Mena High School

The DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative hosted Destination Science STEM Challenge on Wednesday. The 2025 Winners from Mena include: Balloon car: 2nd: Lainey Smart Blindfold cubing: 1st: Braylon Brandenburg and Keegan Stone Catapult: 1st: Larson Woods Earthquake: 1st: Raelyn Ashcraft and Haidyn Valdovinos 3rd: Jocelyn Cecil and Halia Peterson Egg drop: 2nd: Kinsey Mullen High school 1st: Gloria Roberts 2nd: Hadassah Torres Generator: 1st: Kaylee Cox and Jacie Kesterson 2nd: Wyeth Webber and Talen West Paper roller coast: 1st: Sophie Dowdy and Kambree Martin Mystery Challenge: 1st: Areana Alemeda, Kambree Martin, Annie Hughes and Melanie Cude Middle school Technology Competitions: Web presence 1st: Prachi Desai 2nd: Logan Chambers 3rd: Cooper Rowe Video competition 1st: Kenley Cochran 2nd: Camryn Stepp 3rd: Lynda Maechler High school Technology Competitions: Web presence 1st: Raelyn Ashcraft 2nd: Jaslynn Turner 3rd: Avery Cox Video competition 1st: Annabelle Sprague 2nd: Kinley Cox 3rd: Sason Walker Toothpick bridge: Middle school 2nd: Francesca Vacca and Makinley Vega 3rd: Angel Cecilio and Karsyn Baber High school 1st: Arean Alemeda Robotics-Lego Middle school 1st: Briar Robinson and Judius Steffler 2nd: Aiden Broach and Wesley Warren High school 1st: Talen West and Luke Rowland Robotics-vex Middle school 1st: Levi Lawrence 2nd: Dawson Anderson 3rd: Max Free Robotics-Sphero Middle school 1st: Peyton Quillin 2nd: Ronan Pettigrew 3rd: Gabe Elizalde and Tristan Garcia High school 1st: Willam Gorsuch Sailboat: 2nd: Peyton Quillin

The Mena Jr. High Relays were held on Tuesday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. The Ladycats finished in first place. Skylar Bahr won the 200 meter dash & the long jump. Paisley Burger won the High Jump. Brynlee Bahr won the Pole Vault. The Bearcats finished in first place & Hank Rose won high point. Blayden West won the 200 meter dash & the 400 meter dash. See complete results at the link below. https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/655547-mena-jr-high-relays-2025/results

Norah Williams won the top prize today at the Arkansas Young Playwright Competition as Best Playwright! Eric Decker was honored with one of the two Best Actor Awards and Anna Burt was one of two Honorable Mentions! We are super proud of these students! All of them that brought Norah’s play Night Off to life for the judges. We have not won the top playwright award since 2014 when Hannah Lochala and Madi Sherrer brought home the prize. We always have great plays and actors, and it is great to be involved in this competition each year.

Mena Soccer played Nashville on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. Bearcats-0 (2-4-1) Nashville-4 The Bearcats play next on Monday @ Magnolia.

Mena Soccer played Nashville on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. Ladycats-3 (6-1-1) Nashville-0 The Ladycats play next on Monday @ Magnolia.

We Read Wednesday 📚 The Mena library media specialists hosted a literacy professional development for all of the media specialists in the Dequeen-Mena Co-Op. Librarians are the heart of schools that promote literacy and reading. We ❤️ reading!

Congratulations to the Mena High School Band. The band received an overall rating of 1st division superior at Region Concert and Sightreading Assessment. These ratings combined with the marching band ratings make the Mena High School Band a Sweepstakes band for the 2025 school year.

National Honor Society juniors voted for officers on Wednesday. Congratulations to the 2025-2026 officers! President - Kate Wilson Vice President - Jackson Thompson Secretary - Chloe Hooper Treasurer - Anabelle Peters Historian - Chloe Stepp

Mena High School FBLA has been in Little Rock at the State Leadership Conference. Students that attended qualified on the district level to move on or chose state only events. Several groups took an objective test to qualify to present and others have worked on presentations for months. Many students stepped out of their comfort zone to do speaking events and they all did so well! I have had comments from judges and advisors about how good our kiddos did on their presentations. Today we find out who will have the opportunity to compete one more time at Nationals in Anaheim . Good luck to all of them! No matter what, you have represented our school, our chapter and yourselves well National qualifiers from MHS are….. 1st Place Broadcast Journalism Jayden Cox Addison Thomas Isabel Vacca 1st Place Mobile App Development Zach Sweet 2nd Place Business Plan Hunter Cannon Reese Montgomery Kate Wilson 2nd Place Intro to Business Concepts Ailiyah McEntire 3rd Place Business Management Bryant Thomas Auden Woods WE ARE HEADED TO ANAHEIM!!!!!

