The Jr. Bearcats competed in the Greenwood Team Camp on Monday. The team will be at the Charleston Team Camp on June 11th.
Mena Bearcat Brody Peters participated in the Red River FCA All Star Football Showdown on Friday in Texarkana..
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Mena Bearcat Cooper Plunkett participated in the Red River FCA All Star Basketball Showdown on Thursday in Texarkana..
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Mena Ladycat Abi Koppein participated in the Red River FCA All Star Softball Showdown on Wednesday in Texarkana..
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Abi will continue her softball career at UA Rich Mountain this fall.
The Little Ladycats Basketball Camp came to close on Wednesday. Thanks to all who attended and the parents for bringing them to the camp. We had a great time and learned a lot from each other.
Three Mena Students have run for and won a city office position at Boys State:
Eli Swall
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Levi Neufeld
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Maxwell Rocha
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Teams from Berryville, Mineral Springs, Booneville, Waldron, Horatio, Dierks, Foreman and Lavaca participated in the Mena Team Football Camp on Tuesday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium and the Hensley Activity Center. The Bearcats are back in action on Monday at the Charleston Team Camp.
The 2025 season opener is August 29th when Mena plays DeQueen at BCBS.
The Little Ladycats Basketball Camp began on Tuesday in the Union Bank Center. Camp continues on Wednesday.
A send off for Ladycat Soccer was held on Wednesday at all four Mena campuses. The Ladycats are a 2 seed in the 4A State Tournament and will play Warren on Thursday at 9:00am at Robinson High School in Little Rock.
Arkansas’ top high school track athletes met on Wednesday at the Meet of Champions. Mena High School Junior Elliott Dugan came in second overall in the high jump.
First grade had a fun morning at Tapley!!!
Ladycat Soccer will be a 2 seed in the 4A State Tournament. They will play Warren on May 15th at 9:00am at Robinson High School in Little Rock.
Bearcat Soccer will be a 4 seed in the 4A State Tournament. They will play Hamburg on May 15th at 3:00pm at Maumelle High School in Little Rock.
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8th Graders at Mena Middle School enjoyed Field Day on Wednesday!!!
As usual "Wet & Wild Day" was a huge hit at Holly Harshman Elementary on Tuesday.
Mena High School Students and guests gathered in the Union Bank Center on Tuesday to congratulate the Seniors of 2025 on their NEXT!!!
The Class of 2025 participated in the Senior Walk at all four Mena campuses on Tuesday..
100 pt club! Zayden Werkhoven
A Big Congratulations to our Preschool students who have now read 100, 500 or even 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten!!!🎉🎉. We are so very proud of you!!
“When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child’s hands, when you pass on your love of words and stories, you are doing something incredibly powerful.”
❤️ -Mem Fox
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a Free program that’s goal is to encourage families to read daily!
In return, not only is it a fun family activity, it also
builds vocabulary, improves comprehension, develops memory skills, develops imagination, and impacts literacy skills and their future academic success!
🎉Congratulations To:
Alex England-Ward: 100 Books
Liam Scott: 500 Books
Liam Scott: 1,000 Books
Kynslee Manning: 1,000 Books
Teach Kids to Save 2025 📚
Thank you to Heather Grenier and Union Bank for our annual Teach Kids to Save Program for our Second Grade students.
Teach Kids to Save is a financial literacy program designed to help children understand the value of
money and the importancee of saving.
Union Bank donated a picture book for our school library and piggie banks for every student to not only reinforce financial literacy but support the importance of reading!
80 Mena Middle School students recently earned their Arkansas Hunters Education Certification. 53 scored between a 90-100 and 7 made perfect score. Thank you Coach Rose for teaching the course.
