The Mena High School Varsity Cheer Team completed a 3 day camp with the National Cheer Association last week. The team earned Superior ranking. Many girls were nominated for All American with Bailey Heald and Destiny Hogan officially being chosen for All American !
First day of Harding Team Camp for Ladycat Basketball.
Mena Jr. High Cheer has completed their summer camp. The girls showed tremendous growth and learned many new skills. We are excited for what the 24-25 season has in store for us.
The Mena trap team competed at the 6th Annual Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation trap shoot on Friday.
The ArFB Foundation has teamed up with The Arkansas 4-H Foundation and the Arkansas FFA Foundation again, and half of the net proceeds from the shoot will directly benefit both organizations!
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!
Welcome Trey Plummer to the Mena High School staff. Mr. Plummer will be teaching English 10 in 2024-2025.
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
The roof is going up at the Hensley Activity Center !!!
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.
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
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!
2024 Seniors had a graduate walk through on each Mena campus on Wednesday.
Progress continues on the Hensley Activity Center !
Congratulations to Mrs. Kristine Albin and the Mena High School Yearbook staff for earning the GOLD level of the National Yearbook Program of Excellence.
The Mena High School Pathway Club spent this past Saturday working towards beautifying our community by picking up roadway trash all around neighborhoods close to the high school. The Pathway Club was awarded a state grant that was written by our Behavioral Interventionist, Shanda Craig, and focuses on community service projects that beautify our community. These 9th grade students will work throughout their high school career on different ways to beautify our community. Students are also creating a video to highlight all the work and planning they have completed this school year. Club members are Waylon Yoakem, Adelhei Look, Avery Montgomery, Zoe Adams, Jonas Hernandez, Daeton Miller, and Braydon Wright.
The 2024 MHS Yearbook Assembly was held on Thursday morning in the Union Bank Center. This years yearbook was dedicated to the memory of Nature Brown and also to MHS Teacher Heather Catlett.
The top 8 Seniors were also recognized. They include
KIYLEE HUGHES
CAROLINE CANNON
JAXON BABER
MALACHI FLOYD
SOPHIA VACCA
HOLIDAY NEUFELD
HUDSON VACCA
PSALM WISTRAND
The Juniors defeated the Freshman in the Powder Buff Championship Match 2-1 on Wednesday at the Union Bank Center. This is the third year in a row the Junior team has won the event.
It was a fundraiser for the "Take What You Need Cart" at MHS.
Two Mena High School seniors attended the Arkansas Governor’s Scholastic Honors Day at the Governor’s Mansion on May 4th. They were hosted by Governor and First Gentleman Sanders.
Psalm Wistrand, daughter of Greg and Hope Brotherton, and Hudson Vacca, son of Johnny and Christi Vacca, were among Arkansas’ best and brightest seniors recognized at this annual, prestigious event.
Congratulations, Psalm and Hudson! The Mena School District is proud of your dedication to academic excellence.
