Congratulations to our Second Grade Battle of the Books team who placed FIRST PLACE at the 2024 competition at the Dequeen Mena Co-Op🎉🥇
Battle of the Books is a quiz style competition between area schools based on their knowledge of books, characters and the details from the stories they have read and studied.
We are so proud of their determination, hardwork and teamwork as they represented Mena Public Schools so well in todays competition!
Read Across America Kickoff 2024
We kicked off Read Across America 2024 with Lots of reading excitement!
“Hog Wild For Reading” lead our day as we teamed up with The University of Arkansas to push the importance of reading!
Arkansas Razorback football players and Lady Razorback basketball players read aloud to our students and talked about their favorite books!
Lots of read alouds , lots of books checked out in the library, free book giveaways to our little readers and mostly importantly we read lots of good books!
February Perfect Attendance in Kindergarten.
Kindergarten students continue to level up in Lexia!
Today is School Bus Driver Appreciation Day !
The Mena School District would like to offer much deserved recognition to the people we rely on to safely transport our students. If you have the opportunity please give thanks to your Mena bus drivers.
The Mena Public Schools presented Sarah Carrell with a certificate of appreciation today as a part of her 90th birthday celebration. Carrell was a longtime employee of the district and continues to serve as a foster grandparent.
We have an amazing new awning that extends from our LD building to the gym! 🎉🎉
We love restocking our Free Little Library to prepare for a weekend full of reading!!
Check out our Free Little Library in front of Louise Durham! It is set up so families can have access to Free Books after school or on the weekends!
There are more than 100,000 registered Free Little Library Book sharing boxes in 108 countries worldwide📚
Remember Take a book, leave a book, love a book!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Polk County Spelling Bee! We are so proud of you all! 1st Place for First Grade : Adley Arce 3rd Place for Second Grade: Carson Gortemiller
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Polk County Spelling Bee! We are so proud of you all!
1st Place for First Grade : Adley Arce
3rd Place for Second Grade: Carson Gortemiller
Tune in Bearcat News on FM101 Monday, February 5th for the weekly report from Louise Durham Elementary featuring AUBREY & ELLIE . They are second grade student in Mrs. Warren's class.
Bearcat News can be heard every school day on Mena Public Schools Radio FM101. Tune in at
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LDE students celebrated one hundred days of school o n Thursday!
Kindergarten rocked out for our hundredth day of school! 🤟🏽
Louise Durham Elementary is collecting pop tops for the Ronald McDonald House. EMERY was so proud of all the tops she collected.
The Great Kindness Challenge Week will be January 22nd through the 26th!
https://www.facebook.com/thegreatkindnesschallenge/
Tune in Bearcat News on FM101 Monday, December 18th for the weekly report from Louise Durham Elementary featuring TRAYTON.
Trayton is a second grade student in Mrs. Beck's class.
Bearcat News can be heard every school day on Mena Public Schools Radio FM101. Tune in at
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Great job to these kindergarten students who leveled up in Lexia.
Members of the MHS National English Honor Society made a surprise visit with Santa Clause at Louise Durham Elementary on Wednesday to pass out Santa Letters to 2nd grade.
Preschool is snow much fun ❄️
Tune in Bearcat News on FM101 Monday, December 11th for the weekly report from Louise Durham Elementary featuring SOPHIA.
Sophia is a second grade student in Mrs. Warren's class.
Bearcat News can be heard every school day on Mena Public Schools Radio FM101. Tune in at
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