Fourth graders explored Dio De Los Muertos, Day of the Dead, and the Mexican holiday and culture at the end of October. Students read about the holiday, enjoyed making calavera masks, ate treats, and watched the video Coco. #beingallwecanbe
Students in the afternoon preschool class had fun learning about pumpkins by participating in numerous hands-on activities including weighing, measuring, feeling, and checking to see if it floated. #beingallwecanbe
Students in the morning preschool class had fun learning about pumpkins by participating in numerous hands-on activities including weighing, measuring, counting seeds, and designing and carving a pumpkin face. #beingallwecanbe
Reminder to CTSO members to turn in your fundraising packets tomorrow!!
HES Families: We are starting our Hoops for Herington Hearts fundraiser and will continue this through November 15th. We are inviting parents/families to come shoot hoops and participate in other basketball related activities on 11/22 (more info to come). Please help out our local community and achieve our goal of raising more money for this organization than we did last year! #beingallwecanbe
Congratulations to Davanne who got a new personal record @ State and broke her school record 22:30
The MS STUCO sponsored a pink out day! We had many students dress in their best pink attire! 8th grader John Mancuso won the contest with over 250 items!!!
Best of luck to Davanne Schaffer at the State Cross Country meet in Wamego Saturday morning. Herington Schools are very proud of your accomplishments!!!
Fourth grade students partnered up to research facts about an animal of their choosing. They created presentations through Google to create a “newscast” to share with their classmates. The students demonstrated great insight and lots of interesting tidbits of information about their animals! #beingallwecanbe
Last chance to order a dig pink shirt. If you are interested call Jen Duenas in the high school office. Shirts are $15. We will order tomorrow morning. So contact her today if you are interested.
Third graders had an excellent experience at the Eisenhower museum in Abilene, KS. on Oct. 25. They learned amazing facts all day long, and got to have a scavenger hunt of the whole campus at the end! Fun was had by everyone who attended.
We would also like to give a special shoutout to the parents who volunteered their time to supervise a group. Without them this day would not of been possible! #beingallwecanbe
The MS STUCO and HS CTSO groups held 2 different Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraisers during the month of October. $170.00 will be donated to the Elsie Brooks foundation of Abilene to help those fighting this awful disease!
November Calendar
November Lunch/Breakfast Menu
School Play November 22nd and 23rd.
The HES Book Fair is now in progress. Please stop by sometime this week to find some great books. We will be open until 7:45 tonight; 8:15 a.m.-7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, 8:15 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 8:15-Noon on Thursday. We look forward to seeing you.
Fifth graders worked on their math skills as they explored the ins and outs of a pumpkin. #beingallwecanbe
🏉🎃 Railer Football will travel to Valley Falls to take on the Dragons Thursday, October 31st at 7:00pm. Go Railers!
Parents - Herington Schools are currently seeking your input about our schools' strengths and areas to consider for improvements. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey found at the following link: https://forms.gle/2KtMJVHy8Xt4Np6YA
Mrs. Stika's 8th grade students use puzzles to prove the Pythagorean Theorem
Mrs. Stika's 6th grade students work together to solve problems involving ratios, equivalent fractions, and unit rates
