Good Luck HHS Boys Basketball
On Wednesday, February 26th, Herington Elementary School was recognized at the state capital for being named a 2024 National Blue Ribbon School. Mrs. Knopp, Mrs. Stilwell, and Dr. Morgan represented HES for this "Point of Privilege" presentation in front of our Kansas state legislators. Great job, Railers, we are so proud of everyone's hard work that made this achievement possible!
Boys Sub State game at Howard West Elk has a 6:00 pm start tomorrow night.
Dear Parents, I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to share the 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!
HHS Sophomores-Juniors-Seniors, Parents & Guardians -- Applications for National Honor Society (NHS) will be available tomorrow morning. Attached are the requirements for the club.
HHS Basketball at Lyndon. Good Luck!
8th grade recognition before the last round at approximately 5:45-6:00.
Cheer sign ups for the 2025-2026 school year are approaching! Interested students can sign up on a google form that was sent to their school emails. Please email kharper@usd487.org with any questions!
Congratulations to the HHS earning their way to state next weekend in Hays. Reid Griffiths, Cameron Svitak and Colten Gehrke. Great job wrestlers and coaches.
Sub-State Information
It’s Senior Night and at both varsity halftimes our Railer dance team will perform. Follow the link to watch! #railerproud
https://www.youtube.com/live/PltPEmhaPLU?si=lxgYhe0XuI45tJnP
HMS Wrestling at Home
Monday, February 24, 2025
8th Grade Recognition before the last round
Several Changes in Activities due to weather. Here is a list of activities that are scheduled for the weekend and Monday:
Friday, February 21st - HHS Basketball at Home - Senior Recognition
Saturday, February 22nd - Regional Wrestling at Council Grove, Archery at Chapman, JV Boys Basketball at Marion, HS Varsity Basketball at Hartford, Forensics at Bennington.
Monday, February 24th - HMS Wrestling at Home - 4:00
High School Basketball Saturday, February 22
Archery - Saturday, February 22
Wrestling Regionals Saturday, February 22
HHS Basketball at Home Friday, February 21st
Due to our opponents not having school tomorrow, ALL EVENING ACTIVITIES at HERINGTON SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED and will not be made up at the point.
Parent Teacher Conferences are on as scheduled.
HES Families: Please check your teacher's Sign-Up Genius for available slots this evening to sign up for a P/T Conference time if you were scheduled for this past Tuesday night. Teachers may or may not get in contact with you to reschedule your conference from Tuesday evening depending on their scheduling/availability.
Also, please make sure that you are visiting the book fair in the HES library! The book fair will be open this evening (Thursday, 2/20) from 3:35-7:30 and on Monday, February 24th from 3:35-7:30. Your support of the book fair helps the library purchase new books for our students each year! Here is a link to each teacher's Sign-Up Genius parent/teacher conference schedule for this evening (Thursday, 2/20):
https://tinyurl.com/3svzby99
On Saturday February 15th the Railer Archery team hosted our Winter Bullseye tournament in Herington. We were joined by 10 other schools from across central Kansas and had over 130 registered participants.
It was another good outing for the Railer Archery Team. We had 10 archers set new personal records and came away with 7 medals for the day.
HS division
Gage Billinger placed 1st in HS Boys and the top shot of the day with a score of 278
Kimberly Schantz placed 3rd in HS Girls with a score of 268
Setting new PR’s were Aeowyn Ruiz & Atalie Alexander
MS Division
Austin Henson placed 1st in MS Boys with a score of 276
Tyson Schlesener placed 3rd in MS Boys with a score of 267
Lillian Rucker placed 2nd in MS Girls with a score of 258
Carly Miller placed 3rd in MS Girls with a score of 251
Setting new PR’s were Carlos Cook, Austin Henson, and Lilian Casto
ES Division
Christopher Miller placed 3rd in ES Boys with a score of 203
Setting new PR’s were Brynlee Alexander, Christopher Miller, Derek Whitson, Kennadie Minton, and Treygan Meier
It is worth noting that MS archer Carlos Cook and ES archer Christopher Miller both raised their PR’s by more than 40 points at this tournament.
The Railer Archery team travels to Chapman on Feb. 22nd to shoot bullseye in the Chapman Shootout tournament.
