Herty Primary News

Celebrating Dr. Suess!
Herty students celebrated Dr. Suess’s birthday on Read-Across America Day earlier this week. Thanks to the numerous community volunteers that came in and read to our students! Also, shout out to Miss Walker and the reading lab ladies in all their efforts to make this day so special.

First Grade Performs for Black History Month
Herty Primary celebrated Black History with a musical performance by the first graders. Click on “read more” for pictures of this event.

Gunnar Strong
Herty staff supports Gunnar Shadden by wearing their epilepsy awareness t-shirts. #HertyHasHeart

Valentine’s Day/School Holiday
Friday, February 14th, will be a holiday for Lufkin ISD. No school that day!

Happy Counselor’s Day
It’s National Counselor’s Week and Herty Primary has the best! Thank you Miss Gilbert for all you do for all of our students and staff!

Kindergarten Graduation Picture Day is Coming
Kindergarten graduation pictures will be made Tuesday, February 11th.

UIL 2020
Herty’s UIL teams recently competed with other schools across the district. Our students competed in music memory, storytelling and creative writing.
We are SUPER proud of all our students. Our music team placed 6th. In creative writing, Carson placed 2nd, Mibella placed 3rd and Adelina placed 6th. Congrats to the kiddos. Also, a big thank you goes out to Mrs. Nickle, Ms. Beaudion and Mrs. Bryce for all the time and effort to coach the kids in this extra-curricular activity!
Click on “read more” for pictures of the awards ceremony held at Lufkin High School.

Movie Night – January 24th, 5:30-7:30 PM
Join Herty Primary PTK in a movie night from 5:30-7:30 on Jan. 24th in Herty Primary’s gym. Admission is free. Concessions will be available ….. pizza, nachos, popcorn, candy and drinks will be available for purchase.

Martin Luther King Holiday – January 20th
In observance of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, Lufkin ISD staff and students will be “out of school” on Monday, January 20th.

Christmas Holidays – December 20th – January 6th
School will resume on January 7th for students. January 6th will be a Staff Development day for Lufkin ISD.

Celebrating Mrs. Dessie Martin
Happy retirement to Mrs. Dessie! Thank you for your service to Lufkin ISD!

Christmas Happenings at Herty Primary
Click on “read more” for pictures this week at Herty Primary!

Merry Kinder-Mas 2019
Click on “read more” for pictures from Herty’s annual Kindergarten Christmas musical performance. Thank you, Miss H, for all you do for our students! It was a precious production.

Kindergarten Christmas Program – December 17th
Herty Kindergarten will perform a Christmas musical for parents on December 17th at 1:00 pm.

Santa Pictures – December 9th

Thanksgiving Feast at Herty Primary
We are blessed at Herty Primary! We have many, many things to be thankful for. Click on “read more” for numerous pictures of the Thanksgiving feast.

SPED Turkey Trot 2019
Click on “read more” of Lufkin ISD’s annual SPED Turkey Trot.

Veteran’s Day Program
Herty Primary honored Veterans and Veteran’s Day with a musical program by our 2nd graders. Miss Hogue and students put on a fabulous musical complete with a guitar-tribute of “This Land is Your Land”. Herty was blessed to have three Veteran’s attend the program. Students wore festive holiday hats and carried flags, members of the LHS band performed “Taps” and we had a special reading by 1st grader, Luka Gaitain. Click on “read more” for more pictures of the program.

Thanksgiving Feast 2019
Our Thanksgiving Lunch will be Thursday, November 21st.

Veteran’s Day Program
Herty Primary will celebrate Veteran’s Day with a musical program at 8:45 am on Monday, November 11, 2019.

ADAC Visits Herty Primary
In celebration of Red Ribbon Week, representatives from the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council visited Herty Primary to educate students on the importance of promoting a drug-free lifestyle. Leo the Lion made his annual appearance and worked the crowd pumping the students up with chants and songs about drug awareness.

A Day in the Dirt Rodeo
Herty kiddos spent the day in Jasper, Texas at the Day in the Dirt Rodeo. Click on read more for pictures of this day.

Love Lufkin Service Sunday by FBC
HUGE shoutout to Lufkin’s First Baptist Church for their annual Love Lufkin Service Sunday. Many improvements were made to our campus by this dedicated, generous group of church members. Click on “read more” to see many pictures of their hard work at the school.

Oh What-a-Night!
The Whataburger fundraiser was a huge success! Thank you, Chris Johnson, for your generosity to Herty Primary! Click on “read more” for more pictures of the night.

Way to Go! Herty Kids Made It Snow!
Herty students accepted a challenge recently. A $2,000 goal was set for the scholastic book fair and our kids met that goal with gusto! In reward for meeting that goal, the students were treated to a snowball fight. Mrs. Riggs and Miss Gilbert were bombarded with shaving-cream snow and fluffy, fleecy snowballs. Click on “read more” for pictures of the fun Friday flocking!