1st place with overall quality points!
The following students qualified for state in their events:
Conley Souza-1st in Informative
Ethan Urbanek-2nd in Informative
Mallory Arnold- 1st in Original Oration
Adrian Harrison- 2nd in Prose
Adrianna Purkeypyle- 2nd in Poetry
Brie Hamm- 1st in Humorous
Ethan Urbanek- 2nd in Humorous
Raquel Lawrenz- 1st in Serious
Adrian and Ethan- 1st in Duet
Kylie and Sienna- 2nd in Duet
Aidan Thibodeau- 1st in Impromptu
Raquel Lawrenz- 2nd in Impromptu
Go Railers! 🎭🚂
Good Luck Railers!
Prom committee is all done and ready for tonight. Happy Prom Day!
Alta Vista Masonic Lodge presented a donation check this morning to the Herington After Prom.
HES had a couple of assistant principals today! Leah Tener and Isabelle Shearer used some of the points they were awarded because of their positive behavior to earn these roles for part of the day. These two helped pass out notes, visited with some of the younger students about their behavior, and visited some classrooms. They did a great job!
Promenade is at 6:30 tomorrow night. It will start at Central National Bank.
Good Luck HMS Track
Good Luck HHS Forensics!
The HES PTO and administrative team is putting together the “treat train” for the HES teachers and staff for teacher appreciation week next month (May 5th- 9th)! We want to make this a special week for the amazing teachers and staff at HES. We are asking our parents, local businesses, stakeholders, and anyone else to please help us stock the treat train by donating any of the following items: gift cards to local businesses, candles, lotion, teacher school supplies (expo markers, flare pens, etc.), earrings, snacks, drinks, etc. Any type of donation would be wonderful and can be turned in to the HES office. Let’s make sure our National Blue Ribbon School and Challenge Award winning staff is feeling appreciated!
HES has an opening for a teacher’s aide position within our Little Railers Preschool program. This is a full time position employed by USD487. Interested candidates can pick up an application at the USD487 Board of Education office or the Herington Elementary School office.
HES is also in need of substitute teachers and substitute paraprofessionals/aides. If you are interested in any of these positions feel free to call 785-258-3234 with any questions. This is a great opportunity to join an amazing team!
Follow live scoring for the Herington Invitational Golf Tournament. Herington is hosting 12 teams and 46 golfers today at the Herington Country Club. See the live scoring link below.
https://www.kansasgolfscores.com/ks_b_25/teamresults.php?id=2477&db=boys
The Middle School Quiz Bowl teams finished their season yesterday at the Wheat State League tournament. The 7th grade team finished 5th and the 8th grade team won some pretty close rounds! Both teams represented Herington very well with their professional dress and received many compliments from coaches and spectators!It was a great season with 7th grade finishing 2nd at the Rural Vista meet! The team is coached by Amanda Hawkins and Amy Coup.
HHS Advisory groups have been battling it out in the annual dodgeball tournament. Congratulations to Clarks Harks for taking the trophy! Second place went to Jenkins Planktons.
Happy "Blue Ribbon Tuesday" from HES!
Dear HMS Parents, here is the daily update I wanted to share of classroom assignments for HMS students. Please take a moment to check in with your child to ensure they are working on the assignments listed for their respective grade levels. Your support in helping them stay on track is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your continued partnership!
Attention USD 487 Parents,
Please see the attached flyer for Driver's Education for this upcoming summer. Consent forms and payment are due by April 14th. You can sign up at the below link or email us at kharper@usd487.org. Please call the HHS office at 785-258-2261 with any questions.
https://forms.gle/JwxTof9FHQr1FXeE7
Good Luck Railers!!
The Railer archery team traveled to Hutchinson KS on Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th to compete in state archery bullseye and 3D competition against 25 other schools from across Kansas. The Railers performed well, with 12 archers setting new PR’s over the weekend. While we didn’t bring home the championship trophy we set out to win at the beginning of the season we did have 8 individual placing in the top 10 for bullseye and 8 individual placing in the top 10 for 3D. The railers have had an overall successful season this year with nearly 80% of our team increasing their career high scores throughout the season.
In the Bullseye competition, the following archers placed in the top10:
Malakiai Stroda placed 9th with a new PR score of 265
Lillian Rucker placed 9th with a score of 256
Carly Millerplaced 6th with a new PR score of 271
Tyson Schlesener placed 5th with a score of 271
Brynlee Alexander placed 5th with a new PR score of 231
Gage Billinger placed 4th with a score of 278
Kimberly Schantz placed 3rd with a score of 279
Austin Henson placed 3rd with a new PR score of 277
In the 3D competition, the following archers placed in the top 10:
Christopher Miller placed 10th with a new PR score of 205
Adysen Lansbury placed 9th with a new PR score of 254
Leland Urban placed 8th with a score of 266
Kennadie Minton placed 7th with a score of 196
Austin Henson placed 6th with a score of 263
Brynlee Alexander placed 6th with a score of 198
Lillian Rucker placed 4th with a new PR score of 267
Tyson Schlesener placed 1st with a new PR score of 272
The MS Archery team placed 2nd in the 3D shoot.
The Railer Archery Team has one more competition to attend on April 12th where they will travel to Wichita for the 4th Annual Air Capitol Archery tournament.
Freshmen students in Miss Rookstool’s English class are preparing to read “Romeo and Juliet.” Today they completed a fact sheet about Shakespeare and then had the choice of working on a themed crossword or creating their very own Portrait of the Bard. The students really let their creativity show! 🎭
