A group of Mena teachers are participating in workshops at the DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative. Including AR Math QuEST ambitious teaching year 1 day 3 with Shannon Miller
The end-of-semester dance at Mena MIddle School was a blast!
Ms. Kropp's 2nd period class decided to bless the Mena High School cafeteria staff with Christmas baskets on Thursday.
Merry Christmas!
The Mena Sr. High Ladycats and Bearcats hosted Ozark at the Union Bank Center on Tuesday.
Ladycats - 54
Ozark - 46
Bearcats - 52
Ozark - 46
Mena will be back in action on Friday when they host Clarksville.
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Mena Wrestling battled Acorn and Van Buren on Monday. Coach Velencia said the team competed very well and won a couple of matches.
Jr. High band students competed at the Region VIII Concert Auditions in Fort Smith on Saturday. Congratulations to the following students.
Junior High All Region Results
Tristan Hansen - Tenor Sax - 1st Band 1st Chair
Ivan Sanchez - Alto Sax - 1st Alternate
Nayeli Pinon - Flute - 2nd Band 11th Chair
Frank Smudrick - Trombone - 3rd Band 8th Chair
Junior High All Region Jazz Results
Tristan Hansen - Tenor Sax - 2nd Band 2nd Chair
Ivan Sanchez - Alto Sax - 2nd Alternate
Jaron Hadley - Trombone - 2nd Band 4th Chair
Tune in Bearcat News on Mena Public Schools Radio on Monday for the weekly report from LDE featuring Gracie from Mrs. Martin's 2nd grade class.
The Mena High School Spotlight Singers sang at the capitol in Little Rock on Friday.
The Mena Middle School and Mena High School Choirs performed their annual Christmas show on Thursday in the Performing Arts Center.
The Be Pro Be Proud truck was at Mena High School on Thursday. Our 10th grade students enjoyed the simulators & learning about skilled trade careers!
Abi Koppein competed at the FCCLA Region 6 STAR Event Competition today at National Park Community College in the Repurpose & Redesign category. She scored in the top 2 and will be advancing to the state competition in February! Way to go Abi!
HHE Ambassadors helped unload hundreds of bags of popcorn 🍿!!
Our fundraiser raised over $7500 in PROFIT for our school! 🎉
🗓️Students will be bringing home popcorn TOMORROW, Dec 8th!
📣IF your order is too big to come home on the bus or in car rider line, please call the office and we can make plans for you to pick up the popcorn here at school.
Thank you for your continued cooperation and support!♥️♥️
Bearcats unable to overcome slow start.
Sr. Bearcats - 37
Ft. Lake - 71
The Bearcats are back in action on Thursday in Alma at the Charles Dyer Classic.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=20089
The Mena Ladycats lead from start to finish in their game against Fountain Lake on Tuesday .
Sr. Ladycats - 47
Ft. Lake - 45
The girls begin play in the Charles Dyer Classic at Alma on Thursday.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...
Dover 42-Mena 12
The Bearcats gave great effort in their inaugural wrestling match against the Dover Pirates. Looking forward to watching this team in the upcoming season.
Next match is @ Acorn on December 12th @ 6pm.
Mena High School Sophomore Lauren Beck demonstrated the proper technique she uses to saddle her cow pony for a days work. Ms. Beck is doing this demonstration speech for her Personal Communications class.
The Mena Varsity Cheerleaders competed at a Southern Spirit Federation Competition at Lake Hamilton this weekend. Their goal this weekend was focused on judges critiques to prepare for State Competition on December 17th, as well as hitting zero! Although the team did not make into the top 5 at the competition, they accomplished their goals and are looking forward to practices to prepare what they need in order to have a solid run at State. The cheer team would like to thank Gilchrist Tractor for donating team shirts to them as well as Union Bank of Mena for donating a team meal prior to the competition.
Pottsville defeated the Bearcats on Friday at the Union Bank Center.
Mena Bearcats - 47
Pottsville - 71
Mena falls to 2-3 on the season with a game against Fountain Lake scheduled for Tuesday.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=20089
The Mena Ladycats defeated Pottsville on Friday at the Union Bank Center.
Mena Ladycats - 63
Pottsville - 53
Mena improves to 2-2 on the season and will play Ft. Lake on Tuesday.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...
Mena Mayor Seth Smith stopped by the high school today to deliver Christmas Cheer prior to this evenings Christmas parade! We are thankful for our community’s Christmas Spirit!
