Mena High School and Middle School teachers and leaders spent two days working with Dr. Holly Cothren with The Bailey Education Group on building effective lessons for the upcoming school year. These fantastic educators worked hard and enjoyed their time together!
Day one of the Mena Youth Wrestling Camp!
Camp continues from 5:15pm-6:15pm on Thursday and Friday in the UBC. Everyone age 7-14 years old are invited. The cost is $10.00 per session.
Welcome Lauryn Barrett to the staff at Holly Harshman Elementary.
Welcome Trey Plummer to the Mena High School staff. Mr. Plummer will be teaching English 10 in 2024-2025.
Day 1 in the books for K-5 Bailey Group PD! Awesome training! Awesome instructor!
Thank you Feather you are the BEST!
Looking forward to day 2 & 3.
Mena hosted the Bearcat 7 on 7 Tournament on Tuesday. Teams from Pocola OK., Lavaca, Hackett, Arkadelphia, DeQueen, Mansfield and Bismark participated.
See the 2024 Mena Bearcat football schedule at the link .
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=19617
Welcome Rachel Holland to the Mena Middle School staff. Ms. Holland will be teaching English/Language Arts.
The roof is going up at the Hensley Activity Center !!!
Mrs. Sikes 6th Grade Keyboarding Top Typists on timed tests for 2024.
1st place -Peyton Tidwell averaging 74 WPM
2nd place - Dane Palmer averaging 70 WPM
3rd place - Brady Jones averaging 63 WPM
The Mena Bearcats played their spring football game on Thursday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
The 2024 season begins on Friday, August 30th at DeQueen.
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HHE staff had an inflatable race this morning….so fun!
Read to Cash
Congratulations to Mena High School Senior CRISTIAN MILLER on signing to serve with the US Coast Guard on Wednesday in the Mena High School Library.
MHS FBLA would like to give a HUGE shout out to the first sponsors of our trip to Nationals in Orlando this summer. We are taking 13 MHS FBLA members to compete in various competitions and every donation, no matter how large or small, is greatly appreciated!!! Your donation can go to a specific student or divided amongst the whole group.
If you would like to be added to our sponsor list, you can comment here or send me an email (teresa.torix@menaschools.org) and a competitor will come by and visit you! We take cash or checks made out to Mena High School.
Competitors: Jaxon Baber, Sully Massey, Hudson Vacca (Hospitality & Event Management); Kensey Rosson and Brady Montgomery (Entrepreneurship); Kiylee Hughes, Isabel Vacca and Addison Thomas (Broadcast Journalism); Zach Sweet and Elijah Smith (Mobile App Development); Zoe Hamilton (Help Desk); Hunter Cannon (Business Plan); Tuangsian Dopmul (Business Calculations)
Sponsors:
Karlene Hooker
Ginger Sterner/Edward Jones
Carol Miller
Matt Thomas Agency
Spurgin's Southern Auto
South Main Signs & Graphics
Tire Shop of Mena
DDH Lube LLC
Tony Hooper - Farm Bureau
Mena Middle School FCCLA, FBLA, and Yearbook students attended the annual Magic Springs School Day. This is the end of the year celebration for these groups.
The class of 2024 had graduation practice on Friday morning.
Since we missed the weather, and we are going to have wonderful weather Saturday, we are changing locations for the Mena High School commencement ceremony to Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
At the Arkansas Heptathlon Elliott Dugan of Mena finished 26th as a sophomore and 3rd overall in the state for high jump. In the decathlon Elijah Smith of Mena finished 18th out of 75 as a junior!
Coach Rachel Dover and Randy Peters were selected as team leaders at the meet and coached girls from Cabot, Villonia, Dover, Siloam Springs, Lakeside, and Russleville!
Wednesday was the final day of the Little Cat Volleyball Camp!
Mena Middle School 6th grade students enjoyed a day of information and fun. Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer and Deputy Justin Wagner talked with students about careers in law enforcement, dangers of vaping and much more. Students also watched an education video on vaping in the library. To wrap up the day the National Guard provided their obstacle course for students.
