Shout out to these ladies. Herty Primary is blessed to have such wonderful Administrative Assistants. These two keep our campus running smoothly and truly put the “heart” in our hashtag, #HertyHasHeart. Thank you for EVERYTHING Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Gaitan-Ortega!

It’s College Week at Lufkin ISD. Students are enlightened and encouraged on opportunities beyond high school. It’s never too early to promote higher education, whether it is college, trade school, armed forces or a university. Teachers are talking to the kids this week about their future and each class has their classroom door decorated to promote student success.

Herty 1st and 2nd graders had their Fun Day activities in the afternoon. Click on “read more” for pictures of the event.

Coach Williams and Coach Classy put on an awesome fun day for PPCD, SPED and Kindergarten! Click on “read more” for many pictures of this special event. First and second grade will have their Fun Day event this afternoon. Check back for an additional post.

Today, we celebrate School Librarian’s Day at Herty Primary. Mrs. Aunchalee Whisenant is the bomb and works so hard to make reading fun! Thanks, Mrs. Whisenant for all you do for us at Herty!

A volunteer ministry led by LISD’s own Cindy Tierney with Lufkin’s First Methodist Church will provide a hot meal on Saturday, April 10th at Herty Primary to our Herty and Coston school families. Food will be ready to be served around 10:30 am. Come on out to Herty Primary for food and fellowship, Saturday, April 10th.

Kindergarten students will have Graduation on May 25th. Graduation times for each class will be posted at a later date.

Herty second graders recently competed in the UIL Competition with other Lufkin ISD primary schools. We have some winners with Alicia Mendoza winning 4th place in Creative Writing and a team of Emerson Villanueva, Jose Reyes, Daphne Rodriguez, Makayla Cuevas and Jasity Orta winning 6th place in Music Memory. Congratulations to all of our Herty kiddos that competed!

School uniforms will not be required for the 2021-2022 school year.

Herty administrators treated staff to snacks to celebrate St. Patrick’s day.

Principal Jill Riggs pulled double duty mopping breakfast spills on Friday as we prepared for Spring Break. Lorita Davis surprised us with her secret recipe cake! If you’ve never had this cake, you are MISSING OUT!

Lufkin’s First Baptist Church has generously supported Herty Primary over the last few years. On Monday, February 22nd, First Baptist Church served Herty families a hot meal to aide in recovering from winter storm URI. Additionally, they provided sacks of food. Thank you, First Baptist Church, for loving our school families.

Herty students celebrated Black History month by creating posters of famous black people. Click on “read more” to see the contribution of posters. Check back in for more pictures of Black History Month at Herty Primary.

Every student must wear a mask at school!

Beginning Monday, February 15, 2021, all primary aged students must wear masks daily.

2nd grade students were recognized for reading 100 Accelerated Reader books through the second nine weeks of school. These students were presented trophies by Principal Jill Riggs. Click on “read more” for more pictures of these fabulous readers.

Herty students and staff celebrated the 100th day of school. Click on “read more” for many pictures of students, staff and posters of 100 day fun!

Mrs. Tillar’s Kindergarten friends took advantage of this beautiful day to clean up trash around our campus. Thank you, Tillar friends, for taking pride in our school’s appearance.

Shout out to Miss Gilbert, Herty’s counselor. She has a generous heart and loves our Herty kiddos so much. Thank you for all you do.

Herty PTK surprised staff members with a quick little pick-me up! We LOVE our PTK! Thanks, PTK, for treating us during this lllloooonnnngg winter month!

Mrs. Cobb’s class wrote and published a book, Turkey in Disguise! The book was a collaboration of some super smart first grade students. Mrs. Cobb says “I am so proud of the work they did, and they are so proud to see their writing in an actual book.” Herty is proud of these young authors and illustrators! Well done Turkeys!