Congratulations to the 8th grade Quiz Bowl team for placing 2nd at today’s Wheat State League Meet. The team went 7-2! Great job to the 7th grade team for going 3-6 in a very challenging meet!
Here is the schedule of events for the high school track meet in Hillsboro today (4/4/23)
Free Kindergarten Round-Up at Herington Elementary School
Kindergarten Round-Up in the Herington School District will be Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 from 5:30-6:00 at Herington Elementary School. Your child must be five years old on or before August 31, 2023 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 and we are requesting you 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 3rd.
HHS Student of the Month - Aidan Thibodeau
Aidan is the son of Amy and Patrick Thibodeau.
Aidan believes he was chosen because “I’m pretty reliable and I’ve been working hard this past month to get everything done for HOSA and FBLA. I pretty much get along with everyone and always try to have a positive mindset. One thing I enjoy is being involved within the school and community and I try to help out however I can.”
Aidan is a sophomore at Herington, who involves himself in: HOSA, FBLA, Forensics, Scholars’ Bowl, Cheer, Class Officer and Drama.
Mrs. Beye believes Aidan received student of the month because “he goes the extra mile in the classroom and organizations to set himself apart from others. He spends the extra time that is needed to be great! Last summer when he placed at National FBLA Contest he spent countless hours to make that happen. Aidan also is very unselfish and is willing to help others around him become great as well!”
Congratulations, Aidan!
April Breakfast-Lunch Menu
Today the HHS Forensics team competed at McPherson. The team had incredibly strong numbers, but the competition was fierce. But overall the team had a great day.
The following medaled:
*State Champs Qualified
+State Festival Qualified
*Sophia Weber-Informative-1st
*Tucker Morris & Courntey Naylor-IDA-2nd
*Sophia Weber-Oration-2nd
+Alyssa Price-Prose-4th
“Overall, we didn’t get all we wanted into finals, BUT those that did break into finals became state qualified!” Said Coach Hirsch. “The whole team needs to be completely proud of themselves. Many of them brought brand new pieces and excelled with them! It really was a great day to be a Railer!”
The team now has 8 events qualified for state champs and 1 event qualified for state festival. The next completion will be at Salina South on April 11th. Go Railers!!
High School Testing and TIps
HES Families: Summer is quickly approaching which means we will be sending out summer boost packets for students that qualify for this program in Kindergarten, First, Second, and Third Grade today. Please check your child's backpack. We are going to start with these grade levels, and once we see who is planning on coming we will start looking at Fourth and Fifth Grade students that qualify for summer boost. Next week is a short week, so we would like to have the packets returned to HES by April 11th. Thank you!
HMS Quiz Bowl - Wheat State League Competition @ Elyria Christian 4/3/23 @ 1:00 pm
The middle school staff members chose 7th grader, Gage Billinger as the March HMS Student of the Month. Gage participates in football, basketball, student council, band, swim team, track, archery, and quiz bowl. Gage feels that he was chosen as the student of the month because he is respectful to his teachers and peers. He helps other students when they need help, and he follows the Railway expectations.
Gage is the son of Sherri and Jeff Casto.
HES Families: We are excited for our spring music program tonight at 7:00. Students can begin arriving at 6:30 and will report to their classrooms. We will have additional parking and building access from the playground parking lot at HES. Overflow parking will also be available in the HHS/HMS parking lot as well as building access from there. Looking forward to the performance tonight!
On Monday, MS Quiz Bowl traveled to Centre to compete in their Cougar Tournament. The 7th grade team went into pool play seeded 1st and finished the tournament in 3rd with only 4 out of the 6 members. The 8th grade team moved on to pool play where they lost by only 1 question. Great job to both teams. They will travel to Elyria next Monday for the Wheat State League Tournament.
Congratulations to Aidan Thibodeau, Maggie Williams, and Mallory Arnold for their 1st place finish in Health Education, and Adrianna Purkeypyle for her 2nd place finish in Behavioral Health at the Kansas HOSA Spring Conference. They will represent HHS at the National HOSA Conference in Dallas, TX in June. Korey Meier also has served this past year as a State HOSA officer.
Great job, Railers!!!
Interested in a career change? Kansas State University Online has a Master of Arts in Teaching (Elementary Education) program that will prepare you for a K-6 teacher certification. Herington Elementary is in need of teachers for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year and this is a flexible, practical, and convenient pathway to teaching. Please see more information at the following website and contact Dr. Morgan at 785-258-3234 or nmorgan@usd487.org if you are interested. This is a great opportunity to join a great team!
https://online.k-state.edu/programs/master-arts-in-teaching-elementary/
HES students did a terrific job with the Herington Hearts fundraiser! We raised nearly $4,000 for this local organization! Our top three fundraisers will get to throw pie in the face of an HES staff member at our all school assembly on Friday, March 31st at 3:00. Those students were Charlie Ahrens, Addison Beardslee, and Jameson Bettles. We will work on getting prizes disbursed to the students who earned those as soon as possible. Great job, Railers!
HMS 3rd Quarter Awards Program Wednesday, March 29, 2023 2:30pm Herington Middle School Gym.
Seniors, the HHS Alumni Scholarship application has been emailed to you and posted on your Google Classroom. Return it to Mr. Pritchard by May 1st.
Herington Middle School will begin State Testing tomorrow. Attached is the schedule and some suggestions to help your student do their best!
State Archery Results:
The Railer Archery team traveled to Hutchinson last Friday for State Archery.
The MS team took 4th in Bullseye and 3rd in 3-D
The ES team took 1st in 3-D
The HS team took 6th in 3-D
Middle School Archer, Gage Billinger placed 1st in Bullseye
Elementary School Archer, Edmond Eaton placed 1st in Bullseye & 2nd in 3-D
Elementary School Archer, Alaina Hight placed 3rd in Bullseye & 3rd in 3-D
Elementary School Archer, Jason Leach placed 3rd in Bullseye
Elementary School Archer, Lillian Rucker placed 2nd in 3-D
Seniors, I have posted the local PEO and BETA scholarship applications to your Google Classroom. Please see the due dates and the method for returning each scholarship.