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
HES Families: Friendly reminder that students are welcome to dress according to our theme associated with celebrating Red Ribbon Week!
Monday - #beingallwecanbe (wear camouflage)
Tuesday - "red"-y to live a drug free live (wear red clothing)
Wednesday - I'm dreaming of a drug free life (wear pajamas)
Thursday - drugs are scary (wear fall colors: purple, orange, black, etc; bring costume for parade)
We invite anyone to view the costume parade at 12:15 in the HES gym on Thursday, Oct. 31st. Please contact the office if you need a costume, the revised lunch schedule times, and costume guidelines.
Lady Rails Volleyball win their first match of sub-state defeating Republic County 20-25, 25-11, 25-13. Will play the winner of the Bennington Canton-Galva match around 7pm.
Herington has a state qualifier for cross country!!!! Congratulations Davanne.
Ms.Burton's 8th graders are learning about soils and today they did ribbon tests to determine soil textures. They had a good time getting their hands dirty to learn!
