4th and 5th grade students are finishing up weaving their baskets in Art class.🧺 👍😁

Mena Baseball played at Bauxite on Tuesday. Mena Bearcats-1 Bauxite -4 Mena is now 3-14/0-10 & will host DeQueen this Friday. Senior activities start at 4:30pm with the first pitch at 5:00pm.

Another sunny day spent with friends at Mena Middle School!!!

Mena Softball will play DeQueen at Union Bank Park on Friday at 4:30pm. This is the last home game for the Ladycats & the seniors will be honored. There are two seniors this year MORGAN PUCKETT & EMILY WAGNER.... Go Ladycats!!!!

The Mena Future Farmers of America competed in the Southern District CDE's recently. District Champions-Veterinary Science Layla Spencer - High Individual Madison Blair Ranessa Ricker Jaci Allen District Champions - Nursery & Landscape Cooper Anderle - High Individual District & State Ivy Curtis Shylee Head Allison Bates District Runner-Up - Meats Evaluation Sarah Simmons Makori Gabourel Breezy Hendrix William Hendrix District Runner-Up - Food Science Aslynn Jackson Addi Dollar Lexi Dilbeck Lauren Beck Fourth in District - Livestock Judging Hope Lott Lacy Floyd Kiylee Hughes Claire Walston Eighth in District - Forestry Aaron Ferguson Jake Wiles Cauy House Josh Ferguson

Mena got five strong innings on the mound from Sam Efird. The Bearcats had 10 hits including two each from Caleb Peters, Brody Brown & Riley Gilbert. Mena Bearcats-6 Cossatot-3 Mena returns to conference play on Tuesday at Bauxite. GO BEARCATS!!!

When you read THREE chapter books in one weekend, you get your own shout-out! Way to go, Rayden!

After a morning of testing at MMS a little football in the sunshine does the trick !!!!

Mena Soccer played at Nashville on Friday. Mena Ladycats-4 Nashville-4 Mena Bearcats-0 Nashville-7 Both teams are in action Tuesday 4/20 at Hope !

The "Baggin & Braggin" team from Mrs. Purvis' 10th grade enrichment class claimed the 2021 Mena High School Cornhole Classic Championship on Friday at the Union Bank Center. Team members are COLBY DAVIS, MADI LYLE & TREY DAY! GO BEARCATS!!!!

The Mena Bearcats managed 10 hits but only generated one run in Thursday's game at Union Bank Park. Fountain Lake-9 Mena Bearcats-1 Mena will host Cossatot on Monday. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24460

Emmi HineS was in the circle for Mena & she threw a no hitter to lead the Ladycats to a big road win on Thursday. Mena Ladycats-19 Hope-0 Watch the Ladycats on Friday at Union Bank Park when they host Ft. Lake. First Pitch is at 4:30pm. GO LADYCATS!!!

Congratulations to Mena High School JAG students BLAKE CASTOR & DEVON DAVIS who completed the 2021 National Career Readiness Certification earning platinum status. An additional 17 MHS students earned a gold certificate, 20 silver certificates & 14 bronze. A National (Arkansas) Career Readiness Certificate is a portable credential based upon the WorkKeys® assessments that demonstrates to employers that an individual possesses the basic workplace skills required for 21st century jobs. Getting a NCRC will allow an individual to show prospective employers that he or she possesses the basic skills they are looking for. Even if a job seeker has a high school diploma, GED or post-secondary degree, the Arkansas NCRC further verifies that he or she can handle tasks such as reading instructions and directions, working with figures, and finding information - tasks common in today's workplace. National Career Readiness Certification (Arkansas Career Readiness Certification) Areas Workplace Documents – The ability to understand information in common workplace documents such as letters, memos, procedures and instructions. Applied Mathematics – The ability to use mathematical reasoning in solving common workplace situations. Graphic Literacy – The ability to understand and extract information from graphics such as diagrams, tables, forms, graphs, and charts. To be certified, you must take all 3 assessments and score level 3 or better in each assessment - (lowest score of three assessments determines the overall level of certification). Each assessment is 55 minutes long.

WE provided popsicles for ALL students who showed EFFORT throughout the week on the ACT Aspire at HHE. WE didn't ask for perfection, but EFFORT!!!

Thank you Mrs. Singleton for sharing your adoption story with FCCLA today! Also, FCCLA officer applications are now available! Please see Mrs. Hobson or Mrs. Wilson if interested.

Mrs Montana Sterner’s class at HHE has been doing yoga and breathing exercises before each test to help with anxiety and improve focus.

Mrs. Plunkett’s 1st grade class &· some of our favorite reading series!

The Mena High School Athletic Awards ceremony will be on Monday, May 17th at 6:00pm in the Performing Arts Center. The ceremony is for all athletes in grades 10-12 & all parents & guardians are invited to attend. GO BEARCATS!!!!

The Mena soccer teams ran into a pair of red hot DeQueen teams on Tuesday. DeQueen-8 Mena Ladycats-0 DeQueen-5 Mena Bearcats-0 Mena will be back in action on Thursday when they play Hope at Bearcat Stadium.

The Mena Bearcats could muster only 3 hits in a losing effort on Tuesday at Union Bank Park. Malvern-14 Mena Bearcats-0 Mena is back in action on Thursday when they host Fountain Lake. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24460