The HHS Speech Team took a small but mighty team to the Moundridge tournament today.
Those who medaled were:
Lainey Monnington - 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking
Hailey Delisle - 6th in Prose
Angie Morales - 4th in Serious Solo
The team will be competing the League Tournament at Centre on Thursday April 4th during the day. They will have 12 different events competing! The community is welcome to come support the Railers!
Congratulations to the newly nominated NHS members. Sarah Biehler, Carrie Roe, Hannah Pollman, Lawson Mueller, Conner LaRosa and Kevin Gehrke.
April Calendar
April Menu
Mrs Mein’s culinary art class is working hard on their cake decorating skills.
Congratulations to McKenzie Shippy who was awarded a $3,200 National Honor Society scholarship. She was a semifinalist at the national level. We are very proud of you McKenzie!
Mrs. Kahle’s kindergarten students worked on comparing lengths of paper strips. Then, they used the strips to create beautiful spring pictures, to go along with the story “Leo the Late Bloomer”
Mrs. Beye’s MTSS is currently reading the book The Carpenter. Thank you to Payten Schneider for creating her class the positivity pledge handout from our reading. It is a good reminder that when challenges come our way this pledge will help.
Volleyball Summer League Forms are available in the middle school and high school offices. Any player grades 8 to 11 are encouraged to participate in this activity. See Mrs. Beye with questions.
Congratulations to the 2019-2020 Dance team:
Logan Foust
Halee Pohlman
Tristyn Killer
Hailey Hansen
Madi Becker
Emma Holzhauser
Davanne Schaffer
Jodi Miller
Eleanore Silhan
Mrs. Koehn’s class learns how weight affects an object’s ability to float. Students filled plastic hearts with candy hearts and counted how many hearts it took to make the plastic heart sink.
Come support Herington High School CTSO’s
HES students in the KRR/LIFE program celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday with a delicious and special cake from Sweet Creations on Monday evening (3/18/19)!
Any idea what Principles of Biomedical students are up to this morning? We are working on chromosome splats from HeLa cells. For those of you who don’t know the story, these are Henrietta Lacks cells that are still being used from 1951. We are on the first leg of our journey in this lab. The higher we “splat” from, the better the chances of breaking the cell membrane and releasing the chromosomes. Tomorrow we will stain, seal and view the chromosomes. Wish us luck!
Dance Team Tryouts
Saturday, March 23rd
1:00pm
High school gym
Contact Leslie Mayes if you have questions
mayes@usd487.org
The Herington High School FBLA’s Community Service Project this year focuses on the leadership of our youth. Therefore, we would like to host a day of Leadership Activities for the 8th grade class. Along with the Dickinson County Youth Leadership Group we will be taking all 8th graders to Rock Springs Ranch Friday, March 22nd for Leadership Activities. You will need to wear jeans and a railer shirt and comfortable shoes. You also need to pack a sack lunch for the trip. No extra money will be needed. We will leave the school at 9:00 and return approximately 2:45. We look forward to a great day. Sponsors on the Trip are: Lisa Beye, Tom Flax and Kyle Barton. FBLA members will be assisting with the events.
NOTICE DATE CHANGE!
There will be an 8th grade parent meeting this Tuesday, March 19th at 6:00 PM in Ms. Hawkins’ room at the Middle School. We will discuss the upcoming fundraiser, 8th grade trip and recognition.
Blood drive today at Herington High School gym. Walk-ins welcome.
Superintendent Search – Community Forum
On Tuesday, March 19, from 2:00-3:00 p.m., you are invited to a community forum session in the Herington Elementary School flex lab. We are asking for your input on the characteristics or qualities you think the Board should consider as they select the new superintendent. Craig Wilford, representing the Kansas Association of School Boards, will be present to facilitate the meeting and receive your input.
Your input is a major component of identifying key characteristics of our next superintendent. Mr. Wilford will also meet in separate sessions with our teachers, staff, and administrative staff. Information collected from all of the groups will be presented to the Board to assist in the selection process.
There will be an 8th grade parent meeting this Sunday, March 17th at 6:00 PM in Ms. Hawkins’ room at the Middle School. We will discuss the upcoming fundraiser, 8th grade trip and recognition.