Mena School District

Mena Bearcats competed at the Hatcher Bruins Invitational today and did great!
Our wrestlers competed against 4A, 5A, & 6A from much bigger schools and earned 5th place as a team out of 16 other school!
Very proud of ALL our wrestlers today
Results are as follows
106 Braxton Barker 🥈
120 Tycen Baber 🥉
132 Auden Woods 🥉
144 Andrew Threlkeld 🥈
144 Tripp Hensley 🥉
150 Chance Hughes 🥉
175 Jace Hankammer 🥈
215 Guice Anderson 🥉
Great job to them all!

The Mena Ladycats and Bearcats played Waldron on Friday night in Jim Rackley Gymnasium.
Ladycats-32 (16-4/1-2)
Waldron-42
Bearcats-60 (12-11/2-1)
Waldron-57 ot
The teams are bac in action on Tuesday when they play Dardanelle at the Union Bank Center.

Mrs. Ford’s and Mrs. Parsons’ 2nd Nine Weeks AR Goal Getters!!

Congratulations to the 2026 King of Hearts candidates! The King of Hearts pep rally is Friday, January 30th at 1:15pm.
From left to right:
Adam Hughes, Max Rocha, Grayson Farringer, Tripp Hensley, Guice Anderson, Ryder House, Levi Neufeld, Tucker Stricklin, Jackson Thompson, and Beck Vacca

The Senior High Ladycat Basketball team not only succeeded on the court during the fall semester, but also in the classroom. They held a team GPA of 3.96 .

The Senior High Bearcat Basketball team not only succeeded on the court during the fall semester, but also in the classroom. They held a team GPA of 3.815.

The Mena High School Spotlight Singers not only performed on stage during the fall semester, but also in the classroom. They held a combined GPA of 3.78.

The Senior High Ladycat Volleyball team not only succeeds on the court during the fall semester, but also in the classroom. They held a team GPA of 3.825. Outstanding job, Ladycats!!

High School Band All Region Auditions were held at at Fort Smith Southside on Saturday.

Our kindergarten class is excited to begin working with number bonds! Students are having fun composing and decomposing numbers as they build strong math skills.

Mena Computer Science Students participated in a Capture The Flag event on Thursday at the DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative. CTF events are cybersecurity competitions where participants solve challenges in areas like web security, cryptography, and reverse engineering to find hidden "flags" for points.
Congratulations to MMS students Jocelyn Bates, Zach Horn, Levi Lawrence, and Jack Parsons, who placed 3rd overall! We are proud of your hard work and problem-solving skills.

A recruiter from the Marine Corp was on campus at Mena High School on Thursday. Students were allowed to test their strength and stamina on his pull up bar in the cafeteria.

Battle at the Hensley Activity Center!

We recommend Wednesday: Brantley, one of our 6th grade students, likes romance, but she also likes a little bit of sport related books. This book, Takedown, is her favorite. It includes wrestling and a little bit of a love hate relationship. Come check it out!

We RECOMMEND Wednesday 📚
Maddie Rowe, a junior, recommends everyone who doesn’t enjoy physical books to invest in a Kindle.
She received one for Christmas and it has helped reignite her love for reading.

Mena Jr. High basketball hosted Ozark at Jim Rackley Gymnasium on Thursday.
Jr. Ladycats-20
Ozark-26
Jr. Bearcats-19
Ozark-35
Both teams play at Clarksville this Friday.

Mena Wrestling vs. CAC, Perryville & Ashdown Monday, January 5th.
Mena Boys 3-0
- vs CAC (46-36 Win)
- vs Ashdown (66-6 Win)
- vs Perryville (63-12 Win)
Mena Girls 2-0
- vs CAC (48-6 Win)
- vs Perryville (54-24 Win)

Bearcat & Ladycat wrestling vs. Gravette, Joe T. Robinson & Pulaski Academy.
Boys
Gravette 45-Mena 30
Joe T 24-Mena 51
Pulaski 24- Mena 48
Girls
Gravette 18-Mena 42
Joe t 0-Mena 48
Pulaski 6- Mena 42
We will be back in action this Saturday at the Bauxite Brawl starting at 10 am!

Mena Wrestling vs. Robinson Thursday, December 18th.

The Ladycats started us off with a 54-0 shut out of Joe T. Robinson!

The Bearcats followed that by winning 63-18!

Mena Wrestling returns to the mat on December 29th at 2:00pm in Jim Rackley Gymnasium against Gravette & Robinson.
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