Congratulations Mena Middle School 8th grader Shooter Davis for taking 2nd place overall at the Polk County Spelling Bee on Wednesday!!!
MMS students during ACHIEVE having fun with Magic Carpet Ride, a team building, problem solving and communication activity.
The 7th and 8th grade teams attended the reading fair competition on Thursday. They won 1st and 2nd place.
Cookies and Canvas at MMS Library had a great turnout on Tuesday. Thank you to Mrs. Manasco, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Rose, and Faith Chaney. It was a wonderful time and we can’t wait to do it again!
Mena Middle School Project Prevent Team spread kindness to the teachers today with popcorn, drinks and chocolate.
The Great Kindness Challenge Week will be January 22nd through the 26th!
https://www.facebook.com/thegreatkindnesschallenge/
The Mena 7th Grade Ladycats and Bearcats will play in the Mansfield Jamboree this Saturday.
Mena Head Coach Craig Bentley released the 2024 football schedule on Thursday. The season begins on Friday, August 30th at DeQueen. The first home game is September 6th against LR Hall. Homecoming will be October 18th and senior night will be October 25th.
Mena Middle School Elf Visit 2023
Tuesday night was another successful MMS dance. Our next dance will most likely be around Valentine’s Day in February.
The JR Ladycat Basketball team had a great time shopping and wrapping presents for Angel Tree kids Friday night. It was a wonderful team bonding experience.
Congratulations to our MMS grade-level spelling bee winners. They will be headed to the Polk County Spelling Bee next month:
6th grade
Briar Robinson
Zach Horn
Alternate-Joscelyn Bates
7th grade
Talen West
Sophia Kendrick
Alternate -Tanner Cobb
8th grade
Camilla Booher
Shooter Davis
Alternate- Zachary Werkoven
Our zoom meeting with Kwame Alexander (author of The Crossover) and Judy Blume (author of Fudge) at the Mena MIddle School Library was fantastic! They answered one of our student’s questions and we learned a little about building characters in our writing. The highlight was hearing Kwame read his own writing. Thank you Kwame Alexander!
Mena Middle School student Nathan Williamson competed and won first place in the local 2023-2024 VFW Patriot's Pen youth essay contest. Nathan was awarded $300 by the local Veterans of Foreign Wars. His essay was submitted for the state level competition. Congratulations Nathan!
Mena Middle School Project Prevent Team, FCCLA, FBLA, Yearbook Staff and Student Council members spent the day ringing the bell for The Salvation Army.
The 6th grade math students have been learning about ratios in math over the past couple of weeks. They created a "Cookie in a Cup" using what they have learned about equivalent ratios to half a cookie recipe
35 students recently competed at FCCLA Region 5 STAR Events at the University of Arkansas Hope. We had students competing, volunteering and participating in a district wide service project throughout the day.
Of the 8 competitions students participated in 5 of the teams/individuals are advancing to State Competitions in the spring with Silver medals! All of our kids that competed placed in the top three of their category however only Silver and Gold advance to State competition. State will be held in the spring and they will be competing to go to Nationals this July in Seattle, WA!!!
Event Management Level 1 - Khuplawh Depmuhl and Ashton Nordyke- Bronze
Food Innovations level 1 - Noah Martin, Kayla Cross and Michael Benson - Bronze
Interior Design Level 1 - Annlyn Hughes, McKenna Nottke and Lexie Thomas - Bronze
Focus on Children Level 1 - Shayla Benson Serenity Fraser and Ravyn Wilson - Silver
Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Level 1 - Zahra Sofi and Francesca Vacca - Silver
Repurpose and Redesign Level 1 - Dori Walker and Acelynn Butterfield - Silver
Repurpose and Redesign Level 3 - Abi Koppein - Silver
Sports Nutrition Level 1 - Brynlee Bahr, Sophia Cummings and Lily Kate Doughty.
Mena Middle School Thanksgiving Lunch!
The Mena Middle School Project Prevent Team served during today's Thanksgiving Feast with families. Members greeted families with tobacco prevention handouts, served food, drinks and managed clean--up
Mena Middle School students involved in "Project Lead the Way" displayed and explained their current projects to those in attendance at the Mena School Board meeting on Monday.
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