The Mena High School cheer team was hard at work early Tuesday prepping for 2023/2024 !
Transportation Supervisor James Davis says the Mena School District's busses are ready, routes have been planned and inspections passed in preparation for the 2023-2024 school year.
He asks that all area drivers remember that school busses will be back on the streets and highways transporting students to and from school beginning August 16th.
The Mena Bearcat Band hard at practice for the 2023 marching season on Tuesday morning in the shadow of Rich Mountain.
Mena High School student pick up and drop off routes!
The first day of school is Wednesday, August 16th.
Mena wrestling is entering year two and the team is already hard at work. The season begins on December 5th. Check the complete schedule at the link below.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=248713
Football teams from Hackett, Mt. Ida, Horatio, Mansfield & Berryville joined Mena at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium for a team camp on Wednesday.
The Bearcats scrimmage Mansfield on August 15th and the season opener is August 25th against DeQueen at BCBS.
We have exciting news! We are looking for sponsors to help fund the 2023-2024 cheerleading team in their hopeful journey to a State Championship. The athletes will be participating in multiple camps/clinics, as well as multiple competitions all leading up to the State Competition in December of 2023, but we need your help. In return for your sponsorship, we are starting a Paint the Paw fundraiser. We will be painting paws leading to the high school and student parking lots. Here are some options that we would like to provide for you: *A paw with your name and graduation year *A paw with your business name *A paw to honor your whole graduating class *A paw to honor a lost classmate To make a contribution, simply mail your gift to MHS Cheer, 1200 Dallas Avenue, Mena, AR 71953, hand deliver your gift to Mena High School, or meet with a MHS Cheerleader when they stop by your business. Thank you for your support!
Day two at the Licking Team Camp in Branson MO. for Mena volleyball!
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The Sr. Ladycats volleyball team leaving the hotel for their first matches at the Licking Team Camp in Branson MO.
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Teams from Hackett, Mansfield, Mt. Ida, Fountain Lake & Cossatot River participated in the Mena Jr. High Team Football Camp at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Thursday.
The Jr. Bearcats will play a scrimmage at Mansfield on August 15th and the season opener is August 31st against Centerpoint at BCBS. Check the complete 2023 schedule at the link below.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=20082
Mena High School and Mena Middle School teachers attended a workshop in Jacksonville, AR this week for Arkansas. Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science, Inc., (AR AIMS), is an organization affiliated with the National Math & Science Initiative. AR AIMS opens the door for all middle school and high school students in Arkansas to reach their academic potential by offering high quality, student centered teacher training and support to empower teachers to become more effective in advanced instructional methods and strategies. Not pictured Linda Willard.Inc., (AR AIMS),
The Mena Jr Ladycats and Coaches put on a volleyball clinic for the Cossatot Jr Lady Eagles on Tuesday. We all had a blast and loved their enthusiasm to learn. Good luck Lady Eagles during your first volleyball season!
The baseboard painting project continues at Mena High School. That's just one of the many projects happening across the district as preparations continue for the first day of school on August 16th.
Mena Bearcat Basketball hosted Horatio and Arkansas High in a team camp on Tuesday.
Mrs. Colby Singleton is instructing students in the ACT Boot Camp this week at Mena High School.
SUSAN BODEY and AMY BARTOW with Aramark Food Services are representing the Mena Public Schools at the Arkansas Department of Education Summit in Hot Springs. The ADE Summit gives participants the opportunity to attend sessions on a wide range of topics. With access to exciting presenters while learning about innovative programs and much more!
The Mena Boys Basketball Team Camp is this Tuesday in the Union Bank Center!
For the second year in a row, the Mena High School AP Lit classes showed excellence on this year’s AP exam. 69% (20/29) of the class scored a 3 or better (out of 5 total), earning them a college credit for Comp II in Arkansas. The test is rigorous, consisting of both multiple choice items over several poems and passages and then giving students two hours to read passages and write three college level essays that analyze author’s choice in literature. This year, our students showed that they have what it takes to write for college, beating the averages of both Arkansas and surrounding states in number of students who passed the test.
Mena Football Head Coach Craig Bentley represented the Bearcats at the “ Tip the Tank” fundraiser for Arkansas Children's Hospital at Walmart this weekend!
Mena Public Schools counselors attended the ArSCA Conference this week! You don’t have to wear a cape to be a hero…you just have to care!
