This past Friday the Mena FFA Jr. Trap team competed in the state tournament in Jacksonville! Team members competed
in the second flight of the morning. However, the other squad in our bracket had our number on Friday and the team was knocked out in the first round. For first year shooters this was a great first year! These five will be able to compete in the fall at the FFA shoot in November and in the spring they will move to the senior division. Congratulations on a great first year!
Team Members:
Drake Dollar-Captain
Dax McMellon
Grayson Farringer
Sean Maechler
Waylon Head
The Mena Jr. High Cheerleaders attended camp at Hendrix this week. They worked on many skills and made many improvements. They have worked so hard and it has paid off!
Five girls were nominated for All American Cheerleader:
Chloe Cossey
Bre Crider
Rayleigh Goodnight
Trinity Aviles
Lily Kate Doughty.
As a team Mena earned most improved, a stunt safe award, a bid to Nationals, a spirit stick, and 1st place for the Jr High Band Chant!
Mena Public Schools will offer breakfast and/or lunch to anyone 18 and under free of charge beginning June 6th,2022 through June 30th 2022. Locations are:
Louise Durham Elementary 106 N. Reine in Mena on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Mena Middle School, 700 S Morrow St. Monday -Thursday.
Times are 8:00am to 8:30am for breakfast, 12:00pm to 12:30pm for lunch.
The Mena Public Schools Year End Celebration was held on Tuesday in the Performing Arts Center. A number of employees were recognized for their years of service.
1 YEAR
MADYSON BIRTCHER
JAMIE GROGAN
WANALYNN ALEXANDER
JORDAN BAILEY
REAGAN BLACK
ALEXA BREWER
BRIANNE BURFORD
CHRISTIE CHANDLER
VINCENT COLEMAN
LANA COOGAN
HANNAH CRAFTON
SHANDA CRAIG
CARRI CRANFORD
AUDRA CUMMINGS
SHELBY GARCIA
ERIN GRANT
LEANNA HARPER
JESSICA HUGHES
AMBER LABERTEW
SHANNON LYLE
KRISTEN MANASCO
MALLORY MCCONNELL
CHERISH MICHAEL
ABBY MINTON
ISAAC MINTON
REAGAN PETERS
ASHLKEY PREGON
JAQUELINE REDFEARN
LISA ROBERTS
KRISTI SCHULLER
AILEEN SIRKIS
KATHRYN SMITH
ABIGAIL TILLEY
TIMOTHY WALSTON
COURTNEY WARREN
ERIKA WILLIAMS
BRIANNA PETERS
LIBERTY JACOT
5 YEAR
SARAH BILLINGS
RACHEL CARTER
DANIEL HENDRIX
ALYSSA HOSTETLER
CHARMAINE MARTIN
KENNEDY MCCORMICK
JILL NEWBOLT
CYNTIA STANDRIDGE
LEAH TAYLOR
10 YEAR
KRYSTAL BOYD
PEGGY FOSTER
LORRIE HENRY
TIFFANY LUTTMER
AMY MONTGOMERY
LINDA SHELLEY
TERESA TORIX
SCOTT WRIGHT
15 YEARS
CE;ESTE ASHCRAFT
DIANNE HUNTER
MITCH MILNE
SHERMA PETERS
DEE SMITH
HEATHER GOSS
25 YEARS
STACI BROOKS
DALYNNE RANDOLPH
NATHAN STONE
30+ YEARS
LEO BARGE
TODD COOGAN
TERESA CLARK
BECKY RICHARDSON
MEGAN TIBBS
BRYAN MAYE
PATTY OGLESBY
ANNITA HENDRIX
RETIREES
RODNEY PURVIS
LINDA COLLINS
JIMMA HOLDER
KAREN PURVIS
Mrs. Sikes is very pleased with her 6th Grade Top 3 Timed Test Typists:
1st place Brynlee Bahr - 73 WPM
2nd place Bryer Landrum - 68 WPM
3rd place: Alec Erickson -67 WPM
The Junior Ladycat’s competed in Spring Queen where they were tested in vertical, mile, 400, 100, squat, bench, power clean and push press. Several girls met the challenge. Including Elliott Dugan, Ava Fields, Emmi Hensley, Chloe Stepp, Kylene Denton, Alayna Gilbert, Pascha Wistrand, Kate Wilson, Anabelle Peters, Jayden Cox, Chloe Hooper.
