The MMS Project Prevent Team had a working lunch today. Team members participated in the Project Prevent March state virtual meeting.
The Mena Ladycats played Crossett in the first round of the 4A South Regional at Star City today.
Fi nal/Mena-55 Crossett-30
The Ladycats advance to play the winner of the Watson Chapel/Arkadelphia game on Friday at 10:00am.
GO LADYCATS!
Ladycats- 1 Poteau-6
Bearcats- 0 Poteau-11
Mena will play their first home game of the season this Friday when they play Arkansas High at 5:00pm in Bearcat Stadium.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=%5B24458%5D
Our Chapter’s Leadership Development teams and individuals competed tonight in the Ouachita Leadership Sub-Area held at Cossatot River High School.
Parliamentary Procedure 1st
Conduct of Chapter Meetings 1st
Creed Speaking: Lauren Beck 1st
Discussion Meet: Shylee Head 1st and Cooper Anderle 3rd
Job Interview: Hope Lott 2nd
The Ladycats will be playing in the Ashdown Invitational Softball Tournament this Friday & Saturday.
Mena fell behind early & lost 3-18 to Lake Hamilton in 5 innings.
Austin Rose led the team with 3 hits .
The Bearcats will be hosting a tournament at Union Bank Park this Thursday-Saturday. They will face Waldron on Thursday at 4:30pm.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=%5B24460%5D
"Interested in sending your child on the trip of a lifetime? Find out how your student can go on the EF International trip to Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, & London in 2023! Sign up for the virtual information meeting this Friday, March 5th @ 5:30 pm! Please RSVP or request more information using this link: https://bit.ly/3rmD9zP "
This is "Read Across America Week" & LDE is celebrating with Dr. Seuss. Today is crazy hat day & The cafeteria crew has it covered.
Governor Asa Hutchinson has proclaimed March as School Breakfast Month.
The Mena Public schools recognize the importance of a good breakfast to the learning process & appreciate the governor bringing this important message to the forefront.
https://www.menaschools.org/page/food-service-information
Congratulations to the following 7 th graders for having read over
4,000 pages so far this year.
Pascha Wistrand
Kylene Denton
Abbie Martin
Wesley Smith
Dylon Morris
Kallye Gates
Jr High Cheer candidates will have a meeting tomorrow during ACHIEVE. You will meet Mrs. Breedlove in the Cafeteria.
Candidates also have a parent meeting tomorrow evening at 5:30 in the High School Library. Both you and a parent or guardian
are required to attend.
The Jr. Ladycats placed 4th at the Booneville Jr. High Relays on Monday.
*Jaden Roberts 2nd in high jump
*4x800 2nd Kylene Denton, Addison Thomas, Rylie Bentley, Jocelyn Hernandez
*800 M Kylene Denton 3rd place
*Reese Montgomery 3rd in 400 m
The Jr. Bearcats were led by:
*Cooper Plunkett 4th in 800m
* Mena 3rd in 4x800 relay
* Hudson Vacca 4th in Triple Jump
See complete results at this link https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/406625-booneville-bearcats-jr-high-relays-2021/results/720691/formatted
Our Mena Middle School FBLA members represented our school very well! We had five 1st place winners, three 2nd place winners, four 3rd place winners, and one 4th
place winner.
Isabel Vacca- 1st place Job Interview
Stella Smith - 3rd place Public Speaking
Trinaty Richmond - 1st place Busisness Math and Financial Literacy 2nd place -Spelling
Makenzie Vega - 1st place Digital Citizenship.3rd place Business Graphics.
Kate Wilson - 3rd place Digital Citizenship 3rd place Business Graphics.
Max Rocha - 2nd place Intro to Business Communications
Dax McMellon - 1st place Spelling
2nd place Digital Citizenship
Eli Swall - 1st place Creed
3rd place Business Graphics
Christian Staggs - 3rd place Proofreading
4th place Spelling
Mena Soccer will play at Poteau beginning at 5pm.
