Herty Primary celebrated National Boss’s day recently. These two ladies go above and beyond to serve our Herty kiddos and staff. Thank you both for your dedication and leadership!

Students from Herty’s PPCD department will be attending “A Day in the Dirt” rodeo in Jasper, Texas in October. Check back later for pictures of the event!

Cool temperatures make recess so much more fun! Mrs. Nickle’s class had a blast on the playground today.

Lufkin ISD Police Officers, Chief Jay Jost, Tamesha Forrest and Gilbert Tinajero, are staffing Herty’s front office! Thank you, officers, for all you do …… all day, everyday!

Help our campus raise money. Please plan on eating at Whataburger on Timberland on October 17th!

An Arctic Adventure book fair is here!! There’s “snow” much to read! So, gather your money and plan on buying some great books at school next week. Click on read more for pictures of the library all set up for the book fair!

Grandparent’s Day was celebrated during lunch at Herty Primary. We are very blessed to have so many loving, caring grandparents within our school family! Click on “read more” for pictures of today’s special event.

Congratulations to Lena Nickle, Tracy Morris, Kirby Bryce, Allyson Dunn, Nikki Neal and Amy Beaudion for receiving grants to enrich their classroom learning experiences! Mrs. Nickle & Mrs. Morris received the $1,478.29 Comfort with a Constant Hug grant. The money will go toward funding sensory items that will help kids deal with anxiety.

Mrs. Bryce was awarded an $895.94 grant, Listening in 2nd Grade,. This program is designed to help students who haven’t yet gained the ability to read.

Lastly, the Herty 2nd grade team, received a $3,780 grant to fund Osmo Innovators. Osmo is a program that hooks up to ipads and allows students to explore math, reading and science through different manipulations in the program. Click on “read more” for more pictures.

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!