Due to our opponents not having school tomorrow, ALL EVENING ACTIVITIES at HERINGTON SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED and will not be made up at the point.
Parent Teacher Conferences are on as scheduled.
HES Families: Please check your teacher's Sign-Up Genius for available slots this evening to sign up for a P/T Conference time if you were scheduled for this past Tuesday night. Teachers may or may not get in contact with you to reschedule your conference from Tuesday evening depending on their scheduling/availability.
Also, please make sure that you are visiting the book fair in the HES library! The book fair will be open this evening (Thursday, 2/20) from 3:35-7:30 and on Monday, February 24th from 3:35-7:30. Your support of the book fair helps the library purchase new books for our students each year! Here is a link to each teacher's Sign-Up Genius parent/teacher conference schedule for this evening (Thursday, 2/20):
https://tinyurl.com/3svzby99
On Saturday February 15th the Railer Archery team hosted our Winter Bullseye tournament in Herington. We were joined by 10 other schools from across central Kansas and had over 130 registered participants.
It was another good outing for the Railer Archery Team. We had 10 archers set new personal records and came away with 7 medals for the day.
HS division
Gage Billinger placed 1st in HS Boys and the top shot of the day with a score of 278
Kimberly Schantz placed 3rd in HS Girls with a score of 268
Setting new PR’s were Aeowyn Ruiz & Atalie Alexander
MS Division
Austin Henson placed 1st in MS Boys with a score of 276
Tyson Schlesener placed 3rd in MS Boys with a score of 267
Lillian Rucker placed 2nd in MS Girls with a score of 258
Carly Miller placed 3rd in MS Girls with a score of 251
Setting new PR’s were Carlos Cook, Austin Henson, and Lilian Casto
ES Division
Christopher Miller placed 3rd in ES Boys with a score of 203
Setting new PR’s were Brynlee Alexander, Christopher Miller, Derek Whitson, Kennadie Minton, and Treygan Meier
It is worth noting that MS archer Carlos Cook and ES archer Christopher Miller both raised their PR’s by more than 40 points at this tournament.
The Railer Archery team travels to Chapman on Feb. 22nd to shoot bullseye in the Chapman Shootout tournament.
Due to our opponents not having school tomorrow, ALL ATHELTIC ACTIVITES SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW EVENING IN HERINGTON WILL BE CANCELLED AND NOT MADE UP AT THIS TIME.
Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held as scheduled.
HMS Wrestling tomorrow night at Herington has been cancelled.
HS Basketball status will be updated soon.
2 hour late start for USD 487 on Thursday February 20th. No Preschool classes. Evening events will take place.
No school tomorrow, February 19th.
The high school basketball games that were scheduled to be played tonight against Northern Heights at Herington have been moved to Thursday, February 20th.
4:00 1/2 JV Girls
5:00 JV Boys Full
6:15. Girls Varsity
7:30. Boys Varsity.
NO SCHOOL in USD 487 Herington tomorrow, February 18th due to forecasted cold temperatures and predicted snowfall. Stay safe everyone!
There will be no archery practice in the morning, Tuesday, February 18.
HHS Dance Team Information
Congratulations to Kyley Sly who placed 4th at 321A State regional in Rossville, Kansas. She will participate in State Wrestling at Hays in two weeks.
Abby Elliott and David Dallinga were chosen Homecoming Queen and King at Herington High School Friday night at half-time of the boys' basketball game. The Railers won the game 46-43.
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HHS Homecoming
Good Luck Railers!!
HHS Speech and Drama students took a trip to Friends University today to see a performance of “Guys and Dolls.” The actors and live band put on an incredible show. We hope the experience sparked creativity and an appreciation for the arts!
Congratulations to our MS Wrestlers who placed at Mission Valley last night.
Jaesyn Johnson 3rd
Conner Barber 3rd
Braxton Pigorsch 3rd
Jocelyn Lawrenz 3rd
Mason Faulkner 2nd
Fourteen students represented Herington High School in the Wheat State League Honor Band. These students were selected to play with other league schools' honor band students. The Honor Band performed at Kansas Wesleyan University on Monday, February 10, 2025.
The selected students are: Naomi Murphy, Adrian Harrison, Kyrie Lindsey, Cheyenne Purkeypyle, Hannah Pritchard, Payton Arnold, Jakaylynn Meier, Hunter Purkeypyle, Jesse Meier, Gage Billinger, Hunter Matthews, Gabe Vinduska, Aiden Rogers, and Mallory Arnold.
Due to the chance of weather moving in tomorrow night, the HS Basketball games at Centre tomorrow night have been moved up an hour. We will follow the following schedule.
4:00 1/2 JV Boys
5:00 V Girls
6:30 V Boys
**All times are approximate and will play ahead of schedule
HHS Speech and Drama traveled to both Sterling and Great Bend today.
At Sterling they placed 2nd overall as a team!!! Individually students placed as follows:
Isabelle and Henry: 1st place in Duet (Qualifying for State)
Henry and Cheyenne: 3rd place in IDA
Mallory: 3rd place in Oration
Alyssa: 5th place in Prose
Henry: 5th place in Oration
Aidan: 5th place in Extemp
Mallory: 6th place in Extemp
Fantastic job today, Railers! Remember it is still early in the season and every meet is a new opportunity! 🎭
