
Mena Baseball played their home opener on Thursday. Waldron defeated the Bearcats 6-4. Mena will look for their first win when they play Mt. Ida on Friday at 4:30pm at Union Bank Park.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...


Mena High School had a great turn out out Spread the Word Inclusion. Follow the link to Special Olympics Arkansas for details.
https://www.facebook.com/SpecialOlympicsArkansas

"Interested in sending your child on the trip of a lifetime? Find out how your student can go on the EF International trip to Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, & London in 2023! Sign up for the virtual information meeting this Friday, March 5th @ 5:30 pm! Please RSVP or request more information using this link: https://bit.ly/3rmD9zP "


Sr. High Track will compete in the Booneville Relays today at 3:30pm. Mena Baseball will play their home opener today at 4:30pm. GO BEARCATS!
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics


Mena Coaches have selected #1, Brooklyn Pennington, and #2, Tre’ McMellon, as the Farm Bureau Insurance Players of the Month for January.
Brooklyn is a 5’8”, Sophomore, Forward for the Lady Cats. In January, she averaged 11 Points, 5 rebounds, and 2 steals per game.
Brooklyn is the daughter of Tom and Kristi Hunter and she hopes to continue her basketball career at the collegiate level, after graduation from MHS in 2023.
Tre’ is a 5’8”, Junior, Point Guard for the Bearcats. In January, he averaged 8 points, 5 assists, and 2 steals per contest.
Tre’ is the son of Jennifer and Chris McMellon and plans to become an electrician after completing his high school education, next year.
Shown presenting Brooklyn and Tre’ with their game ball is Bearcat Head Coach, Randy Peters, and local Farm Bureau agent, Nikki Cureton. Farm Bureau Insurance is a proud supporter of Mena High School athletics!!!


The Mena Ladycats played Crossett in the first round of the 4A South Regional at Star City today.
Fi nal/Mena-55 Crossett-30
The Ladycats advance to play the winner of the Watson Chapel/Arkadelphia game on Friday at 10:00am.
GO LADYCATS!


Ladycats- 1 Poteau-6
Bearcats- 0 Poteau-11
Mena will play their first home game of the season this Friday when they play Arkansas High at 5:00pm in Bearcat Stadium.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=%5B24458%5D


Our Chapter’s Leadership Development teams and individuals competed tonight in the Ouachita Leadership Sub-Area held at Cossatot River High School.
Parliamentary Procedure 1st
Conduct of Chapter Meetings 1st
Creed Speaking: Lauren Beck 1st
Discussion Meet: Shylee Head 1st and Cooper Anderle 3rd
Job Interview: Hope Lott 2nd


The Ladycats will be playing in the Ashdown Invitational Softball Tournament this Friday & Saturday.


Mena fell behind early & lost 3-18 to Lake Hamilton in 5 innings.
Austin Rose led the team with 3 hits .
The Bearcats will be hosting a tournament at Union Bank Park this Thursday-Saturday. They will face Waldron on Thursday at 4:30pm.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=%5B24460%5D


"Interested in sending your child on the trip of a lifetime? Find out how your student can go on the EF International trip to Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, & London in 2023! Sign up for the virtual information meeting this Friday, March 5th @ 5:30 pm! Please RSVP or request more information using this link: https://bit.ly/3rmD9zP "


Governor Asa Hutchinson has proclaimed March as School Breakfast Month.
The Mena Public schools recognize the importance of a good breakfast to the learning process & appreciate the governor bringing this important message to the forefront.
https://www.menaschools.org/page/food-service-information


Mena Soccer will play at Poteau beginning at 5pm.
Mena Softball at Dierks has been cancelled.
The 7th Grade Track Team will compete at Booneville beginning at 3:30pm.
Mena Baseball will play at Lake Hamilton beginning at 5pm.
GO BEARCATS!


Dierks has canceled the softball game against the Ladycats on Tuesday due to bad field conditions.
The season opener will now be on Friday at the Ashdown Tournament.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...


The Mena Jr. Ladycats & Bearcats will be competing in the Booneville Jr. High Relays today at 3:30pm...


Monday, March 1, 2021
Clubs & Activities:
Monday - There is a junior spring gala planning meeting today during enrichment in the library. For any juniors interested in benign involved in the planning and decorating processes, please go to the library for the meeting.
Tuesday - NEHS meeting in the Library during Enrichment
Wednesday - Cheer Candidate meeting in the Library during Enrichment
Thursday -
Friday -
Sports:
Monday - Junior High Track at Booneville
Tuesday -
Wednesday -
Thursday -
Friday -
There is a junior spring gala planning meeting today during enrichment in the library. For any juniors interested in benign involved in the planning and decorating processes, please go to the library for the meeting.
FBLA: State Conference registration money is due to Mrs. Torix TODAY at noon. Registration is $15. If registration is not paid, you cannot compete.
Students be sure to place your votes for the Teacher’s Who’s Who ballot, which is part of the 2021 Mena High School yearbook. The ballots are on a Google Form that has been loaded into your Class of Enrichment Google Classrooms. Please vote by the end of the day Tuesday, as results will be pulled Wednesday morning.
The HUB is taking applications for the 21-22 school year. If you are an upcoming senior graduating in 2022 and would like to apply for the HUB program, please fill out an application and return them to Mrs. Threlkeld in the HUB, Room 111. If you plan to work your senior year and would like to attend The HUB, please also fill out the AE JAG application form. Applications and HUB expectations were emailed to the Class of 2022 students on Tuesday. Please email Mrs. Threlkeld or stop by Room 111 with any other questions.
MHS blood drive on Wednesday March 10th. Please come to see Nurse Bobbi to choose your donation time!
For any students who are still interested in purchasing a Senior shirt or an Underclassmen shirt, please see Mr. Philpot in room 205. There are limited sizes available that can be purchased for $15 with cash or check.
If you are interested in the EF international trip go to you “class of” page to find out how to attend the information meeting or see Ms. Catlett, Ms. Hooker, Mrs. Hoyle, or Ms. Kropp.
This Wednesday is the cheer candidate meeting during Enrichment. Please meet in the Library after announcements.
Due to having to postpone the candidate meeting last week, this pushes back the parent meeting to NEXT Wednesday. REMEMBER these meetings are mandatory. Please contact Coach Hughes with scheduling conflicts.


The Mena Ladycats defeated Nashville 45-39 on Saturday to claim the 7-4A Tournament Championship. Mena was led by Madi Lyle with 21points. The Ladycats will enter next week's 4A South Regional as a #1 seed & will face Crossett on Wednesday 3/3 at 10:00am. GO LADYCATS!
https://scorebooklive.com/.../2021-arkansas...


The Mena Ladycats will play Nashville in the 7-4A Tournament Championship on Saturday. The game will be played at Nashville & the time has been changed to 3:30pm... GO LADYCATS!


First year high school FFA students took part in the annual Greenhand Ceremony this morning at Mena High School.