Kylene Denton was crowned our Spring Queen.
Mrs. Johnson's 8th grade math students had the opportunity to choose between a variety of projects to showcase the skills they have learned over the course of the year. Students could create grid drawings with scale factor, create logos with slope, plan a dinner party for 10 guests, or create a pythagorean spiral. Some students went above and beyond and brought some of their menu items to share with the class.
Mena Middle School 7th graders enjoyed the day participating in the Natural State Fishing Derby sponsored by the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. Friday at the UA Rich Mountain pond.
A good crowd showed up for Family Science night at Mena MIddle School on Thursday & everyone had a blast !
Mr. Tyler Huntington, the MMS beginner band and the Middle School Band introduced 5th graders at Holly Harshman Elementary to the band experience on Tuesday. They were introduced to all the instruments, questions were answered & all were encouraged to participate in band when the enter 6th grade next school year.
The Mena FFA Jr. High Trap team compete today in the West Region Trap Shoot in Jacksonville. The team competed well despite the windy conditions and place 11th! This qualifies them for the state shoot in June! Congratulations!
Team Members: Drake Dollar, Dax McMellon, Grayson Farringer, Sean Maechler, Waylon Head, Hunter McClara, Tucker Stricklin, and Dylon Morris
The Mena FFA Sr. High Trap team will compete tomorrow in the West Region Trap Shoot in Jacksonville.
Mena Middle School students received their 2022 Yearbook today.
If you are making plans for the summer you may be interested to know that the Arkansas Activities Association has set aside June 26th-July-9th as athletic dead weeks.
All AAA member schools will observe an annual mandatory two week athletic dead period running the week prior to July 4th and the week of July 4th. During this time coaches (licensed teacher coaches and registered volunteers) shall be prohibited from
engaging in any type of activity involving student athletes whether it be practice, training, weight lifting, competition, or travel. Further, school athletic facilities will be closed to student athletes during this period. Schools that have the only baseball and softball fields in the community may allow the community to use the school fields during the dead period as long as no school teams are playing and no school coaches are coaching the teams.
Ladycat Night #6
Sr High Freethrow Champ: Payton Clark
Jr High Freethrow Champ: Makenley Sullivan
3 on 3 Champs:
Payton Clark
Makenley Sullivan
Serenity Ehret
5 on 5 Champs:
Payton Clark
Chloe Hooper
Annabelle Peters
Makenley Sullivan
Katie Rowe
Kilee Rowe
Tessa Williams
Sponsors: Farm Bureau, Sterner Logging and a Loyal Ladycat Fan
Mena Middle School students competed in the DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative STEM Challenge on Friday. They placed in almost every competition.
The 2022 Mena Middle School & Mena High School Choirs performed their Spring Concert on Thursday at the Performing Arts Center!
Watch the 2022 MHS & MMS Choirs Spring Concert on the Mena Public School's YouTube Channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq1bbJ6N9PA&t=27s
1st-6th grade students for the 2022-2023 school year are welcome to attend !
Registration forms are to be mailed or dropped off at Mena High School c/o Andrea Hughes.
Little Ladycat Basketball Camp Registration !
$30 BY DUE DATE (MAY 13) $40 AFTER MAY 13TH
Please turn money & this form into your student's teacher and Coach Wright will pick it up from each campus office. Make checks out to Mena High School.
The Mena Little Cat Basketball Camp is happening June22nd-24th for boys in 1st-7th grades .
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSd2GabY9n0.../viewform...
The Mena Ladycats & Bearcats competed in the District Track Meet on Thursday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. The Ladycats finished 2nd in the teams standings & the Bearcats were 3rd. Check complete results at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/results