Ladycat Softball run rules Ozark. Mena Ladycats-10 (8-2) Ozark-0 Mena is back in action on Thursday when they play Nashville at Union Bank Park.

Southwest EMS recently trained Mrs. Wilson’s FACS classes for CPR certification. Shane Rowe discussed careers related to the medical field, specifically EMT’s and Paramedics and discussed the importance of saving people’s lives through learning CPR and related skills.

On Wednesday, April 2nd, 100 senior Bearcats from Mena High School took part in the Career Connect Event at UA Rich Mountain’s Ouachita Center. This event was a collaborative effort with Acorn High School, Cossatot River High School, and Oden High School, bringing together a total of 181 seniors from across the region. Career Connect is a reverse career fair opportunity in which our Senior Bearcats prepared an elevator pitch and resume which they presented to local and state business representatives. The elevator pitch is a short 1-3 minute speech in which they introduce themselves, state their career objective as well as educational goals to a prospective employer. The resume is a professional resume they provided to interested business members. There were approximately 30 area businesses, including 55 business representatives, that interacted with our students by interviewing them for prospective jobs. While some students connected with a prospective employer, the event allowed every student to practice skills such as interview preparation, communication skills, interview skills, and connecting with caring adults in our business community. Every opportunity a student has to engage with adults within their community is an opportunity to build confidence in themselves, make connections for future employment opportunities, and create within the student a deeper feeling of belonging and connectedness to their community. We greatly appreciate the positive responses from community members concerning the professionalism, preparedness, and excellence of our students. We are proud of our Bearcats as they prepare for their NEXT and their dedication to being work ready as they confidently join our community. A special word of appreciation to all of the MPS faculty and staff who have helped prepare our students for their NEXT, as well as the support staff who feed, transport, prepare facilities and clean up after all of our students' events.

This was our first year to have Technology Student Association at Mena High School. Mrs. Titsworth took 3 teams and 2 non-competing members to the TSA State Competition on Wednesday. Those attending included: Eli Swall Zach Sweet Adam Hughes Nathaniel Needham Briley Parker MK Poo-ai Elijah Smith Yennyte Tecson Vaughn Vacca Two teams made the top 3! Board Game Design Team: Briley Parker & Yennyte Tecson - 3rd place Promotional Design Competitor: MK Poo-ai - 1st place

Arkansas Children’s Hospital delivered an informative presentation on ATV safety to students recently. As part of the event, several lucky students won a drawing and received custom ATV helmets, goggles, and gloves.

Congratulations Mena High School Freshman Brynlee Bahr. Brynlee is ranked 29th nationally in the 2028 class in pole vault after her performance Monday at Mansfield. Vaulting 10 feet, her new personal record.

Mena Softball played Pottsville at Union Bank Park on Friday. Ladycats-3 (6-2) Pottsville-2 Mena is back in action at Waldron on Tuesday, April 1st.

Theatre III & IV students at Mena High School performed "Romeo & Juliet" for 9th Grade English Classes in the Performing Arts Center on Friday. The cast included: Charleigh Batten Bailey Benner Anna Burt Blayze Chitty Eric Decker Noah Holman Bri Martin Andrew Schnell Wesley Smith Finleigh Robertson on lights, sound and projections!

For the fourth consecutive year the Class of 2025 won the annual Powder Buff Volleyball Game. The seniors outlasted the sophomores in the championship game 2-1. Proceeds from the games go to Bearcats Supporting Bearcats!

Mena placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd on Wednesday at a chess tournament hosted by Cossatot River High School. 1st - Elijah Smith 2nd - Dorian Knight 3rd - Ivan Sanchez Go Bearcats!

Bearcat Soccer faced Hope at Bob Carver Bearcats Stadium on Tuesday. Bearcats-2 (1-1-2) Hope-3 Mena plays at Malvern this Friday.