Welcome Jessica Buckley to the staff at Mena MIddle School!
Mena Middle School FCCLA attended and competed at the FCCLA National Leadership Conference in Seattle, WA. recently. Both MMS FCCLA teams made top 10 in the nation in their respective events! Zahra Sofi and Fran Vacca earned silver and 1st place in the nation for level 1, Hospitality, Tourism, & Recreation. Brynlee’s Bahr, Sophia Cummings, and Lily Kate Doughty earned gold in level 1, Sports Nutrition.
Mena School Staff just wrapped up three days of professional development at the Arkansas School Counseling Association Conference in Hot Springs.
Tonya Thacker, School Counselor at Holly Harshman Elementary and Avanlea Chaney, School Counselor at Louise Durham Elementary presented a carload full of pop tabs at the Arkansas School Counselor Association Conference this week. The tabs are donated to the Ronald McDonald House as a fundraiser. The Ronald McDonald House gets 40 to 50 cents per pound for the tabs. Mena was the top contributor at the conference this year. Thank you to the students, teachers and the community for working hard to help with this effort.
Let's welcome Cheyenne Bell to the staff at Mena Middle School.
Ms. Bell is the new FFA Advisor !
Welcome Hunter Huffman to the staff at Mena High School and Mena Middle School ! Mr. Huffman is the new Jr. High Band Director.
Kensey Rosson, Jaxon Baber, Craig Bentley, and Kiylee Hughes represented Mena at the 2024 AHSCA All-Star Games!
District Maintenance Supervisor Danny Minton spoke at the Mena School Board meeting earlier this week about progress on the Hensley Activity Center. Minton said crews are about five weeks behind schedule due to weather. Petree Construction has three crews working six days a week on the project to get back on track.
Day one of the Little Cats Basketball Camp in the Union Bank Center. The camp continues on Thursday and Friday.
Welcome Shawn Erickson to the staff at Mena High School!
The Jr Ladycats went 2-2 today at the Morrilton Team Camp with wins over Quitman and Mayflower. Losing two close ones to Beebe and Alma. The Jr Ladycats finished with a 12-4 record this summer. We are looking forward to the season. Now they get a much deserved break.
Let's welcome Chelsee Shores to the MPS staff!
The Jr. Ladycats are participating in the Morrilton Team Camp. The team came away with wins against Lincoln, Rogers and Sheridan on Monday.
The girls are back at Morrilton Tuesday.
Let's welcome Dusty Gardner tp the staff at Mena High School. Mr. Gardner is the new Sr. Girls Basketball Coach.
The Mena Jr. High Team Camp was held on Thursday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. Teams from DeQueen, Mansfield & Cossatot participated.
These JR Ladycats need to be bragged on. JR High Varsity went 7 and 2 at the Harding University Team Camp, and their 2 losses were to Lake Hamilton by 11 and a Senior High varsity team by 3. Our JR High JV was a totally different team from day 1 to day 3. There were tons of improvement, and ended with a win over Lakeside.
Mena leaders are attending training with the DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative at Degray State Park this week. Administrators from schools across the DMESC area are attending.
Mena Bearcat Jair Hernandez got to work with Arkansas SPT Coordinator Scott Fountain at camp! Great experience for one of the best kickers in the state! Big thanks to Coach Fountain for giving him the chance to come down and get some one on one instruction!
Wrapping up day 5 of 7 of team camps this week! Our Senior boys teams started at Harding University for 3 days then drove straight to Southeastern Oklahoma State for 2 days! Tomorrow they will go to Fayetteville for the Northwest Arkansas Shootout for 2 more days! Our Junior boys teams went to Harding for 3 days as well and just wrapped up the Northwest Arkansas Shootout! Great week of camps for our athletes! #Menabasketball
Welcome Logan McCourtney to the Mena Public Schools staff. Mr. McCourtney will be the Jr. High Boys basketball coach!
