Herty Kindergarten presented “A Very Merry Kinder-mas” Christmas program to Kindergarten parents on Thursday, Dec. 14th at 8:30 am.

The students practiced their performance for Herty students on Wednesday, Dec. 13th. See photos from both performances.

Herty students have been busy with Istation & CBA testing and Hour of Coding, but still find time to spread some holiday cheer around the campus and city. Take a peek at all the celebrating going on!

Herty staff supports the Pack in the fourth round of the playoffs by wearing Star Wars attire! The Panthers play in Nacogdoches at Homer Bryce Stadium against the Longview Lobos at 1:00 pm!! Come out and support our football team and PACK the stadium with PURPLE & GOLD!!

Herty supports the Panthers in the Playoffs!! GO PACK!!!

Lufkin ISD held their 6th annual “Turkey Trot” for special needs students at Abe Martin Stadium. Primary and elementary aged students participated in the fun-filled event. The Turkey Trot began with a race across a field, through a creek and to the finish line. Next, the students were treated to donuts, bananas, juice and water. Then the students completed numerous obstacle course stations on John Outlaw Field at Abe Martin Stadium. Thank you, Jerri Kay Boyd, for planning, organizing and hosting this for the kids! Also, thank you to LHS students who volunteered to help our precious children!!

Herty Primary appreciates all the families who came to celebrate the Thanksgiving feast with their children. Special thanks to Mrs. Diana and ladies in the cafeteria for preparing a delicious traditional thanksgiving meal!

Mrs. Rayburn’s Kindergarten class won the cafeteria good behavior table prize…SHOES OFF & STINKY FEET!

Herty Primary celebrated Veteran’s Day! Music teacher Miss Whitney Hogue and her 2nd graders performed numerous patriotic songs to honor all Veterans. Thank you Miss Hogue for a wonderful performance. Special thanks to high school students: Eagle Scouts Andy Durrett and Kyle Rayburn for the presentation of our US and Texas flags. Also, drummer Ivan Acevedo along trumpet players, Skylar Chunn and Reed Drapela for their contribution to our program as well.

Herty Primary’s reading campout provided lots of indoor fun!

Let Chili’s do the cooking on Tuesday, November 14th. From 11 am til 11 pm, Chili’s will donate 15% of sales to Herty Primary with the flyer (that will come home with your child/student). So plan to come out and eat at Chili’s as they generously give back to our school!

From college wear, crazy socks, red shirts, batman & superwoman (with some really great abs) to a library saying “NO” to drugs, Herty Primary is celebrating Red Ribbon Week! Click for more superhero sightings and crazy socks around our campus!!

Herty Primary will have a Veteran’s Day program on Friday, November 10th at 9:00 am honoring all of our country’s veterans.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 will be an early dismissal day. Regular ed students will be dismissed at 12:00 noon. PPCD dismissal will be at 10:30 am. Staff will have a work day.

Herty Primary will have a Thanksgiving Feast on November 15th. Families are welcome to come eat with their student. The cafeteria will be serving a delicious traditional Thanksgiving meal of ham, turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, fruit and a roll! Please come out and enjoy lunch with your child.

Fund raiser items will be in and available for pick-up on November 8th between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm.

Herty 1st and 2nd graders received numerous awards last week after completing their first nine weeks of school. Students received awards for Good Citizenship, Top Dojo, All A Honor Roll, A/B Honor Roll and Perfect Attendance. Keep up the great work students!

Start collecting those Box Tops!! Raid grandma’s pantry ……. check with your favorite aunt ……. and ask your neighbors to cut each box top for Herty Primary! Keep them in a baggie and send them to school periodically. Each class will be competing for top honors by collecting the most box tops.

  School picture retake day will be November 9th.  If you missed school picture day earlier in the school year or if you weren't happy with your school picture, you may have your picture made again.  More information on this soon!  

Herty's running club has been practicing for a few weeks and will compete with other primary schools across the district. On Wednesday, October 25th, our Herty runners will travel to Abe Martin Stadium for this event! Good luck to our Herty Hornets! Run, Herty, Run!!

Angela Bennett’s second graders have been learning about matter and mass in science. Ms. Bennett challenged her students to think about what would happen if vinegar and baking soda were combined. After writing their hypothesis in their lab report, the class went outside to conduct their experiment. The students then wrote and drew about their findings! #HertyHasHeart #LufkinLearns

Red Ribbon Week is October 23 – 27. Students may celebrate living drug free by participating in Red Ribbon activities.

Herty Primary has so many wonderful things happening! See all the pictures of our bulletin boards, hallways and windows full of hard work by our Herty friends and teachers! #HertyHasHeart #LufkinLearns

Publishing popsicle party! Proud 2nd grade authors!

Herty’s Wild West Literacy Night was such a boot scootin’ success. The evening was filled with pool noodle horse races, cowboy-style hula-hooping, vowel sound bean bag tossing, milking a cow, roping a steer along with a little coloring of bookmarks, sight word writing and shopping the book fair! Thanks to all parents, kiddos and Herty staff for coming out!