Mena Third Grade "Team A" won first place at this year's Battle of the Book competition at DMESC!
Students in Mrs. Wilson’s Introduction to Education and Education Technology Classes have been presenting “HIP” lessons to Coach Morris’ and Coach Gardner’s health classes at Mena High School. HIP, also known as the Health Information Project, is a peer-to-peer comprehensive health education program that aims to create a safe space for discussion of critical health topics, helps to build a sense of community, and helps 9th graders more easily acclimate to high school.Through peer-to-peer classroom sessions, HIP’s mission is to empower teens to have the information necessary to live healthy lives, while also fostering a safe, supportive, and inclusive school campus. HIP addresses critical health topics such as suicide, eathing disorders, obesity, depression, diabetes, bullying and abuse. The students who have presented the lessons have improved their communication and speaking skills and have learned invaluable skills about classroom management.
We had huge group of winners for our Read Across America Read-A-Thon at HHE!
4th grade Science did a light reflection investigation today!
This is only the second year we’ve had Technology Student Association (TSA) at Mena High School, and we’re still learning and growing, but we had a successful state conference experience on Wednesday.
Please congratulate ALL of these awesome students on a job well done! Many were participating in competitions completely out of their element and that we’ve never experienced before!
Competed in Dragster Design:
Adam Hughes (first person from MHS)
Competed in Prepared Presentation:
Bre Crider (first person from MHS)
Competed in Technology Problem Solving (first teams from MHS):
Team 1- Adam Hughes & Mason Hughes - won 3rd place out of 36 teams!
Team 2 - Vaughn Vacca & Caleb Seitz
Team 3 - Kate Wilson & Eli Swall
Team 4 - Fahri Sofi & Jacob Farthing
Competed in Promotional Design:
Grace Brewer
MK Poo-ai - 2nd place! (2 year state finalist and national qualifier)
Please congratulate ALL of these awesome students on a job well done! Many were participating in competitions completely out of their element and that we’ve never experienced before!
Competed in Dragster Design:
Adam Hughes (first person from MHS)
Competed in Prepared Presentation:
Bre Crider (first person from MHS)
Competed in Technology Problem Solving (first teams from MHS):
Team 1- Adam Hughes & Mason Hughes - won 3rd place out of 36 teams!
Team 2 - Vaughn Vacca & Caleb Seitz
Team 3 - Kate Wilson & Eli Swall
Team 4 - Fahri Sofi & Jacob Farthing
Competed in Promotional Design:
Grace Brewer
MK Poo-ai - 2nd place! (2 year state finalist and national qualifier)
Mena Foster Grandparents were treated to training recently at the DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative. The workshop focused on various science activities that the grandparents could do with students in the classroom or their own grandkids at home.
Congratulations to our Second Grade Battle of the Books champions on an incredible day at the 2026 competition hosted by the DeQueen-Mena Educational Cooperative! 📚🏆
These LD readers rose to the challenge and brought home 2nd Place — what an outstanding achievement! 🎉
Their hard work and preparation truly shined, but what stands out even more is their genuine love for books and reading. These students didn’t just compete — they celebrated stories, strengthened their understanding, and grew as readers along the way.
We are beyond proud of their commitment, character, and love for literacy!
These LD readers rose to the challenge and brought home 2nd Place — what an outstanding achievement! 🎉
Their hard work and preparation truly shined, but what stands out even more is their genuine love for books and reading. These students didn’t just compete — they celebrated stories, strengthened their understanding, and grew as readers along the way.
We are beyond proud of their commitment, character, and love for literacy!
Mena High School students participated in a Reverse Career Fair at UA Rich Mountain on Wednesday. The career fair flips the traditional format with students staffing the tables and showcasing their skills, interests, and career goals while employers rotated and engaged in meaningful conversations with students.
The Mena Ladycat and Bearcat Jr. High Track teams competed at the Cub Relays in Dequeen on Tuesday.
Bentley Brewer lead the boys by finishing:
2nd-400 Meter Dash
2nd- Long Jump
5th-300 Meter Hurdles
6th-Triple Jump
Skylar Bahr won the High Point Award and lead the girls by finishing:
1st-Pole Vault
1st-400 Meter Dash
2nd-Triple Jump
3rd- 200 Meter Dash
4th-Long Jump
5th-100 Meter Dash
Avori Gortemiller finished 4th in the 1600 Meter Run and the 800 Meter Relay team was 3rd.
Photos by Nikki Ferguson
Congratulations to our First Grade Battle of the Books teams for a job well done at the 2026 competition hosted by the DeQueen-Mena Educational Cooperative! 🎉🏆
Our students earned 2nd and 3rd place — an amazing accomplishment! 🎉📚
Not only did they compete with excellence, but they also represented Mena Public Schools with pride, teamwork, and outstanding character.
Our students earned 2nd and 3rd place — an amazing accomplishment! 🎉📚
Not only did they compete with excellence, but they also represented Mena Public Schools with pride, teamwork, and outstanding character.
Mena soccer played their season opener on Tuesday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
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Mena is back in action this Friday when they host Alma at BCBS.
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Mena is back in action this Friday when they host Alma at BCBS.
Jr. High Softball!
Reading is a SLAM DUNK! Mrs. Floyd's class enjoyed having stories read to them by Bearcat basketball players on Tuesday.
Mena High School FCCLA partnered with Keep Arkansas Beautiful to hold a community clean up event on Monday, March 2nd. Students spent 3 hours on their day off school cleaning local roads around campus and town. Thank you to Wal-Mart for donating water and snacks for this event!
Mena Bearcat Baseball will be playing in the Ralph Gross Memorial Tournament in Nashville this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Congratulations to all the LD students who earned our PAWSitive awards this month!
Sophia got to choose 2 new books 📚 when she reached the 200 point Accelerated Reading tier!! Keep up the great work!🎉🎉
Ms. Kropp's Theatre Arts I students performed "Briar Rose" for 8th grade Literacy classes on Thursday. Public performances will be on Saturday and Sunday at the Ouachita Little Theatre...
Mena Middle School Project Prevent Team celebrated Threw with Chew Week on Friday with the annual Pickle you Choices Wisely event. Team members traded a pickle for a pledge to be Chew/Spit tobacco/nicotine free. Members collected 218 pledges.
Mena High School hosted the Basketball Skills Competition for Special Olympics on Monday in the Union Bank Center. Athletes from LD, HHE, MMS, MHS, and PCDC competed.
