Mena School District

Mena High School Seniors Rhett Brotherton & Michael Sullivan signed their letter of intent to play baseball at the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain on Thursday in the Union Bank Center. Head Coach Kobe Morris said in his opening comments that he had challenged these two to be team leaders and that they had exceeded his expectations. GO BEARCATS!!! GO BUCKS!!!

The DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative hosted Destination Science STEM Challenge on Wednesday. The 2025 Winners from Mena include: Balloon car: 2nd: Lainey Smart Blindfold cubing: 1st: Braylon Brandenburg and Keegan Stone Catapult: 1st: Larson Woods Earthquake: 1st: Raelyn Ashcraft and Haidyn Valdovinos 3rd: Jocelyn Cecil and Halia Peterson Egg drop: 2nd: Kinsey Mullen High school 1st: Gloria Roberts 2nd: Hadassah Torres Generator: 1st: Kaylee Cox and Jacie Kesterson 2nd: Wyeth Webber and Talen West Paper roller coast: 1st: Sophie Dowdy and Kambree Martin Mystery Challenge: 1st: Areana Alemeda, Kambree Martin, Annie Hughes and Melanie Cude Middle school Technology Competitions: Web presence 1st: Prachi Desai 2nd: Logan Chambers 3rd: Cooper Rowe Video competition 1st: Kenley Cochran 2nd: Camryn Stepp 3rd: Lynda Maechler High school Technology Competitions: Web presence 1st: Raelyn Ashcraft 2nd: Jaslynn Turner 3rd: Avery Cox Video competition 1st: Annabelle Sprague 2nd: Kinley Cox 3rd: Sason Walker Toothpick bridge: Middle school 2nd: Francesca Vacca and Makinley Vega 3rd: Angel Cecilio and Karsyn Baber High school 1st: Arean Alemeda Robotics-Lego Middle school 1st: Briar Robinson and Judius Steffler 2nd: Aiden Broach and Wesley Warren High school 1st: Talen West and Luke Rowland Robotics-vex Middle school 1st: Levi Lawrence 2nd: Dawson Anderson 3rd: Max Free Robotics-Sphero Middle school 1st: Peyton Quillin 2nd: Ronan Pettigrew 3rd: Gabe Elizalde and Tristan Garcia High school 1st: Willam Gorsuch Sailboat: 2nd: Peyton Quillin

The Mena Jr. High Relays were held on Tuesday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. The Ladycats finished in first place. Skylar Bahr won the 200 meter dash & the long jump. Paisley Burger won the High Jump. Brynlee Bahr won the Pole Vault. The Bearcats finished in first place & Hank Rose won high point. Blayden West won the 200 meter dash & the 400 meter dash. See complete results at the link below. https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/655547-mena-jr-high-relays-2025/results

MMS Prevent Team is hosted the Prevention Easter Egg Relay. The 6th, 7th and 8th grade competed.

Mrs. Taylor’s Goal Getters! WE are so proud of these awesome readers!

This week’s Teammate Award Winners at HHE are Daxen Hurst, Mangsien Dopmul, Preslee Powell and Sawyer Myers

Norah Williams won the top prize today at the Arkansas Young Playwright Competition as Best Playwright! Eric Decker was honored with one of the two Best Actor Awards and Anna Burt was one of two Honorable Mentions! We are super proud of these students! All of them that brought Norah’s play Night Off to life for the judges. We have not won the top playwright award since 2014 when Hannah Lochala and Madi Sherrer brought home the prize. We always have great plays and actors, and it is great to be involved in this competition each year.

Mena Soccer played Nashville on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. Bearcats-0 (2-4-1) Nashville-4 The Bearcats play next on Monday @ Magnolia.

Mena Soccer played Nashville on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. Ladycats-3 (6-1-1) Nashville-0 The Ladycats play next on Monday @ Magnolia.

In honor of Earth Day this month, 5th grade picked up trash and cleaned!

The following Mena Middle School students finally received their FBLA District I plaques and certificates on Wednesday for placing 1st place in their district competitions. Super proud of these guys! Atticus Ryan - 1st place in the 1 minute timed typing test Rayden Lopez - 1st place in the 3 minute timed test

Mena Middle Schhol FBLA attended the State Leadership Conference on Wednesday. Francesca Vacca competed in the FBLA Concepts competition. She placed 4th overall in the state and qualified to compete at Nationals this summer in Anaheim, California.

We Read Wednesday 📚 The Mena library media specialists hosted a literacy professional development for all of the media specialists in the Dequeen-Mena Co-Op. Librarians are the heart of schools that promote literacy and reading. We ❤️ reading!

Congratulations to the Mena High School Band. The band received an overall rating of 1st division superior at Region Concert and Sightreading Assessment. These ratings combined with the marching band ratings make the Mena High School Band a Sweepstakes band for the 2025 school year.

National Honor Society juniors voted for officers on Wednesday. Congratulations to the 2025-2026 officers! President - Kate Wilson Vice President - Jackson Thompson Secretary - Chloe Hooper Treasurer - Anabelle Peters Historian - Chloe Stepp

Skylar Bahr finished high point for the girls and Bentley Brewer finished high point for the boys at the Waldron 7th Grade Relays on Tuesday. The Bearcats finished won the meet and the Ladycats finished 3rd. See the complete results when posted at the link below. https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/653968-waldron-7th-grade-bulldog-relays-2025/results

Mena High School FBLA has been in Little Rock at the State Leadership Conference. Students that attended qualified on the district level to move on or chose state only events. Several groups took an objective test to qualify to present and others have worked on presentations for months. Many students stepped out of their comfort zone to do speaking events and they all did so well! I have had comments from judges and advisors about how good our kiddos did on their presentations. Today we find out who will have the opportunity to compete one more time at Nationals in Anaheim . Good luck to all of them! No matter what, you have represented our school, our chapter and yourselves well National qualifiers from MHS are….. 1st Place Broadcast Journalism Jayden Cox Addison Thomas Isabel Vacca 1st Place Mobile App Development Zach Sweet 2nd Place Business Plan Hunter Cannon Reese Montgomery Kate Wilson 2nd Place Intro to Business Concepts Ailiyah McEntire 3rd Place Business Management Bryant Thomas Auden Woods WE ARE HEADED TO ANAHEIM!!!!!

Ladycat Softball run rules Ozark. Mena Ladycats-10 (8-2) Ozark-0 Mena is back in action on Thursday when they play Nashville at Union Bank Park.

On Friday, Mena Middle School participated in the UARM Science Fair. Our students had a wonderful time interacting with area participants, judges, and members of the community about their science projects. Thank you UARM for hosting this event. We are looking forward to seeing you next year! Middle School division winners are as follows: 1st place—Annabelle Sprague 2nd place—Jack Parsons 3rd place— tie Tuck Sterner and William McDonald

Mrs. Montgomery’s Club has some Lexia SuperStars Leveling up!