The last few days have been eventful! We traveled from Amsterdam to Belgium, and started off our day with a chocolate making workshop, and then ended the day with a tour of the highlights of the city. The next day we bus transferred again and made it to Paris! We went out for a quick sightseeing trip and then settled into our hotel. The next day we had a guided tour of the city, free time in the afternoon, and a river cruise in the evening before dinner! 
Tomorrow is our last day in Paris, and we visit the Louvre and have a perfumery workshop tour. After that, we are off to London to finish out our trip!
The Mena Public Schools would like to welcome new staff for 2023/2024. Including JENNY ROBERTSON at Mena High School. The first day of the new school year is Wednesday, August 16th.
The Senior High Bearcats attended Team Camp at OBU today! They are pictured here listening to the speaker during lunch. OBU always puts on a great camp!
We had a good day , great competition and days like today help us work toward achieving our goals!
Go Bearcats!
The Jr. High Cheer Team attended the NCA Camp at UALR recently and came home with the following awards:
Stunt S.A.F.E. Award
Most Improved
National Championship Bid & NFHS Squad Credentialing
2nd in Junior High Band Chant Division
Herkie Spirit Award
Superior ratings in Band Chant and Game Day Cheer
3 Squad members nominated for All-American Cheer : Rayleigh Goodnight, Sophia Cummings, and Serenity Fraser
The girls learned and grew tremendously during our time at camp. We are so excited to see what they learned put to work this season!
The Mena Varsity Cheer team and the Junior High Team attended NCA Team Camp at UALR. At camp the team learned new content, stunt skills, and competed in a GameDay competition where they won 2nd place in the Band Chant in their division.
There were 11 out of 17 girls nominated for All-American.
They were:
Briley Dean
Hailey Emerson
Amy Gragg
Kiylee Hughes
Shantal Tecson
Sophia Vacca
Jolina Butterfield
Gia Fagan-Hobson
Destiny Hogan
Carmindy Ashcraft
Alaya Richard
Kiylee Hughes was selected to tryout for NCA Staff.
Asher Wooden AKA Beary also received a nomination for Mascot All-American and received the Top Mascot Award!
The Mena Jr. Bearcats got put thru their paces this morning at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. The fall scrimmage will be August 15th at Mansfield and the season opener is August 31st against Centerpoint.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...
Summer school (SPED) learned about the Chalk Art Festival in Denver, Colorado, and made their own creations.
The Mena Bearcats got in some reps on Monday in preparation for team camp at Ouachita Baptist on Wednesday!
Thank you to the Junior High Basketball team for volunteering their time this morning toward the backpack program!
Congratulation to Mena High School Senior JANCEY HARRIS for her finish in the Southwest Arkansas High School Rodeo Association Finals.
Senior all around cowgirl
Top 5 barrels
Top 10 poles
Champion goat tying
Reserve champion girl breakaway roping
Reserve champion ribbon roping
Top 10 team roping
FINALS
1st- barrels 1st round
3rd- poles 1st round
1st- goats 1st round
1st- breakaway roping 1st round
3rd- ribbon roping 1st round
1st- team roping 1st round
2nd- barrels 2nd round
2nd- goats 2nd round
1st- ribbon roping 2nd round
High point SR girl
1st in the average in barrels, breakaway, and team roping.
2nd in the average in goats and ribbon roping
MENA BEARCAT SPRING SCRIMMAGE !
Mena football played their spring scrimmage at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Tuesday. The 2023 season will honor the memory of Nature Brown. 2023 would have been Nature's senior season. The Brown family was recognized at halftime and were given a football signed by the entire team.
Mena High School sophomore ELIJAH SMITH competed in the decathlon last week in Fayetteville. There were 71 athletes from all over the state of Arkansas. He placed 5th in High Jump and achieved personal records in the 110H by almost 2 seconds, the 400m dash, 100m dash, 1500m run, shot, and disc. He has shown to be a great athlete and has a lot of potential to do great things in the upcoming years.
See complete results at the link below!
https://ar.milesplit.com/.../513865.../results/937485
The seniors gathered for graduation practice on Friday morning.
Mena High School 2023 Graduation Ceremony will be on Saturday in Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium!
If you are unable to attend it will be streamed LIVE on the Mena High School Facebook Page.
MHS students were working the bees on Tuesday in the Duckett Forestry and Wildlife Outdoor Laboratory.
The Frank Mosley Outstanding Girl Athlete is a longstanding award given to our most outstanding and deserving Senior girl athlete. These athletes must be involved in multiple sports and display great character in the sport, their school and the community. The award is voted on by the head coaches from each sport, the athletic director, the assistant athletic director, high school principal and a Mena Public School Staff Member. This impact that this year’s winner has had on Mena athletics will be felt for many years to come.
This year’s Frank Mosley award winner is a 4 sport athlete who excelled on the field, court and in the classroom. She not only is a leader within each athletic program that she participates in but she is also involved as a student leader on the campus on Mena High School involved in FBLA,NHS,NEHS,STUDENT COUNCIL AND JAG. She will also be continuing her athletic career at the next level, signing a letter of intent to play collegiate softball.
This year’s Frank Mosley award winner is: Emmi Hines
The James C Copher Outstanding Boy athlete is a longstanding award given to our most outstanding and deserving Senior boy athlete. These athletes must be involved in multiple sports and display great character in the sport, their school and the community. The awards are voted on by the head coaches from each sport, the athletic director, the assistant athletic director, high school principal and a Mena Public School Staff Member. This impact that this year’s winner has had on Mena athletics will be felt for many years to come.
This year’s James C Copher award winner excelled in both Football and Soccer all while maintaining a strong GPA at the top of his class. He is also a member of the JAG competition team which competed in Orlando this spring.
This year's James C Copher Award winner is: Jayden Felix
A group of Mena High School students were able to tour Nidec Motor Corp. on Friday!
The 2023 Yearbook distribution was held Thursday morning in the Performing Arts Center and the Union Bank Center. The yearbook was dedicated to Mrs. Jennifer McCauley. Also the top 8 seniors were announced and students watched an end of year video before being dismissed to the UBC for yearbook pick up and signing.
Graduation practice will be at the venue. If it is a favorable forecast, then we will be on the football field. If not, we will be in the gym. Friday, May 19, 2023 at 9:00 am.
The graduation ceremony will be Saturday, May 20th at 10:00am.
