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Attention Parents: Forms went home earlier this week for the dental screening to be held next week. Please return these forms no later than Friday, Sept. 14.

The afternoon class at Little Railers Preschool enjoyed the sunny weather in our special Garden playground. They really loved exploring and playing in a different outdoor environment. #growinglearners

Mrs. Schneider’s fifth graders read “There’s Only One You” by Linda Kanz this week and discussed what it means to be unique and not just follow the crowd. Then, they created unique fish by painting themselves on rocks.

Good Luck to the Lady Railers as they travel to Little River to take on Rural Vista and Peabody in League Play. Believe Lady Railers!!!!

Mrs. Kickhaefer's fourth graders use models to study how their fingers and hands work. #growinglearners

Mrs. Beames's fifth graders enjoy expressing themselves through art.

Friendly reminder that elementary students will be having their picture day tomorrow - Monday, September 10th!

Railers take a tough loss to Centre 46-0 Keep working hard, boys! Good things will happen!

Second graders in Mrs. Meyer's class engage in an art activity as they paint cactus pictures. #growinglearners

Good Luck to all Herington Railer Athletes and Coaches competing tonight and this weekend. Let’s Go Railers!!!!

There will be a hamburger feed before tonight’s football game vs. Centre. Meals are $6, and proceeds go to support the After Prom

MS Football Update: Railers win over Rural Vista 72-24 Great job, boys! Keep working hard

MS Volleyball update against Rural Vista: A Team lost in 3 sets 23-25, 25-20, 13-15 B Team wins in 2 sets C Team played with a running clock Great job, Ladies! Keep up the good work!

Lady Railers are seeded 4th for Saturday Tournament play at Centre. Railers play at 9, 11 and 2.

Kindergarten students from Mrs. Weber's class read the books they made with fifth grade students from Mrs. Beames's class.

Mrs. Koehn’s first grade students practice their greater than and less than skills by playing a good old-fashioned game of war! #growinglearners

Anatomy and Physiology students enjoyed a visit from Kristi Ingalls from the American Red Cross. She educated the students on the importance of blood drives and blood donations. Herington High School has their next blood drive on September 21st from 9:30-2:30.

Students are working on blood spatters today in PBS.

Solid, liquid, or gas? Mrs. Mortensen’s second graders can tell you! They even showed off their artistic skills by making some beautiful posters differentiating between the three states of matter! #growinglearners

Mrs. Beames fifth grade class investigated the effects of mold on different foods and in different environments.