Mena Softball at Dierks has been cancelled.
The 7th Grade Track Team will compete at Booneville beginning at 3:30pm.
Mena Baseball will play at Lake Hamilton beginning at 5pm.
GO BEARCATS!
Dierks has canceled the softball game against the Ladycats on Tuesday due to bad field conditions.
The season opener will now be on Friday at the Ashdown Tournament.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...
The Mena Jr. Ladycats & Bearcats will be competing in the Booneville Jr. High Relays today at 3:30pm...
Monday, March 1, 2021
Clubs & Activities:
Monday - There is a junior spring gala planning meeting today during enrichment in the library. For any juniors interested in benign involved in the planning and decorating processes, please go to the library for the meeting.
Tuesday - NEHS meeting in the Library during Enrichment
Wednesday - Cheer Candidate meeting in the Library during Enrichment
Thursday -
Friday -
Sports:
Monday - Junior High Track at Booneville
Tuesday -
Wednesday -
Thursday -
Friday -
There is a junior spring gala planning meeting today during enrichment in the library. For any juniors interested in benign involved in the planning and decorating processes, please go to the library for the meeting.
FBLA: State Conference registration money is due to Mrs. Torix TODAY at noon. Registration is $15. If registration is not paid, you cannot compete.
Students be sure to place your votes for the Teacher’s Who’s Who ballot, which is part of the 2021 Mena High School yearbook. The ballots are on a Google Form that has been loaded into your Class of Enrichment Google Classrooms. Please vote by the end of the day Tuesday, as results will be pulled Wednesday morning.
The HUB is taking applications for the 21-22 school year. If you are an upcoming senior graduating in 2022 and would like to apply for the HUB program, please fill out an application and return them to Mrs. Threlkeld in the HUB, Room 111. If you plan to work your senior year and would like to attend The HUB, please also fill out the AE JAG application form. Applications and HUB expectations were emailed to the Class of 2022 students on Tuesday. Please email Mrs. Threlkeld or stop by Room 111 with any other questions.
MHS blood drive on Wednesday March 10th. Please come to see Nurse Bobbi to choose your donation time!
For any students who are still interested in purchasing a Senior shirt or an Underclassmen shirt, please see Mr. Philpot in room 205. There are limited sizes available that can be purchased for $15 with cash or check.
If you are interested in the EF international trip go to you “class of” page to find out how to attend the information meeting or see Ms. Catlett, Ms. Hooker, Mrs. Hoyle, or Ms. Kropp.
This Wednesday is the cheer candidate meeting during Enrichment. Please meet in the Library after announcements.
Due to having to postpone the candidate meeting last week, this pushes back the parent meeting to NEXT Wednesday. REMEMBER these meetings are mandatory. Please contact Coach Hughes with scheduling conflicts.
MMS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Monday, March 1 st
I. Mrs. Lunsford is out today, so the students needing yearbook photos will have that done
tomorrow or later in the week. However, at the end of these announcements, there is a list
of FBLA students that need to go to Mrs. Sikes’ room for pictures.
II. 6 th grade Quiz Bowl will meet in the Conference Room right after these announcements.
III. There is still a phone and charger in the front office that was found outside last week.
Come to the office to claim it. Today is the last day we will announce this.
IV. Lunchtime Weather:
V. Lunch Menu:
* Hot Dog * Chicken Sandwich * Waffle Bar
* PB&J Sandwich * Deli Sandwich * Chef Salad
VI. Club / Group Meetings:
1) At this time, the 6 th grade Quiz Bowl team is dismissed to the Conference Room.
The Mena Ladycats defeated Nashville 45-39 on Saturday to claim the 7-4A Tournament Championship. Mena was led by Madi Lyle with 21points. The Ladycats will enter next week's 4A South Regional as a #1 seed & will face Crossett on Wednesday 3/3 at 10:00am. GO LADYCATS!
https://scorebooklive.com/.../2021-arkansas...
