Good luck to the HHS wrestlers at home tonight. Matches start at 5:00.
Herington Elementary School has a classroom teacher position open for the 2025-2026 school year! Please reach out to the HES office at 785-258-3234 to discuss this opening in more detail or if you have any questions. Applicants can apply at the following link:
https://jobs.educatekansas.org/inner.php?p=scripts/funct.search.job&jobHash=temp768528595q&employerHash=373599977900b5a
Come join a great team at a 2024 National Blue Ribbon award winning school!
FCCLA attended District Elections/ Star Events in Abilene, Ks. We had one retiring as a District Officer and had two elected for the 2025-26 school year. Congratulation to Cadence Sill-Sheppard and Koryn Alexander. We have three groups going on to state to compete in their Star Events. All will attend state in April. Way to go Railers….
Winter Homecoming Ceremony is just next week! The ceremony will take place during half-time of the boy's game at approximately 7:45 pm. All times are approximate based on the game schedule that day! We hope to see you there! Good luck to our candidates and our Railers!
*Note- this post was edited to change the time of homecoming ceremony*
HES had an incredible 2025 literacy night - "Kids can Change the World!" Huge thank you to Mrs. Knopp, Mrs. Langhofer, the HES PTO, the HES staff, and the community volunteers that made this fun night of learning possible for our students! (Part 2)
HES had an incredible 2025 literacy night - "Kids can Change the World!" Huge thank you to Mrs. Knopp, Mrs. Langhofer, the HES PTO, the HES staff, and the community volunteers that made this fun night of learning possible for our students! (Part 1)
HHS at home tonight vs Canton Galva. No JV girls game so games will start at 5:00. Good Luck Railers!!
Good Luck HMS Basketball at Wakefield.
The Railer archery team traveled to Clearwater on Saturday February 1st to compete in bullseye and 3D competition against 8 other schools from central Kansas. The Railers performed well, bringing home 6 individual medals from bullseye and 6 individual medals and 3 team trophies from 3D. The railers are continuing to get better every week. They had 24 new PR’s set on saturday.
In the Bullseye competition, the following archers placed:
Kimberly Schantz 1st place HS Girls 273
Koryn Alexander 2nd place HS Girls 272
Tyson Schlesener 2nd place MS Boys 268
Lillian Rucker 2nd place MS girls 262
Cecily Beck 2nd place ES Girls 204
Kennadie Minton 3rd place ES Girls 190
In the 3D competition, the following archers placed:
Kimberly Schantz 1st place HS Girls 262
Audrey Kamena 2nd place HS Girls 259
Leland Urban 2nd place HS Boys 259
Tyson Schlesener 1st place MS Boys 271
Lillian Rucker 2nd place MS Girls 265
Treygan Meier 3rd place ES Girls 174
Along with the following team awards in 3D:
1st place HS team
1st place MS team
2nd place ES team
Kimberly Shantz & Koryn Alexander were the #1 & #2 shooters (respectively) across all divisions in the bullseye competition and Tyson Schlesener was the #1 overall shooter in 3D across all divisions. Great Job Railers!!!
The Railer Archery Team competes next at home on the 15th of February when they host The Railer Winter Bullseye Tournament.
HMS information for the Wheat State League Basketball Tournament. Good luck HMS Railers!
Congratulations to the HHS Wrestlers today at the Junction City Tournament.
Update:
This weekend the HHS Speech and Drama Team traveled to Newton High School for their Tournament. This is the largest tournament we will travel to this year until the State Tournament, competing against 24 other schools representing every 'A' Division of KSHSAA.
Aidan T: 12th Place in US Extemporaneous Speaking
Sierra W& Adrianna P: 11th Place in IDA
Mallory A: 10th Place in US Extemporaneous Speaking
Cheyenne P: 10th Place in Prose
Adrianna P: 8th Place in Dramatic Interpretation
We also had 3 events break to the Finals Round:
Brie H: 7th Place Humorous Interpretation
Cheyenne P& Raquel L: 6th Place IDA
Mallory A: 2nd Place in Oration, qualifying for the state tournament
Congratulations, Railers!
HHS Forensics traveled to Newton high school today. This is the biggest meet they will attend this year. Our team brought a total of 14 events and 8 have broke into the semifinals! Stay tuned for the final results!
Let’s cheer on our Railers!
Congratulations to Aidan Thibodeau for receiving the prestigious Gore Scholarship at Wichita State University. This is a $64,000 scholarship given to deserving incoming freshman for the outstanding leadership and potential for success. Aidan was one of 3 to receive this award, from a nationwide application pool of over 500 applicants. We are so proud of you, Aidan!
HHS Girls only tonight at Herington. Good luck Lady Rail!
HES students had a great time celebrating Kansas Day on Wednesday (January 29th)! Thank you so much to the HES staff, our community volunteers, Mr. Collie, and the HHS students that made this a fun KS day for our students! (Part 4)
HES students had a great time celebrating Kansas Day on Wednesday (January 29th)! Thank you so much to the HES staff, our community volunteers, Mr. Collie, and the HHS students that made this a fun KS day for our students! (Part 3)
HES students had a great time celebrating Kansas Day on Wednesday (January 29th)! Thank you so much to the HES staff, our community volunteers, Mr. Collie, and the HHS students that made this a fun KS day for our students! Part 1)
HES students had a great time celebrating Kansas Day on Wednesday (January 29th)! Thank you so much to the HES staff, our community volunteers, Mr. Collie, and the HHS students that made this a fun KS day for our students! (Part 2)
HES Families: Be sure to plan on coming out to HES this evening (Friday, January 31st) to be a part of our 2025 Literacy Night - "Kids Can Change the World!" This will occur at HES from 6:00-7:30 and students need to be accompanied by an adult. We will have refreshments and lots of fun learning stations set-up around the HES gym and cafe. A huge thank you to Mrs. Knopp, Mrs. Langhofer, the HES PTO, and all of the HES staff/volunteers that are making a fun night of learning happen for our students!
HES third grade students worked with the K-State Research and Extension office to complete their "Bread in a Bag" curriculum this week! The students also used butter they made during our Kansas Day celebrations to put on their individual loaves of bread!
