Herington USD 487 -

Friday, February 12, 2021 HHS Basketball at Goessel 4:30 JV Boys 6:00 Varsity Girls 7:30 Varsity Boys Four spectators per participant. Those attending need to check in with their player number or cheerleader name at the gate table. League passes will not be accepted. Masks and social distancing are expected. Concessions: none available Live Stream: Goessel YouTube channel https://youtu.be/wxwVZ-HxKaU

Remote learner meals may be picked up curbside in front of the Herington Elementary School at the following times: Elementary School Student Pick up 11:15-12:15pm Middle/High School Student Pick up 12:30-1:00pm. If you have students in elementary and middle/high, you may pick them all up during the elementary time slot. Please have responses in by 9am. When you arrive, please stay in your vehicle and staff members will deliver the meals to you. Thank you!

COLD WEATHER ANNOUNCEMENT Due to predicted windchill temperatures in a dangerous range, USD 487 will have remote learning days on Friday February 12th and Monday February 15th. All students will need to join their classes via technology on those days. Meals will be available. Please use the Remote Learner meals Form pinned to the top of our district's Facebook page, or contact your student's school to request meals. We require that all meal requests be made prior to 9 a.m. in order to receive a meal that same day.

HHS vs Little River at Herington Thursday, February 11, 2021 JV Boys 4:30 Varsity Girls 6:00 Varsity Boys 7:30 Games will be on the school YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCry0OWR1pyQF_17jHdO4Pew

HES had a terrific time celebrating the 100th day of school! #breakingout (part 2)

HES had a terrific time celebrating the 100th day of school! #breakingout (part 1)

Today at the High School we had Derek Knopp come and speak about Teen Mental Health. FCCLA hosted him for our Mental Health Day for FCCLA Week. Anxiety, Depression and Suicide were topics covered on how to identify, cope and assist with anyone whom may be struggling with those topics.

MKC scholarship: (20) $1000 scholarships will be awarded. Please see the link for more details and the application. Seniors, this has been emailed to you as well. https://www.mkcoop.com/about/scholarship-program/scholarship-program-application

Seniors, I have sent you a link at your school email address for Dickinson County Scholarships. Check them out. https://www.communityfoundation.us/scholarships.cfm

We have added a high school basketball game with Council Grove on February 20, 2021. The following will be the game times for games played at Herington. 1:00 JV boys 2:30 V Girls 4:00 V Boys

USD 487 Board of Education meeting for February has been changed! The Board of Education will meet on Wednesday February 17th at 6:30 p.m. at the Board of Education office.

HES Families: Reminder that tomorrow (Wednesday, February 10th) is our 100th day of school. Students are welcome to dress up in any attire that makes them look like they are 100 years old for our spirit day! Also, it is very important that students wear a heavy coat to school with the frigid temperatures. If you need a hat, gloves, scarf, coat, jacket, or any other cold gear please reach out to the office (785-258-3234) and we will work together to make sure we are keeping all of our HES Railer students warm this week!

Seniors, I just received these scholarships a few minutes ago. I have also emailed you the link. Unfortunately, there is a short turn around time, due date is Feb. 15th. https://ksamlegion.org/view/document/smith.pdf https://ksamlegion.org/view/document/lappin.pdf https://ksamlegion.org/view/document/music.pdf https://ksamlegion.org/view/document/rosedale.pdf https://ksamlegion.org/view/document/hill.pdf

HHS vs Elyria at Herington Tuesday, February 9th High School Gym JV Boys 4:30 Varsity Girls 6:00 Varsity Boys 7:30 Games will be on the school YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCry0OWR1pyQF_17jHdO4Pew

Seniors, Check your school email. Mr. Pritchard has sent you a document with some new scholarships for Kansas.

Herington FCCLA will be doing a Food Drive next week for our local food pantry at the Family Resource Exchange.... Our State FCCLA community service project is to help our local pantry with the theme “Fill the Table” next week High School will be bring in canned foods and personal Hygiene products to help the FRE. The Advisory that brings in the most will get 4 pizzas for lunch on Feb 17th. Help us support our community.

It is on Facebook Live instead of YouTube

We will be showing the games tonight at Centre on the Railer YouTube.

HHS vs Centre Friday, February 5, 2021 At Centre ● Varsity Girls Game (Main Gym) 6:00 PM ● Varsity Boys Game (Main Gym) 7:30 PM ● JV Boys Game (New Gym) 6:00 PM (½ Game) Homecoming will occur at the BOYS HALFTIME Game in the Main Gym will be streamed on NFHS Network. Look up Centre and subscribe, can make a free account for us I believe! It is free to visitors as well. All they have to do is sign up! ○ https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/centre-high-school-lost-springs-ks ● Games in New Gym (JV) will be streamed on “Centre K-12 Facebook Page” Look Up on Facebook Centre K-12 https://www.facebook.com/Centre-K-12-School-213738708646008

HMS at Solomon Saturday, February 5, 2021 9:00 am A-Team Boys - High School Gym A-Team Girls - Middle School Gym 10:00 am B-Team Boys-High School Gym B-Team Girls-Middle School Gym 11:00 am C-Team Boys-High School Gym One Parent/Guardian per player will be allowed for the visiting team