Herty Primary held Open House Tuesday, August 27th. We had a great turn-out; thank you, parents, for coming to visit with your child’s teachers. Click on “read more” to see pictures from our event.

The 2019-2020 school year started with a red carpet welcome! Thank you to First Baptist Church, Lufkin Fire Department and LHS Varsity baseball players for volunteering to make our student’s first day back so much fun!

Herty staff is busy planning and preparing for the upcoming school year! Our first day of school is August 14, 2019. “Meet the Teacher” will be on August 12, 2019 from 3:00 ’til 5:00 PM. Shout-out to First Baptist Church for a delicious breakfast on our first day back! Also, a huge thanks to CHI St. Lukes’s Health – Memorial for another wonderful breakfast and gift pack (jumper-cables and tools!!!!) this week. We are looking forward to another great year at Herty Primary!! Click on “read more” to see the happy faces of our Herty Staff.

Click on “read more” for pictures of the Herty Primary Class of 2031 Kindergarten graduation!

1st and 2nd grade awards assemblies were held for the 4th nine weeks. Click on “read more” for pictures of the event(s). Students presented songs, received many awards for citizenship, top dojo, Top Hornets, A-honor roll, A/B-honor roll, perfect attendance, 50-books, 100-books, 200-books read and two students received huge trophies for reading 300 or more books! These 2nd graders are ready for big things! Look out Coston!

Herty Top Hornets were treated to a trip to Hijinx Trampoline Park. Top Hornets are students chosen by their teachers throughout the year for awesome, consistent behavior, Hard work pays off!

Herty students celebrated the end of the school year with a school wide “water day”! The kids enjoyed getting soaking wet with the water limbo, a sudsy soaking slipping slide, a bouncy house/water slide, belly bumpers, and finishing off the rotation with a dunking booth and snow cones! Click on “read more” for more pictures. Special thanks for Coach Williams, Miss H, Mrs. Self, Mrs. Fain, Miss Jasmine, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Whisenant and their volunteers for helping with this fun day. Special thanks to First Baptist Church volunteers along with Mrs. Riggs and Mrs. Turnage for taking turns in the dunking booth!

A certain group of Herty 2nd graders were rewarded with a trip to the splash pad at Kiwanis Park. Students who have taken and passed 100 Accelerated Reader books went to the water park recently. Click on read more for many pictures of this fun trip!

Mr. Wade’s class hosted a “Muffins with Mom” breakfast in celebration of Mother’s Day. Moms were treated to muffins, fruit, and kolaches along with juices. The classroom was beautifully decorated with flowers, pictures of the students and balloons. The students presented their mom with an “all about mom” writing piece and a gift of appreciation. This celebration was complete with a photo booth, a slideshow of moms with their children and a dance and singalong in honor of all moms! Click on “read more” for many pictures of this wonderful event!

Congratulations to Ms. Amy Beaudion, 1st grade teacher. She completed Lufkin ISD’s Leadership Academy and graduated this week! Ms. B will graduate from Lamar University soon with her Master’s Degree.