Thank you to Mrs. Valentine, aka Susan Mueller, and her friend, the Love Monster, for the great Valentine stories at HES this morning. We enjoyed starting our day with special guests. #growinglearners
Mrs. Beye’s MTSS “Positivity Bus” traveled to Mr. Stegman’s 4th grade PE class today to invite the kids to get on the bus and follow the Five Basic Rules for the Ride of Their Lives.
HES families: Friendly reminder that today is the last day of our Hoops for Herington Hearts fundraiser! Please be sure to return your packets to the students’ teacher tomorrow. We are inviting family members to come join in on basketball activities in the gym during PE time tomorrow.
Also, the HES PTO sweetheart dance is scheduled from 6:30-7:30 tomorrow night! We hope to see you there!
FCCLA this week competed with their Star Events and ran their district elections. Very proud all three events will be going onto State FCCLA in April. Sarah Biehler, Jacelynne Griffith and Tristyn Killer did Illustrated Talk, Hailey Delisle for Leadership and Madi Becker for Job Interview. Our judges were Tristyn Kremeier and Halle Rutschman.
Sarah Biehler and Tristyn Killer will be next years District C President and 1st Vice President. Congratulations to all!
Students are learning cribbing skills tonight during Community Emergency Response Training (CERT).
Biology students are in the middle of a genetics unit this week. Students are working on a dragon activity where they determine their dragon traits and then draw the dragon.
A special thank you goes out to the IServe staff today for all of their extra efforts. A lot of things happen behind the scenes that many do not realize and this crew worked extremely hard today to make tonight’s activities ready for the community to participate in. Tonight we are thankful for those that work hard begins the scenes. Thank you IServe and your workers.
Congratulations to the 7th and 8th grade Scholars Bowl teams for representing Herington phenomenally at the tournament in Wakefield today! 8th grade ended up with 2nd place!
Rule 9 - “Drive with Purpose”. Today Mrs. Beye’s MTSS read the chapters on driving with purpose and then did an activity to share what we thought each person in our groups purpose was. A great pick me up for a Monday morning. To realize our purpose.
Friday, February 15th schedule against Wabaunsee. Games start at 4:45. New gym - JV Girls, V Girls, V Boys. Old Gym - JV Boys , C Boys , C Girls
Tomorrow nights boys game starts at 6:30 pm. Entry to the game will be $2 for adult and $1 for students.
HES Families: The HES Parent Teacher Organization invites you to a “Sweetheart Dance” in the Herington Elementary gym on Friday, February 15th from 6:30-7:30. There will also be a photobooth set-up in the café. All students must be accompanied by an adult and admission is free. We will have some light snacks and bottled water if anyone needs to take a break from the dance floor!
HES Families: We will be doing our own independent “Hoops for Herington Hearts” fundraiser beginning today through February 15th. The best thing about this fundraiser is that all proceeds will be supporting this local Herington organization and the prizes awarded to the students for working hard to raise this money. More information on the Herington Hearts organization can be found on the students’ packet or by contacting Mr. Morgan.
NOTICE that Senior Recognition Night for Winter Sports will be held Tuesday, February 12th (not the 19th as indicated on the calendar) between the Girls and Boys Varsity Games. We will recognize Senior Band Members, Cheerleaders, Dance and Basketball Players.
Chase County Wrestling Invitational Saturday, February 9th. First round beginning approximately 9:30.
Home games vs Goessel, Friday, February 8th.
4:30 High School Gym - JV Boys
4:30 Middle School Gym - JV Girls
6:00 High School Gym - Varsity Girls
6:00 Middle School Gym - C boys 2 quarters
7:30 High School Gym - Varsity Boys
The following individual players received Kansas Volleyball Association All-Academic honors. The All-Academic First Team consists of those players who were letter winners and had a 4.0 GPA or higher, and those with a 3.75 to 3.99 were named Honorable Mention.
Herington High School is proud to present three players to the All-Academic 1st Team: Emilie Roe, McKenzie Shippy and Carrie Roe. Four players received All-Academic Honorable Mention: Makayla Coup, Hannah Pohlman, Halle Rutschman and Tristyn Kremeier. Great Job Lady Railer Volleyball Players.
Just a reminder there is a middle school student council meeting at 7:30 AM on Friday, February 8th. Please remember your breakfast items!
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Herington Schools will be canceled tomorrow Thursday February 7th due to weather conditions