Mena placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd on Wednesday at a chess tournament hosted by Cossatot River High School.
1st - Elijah Smith
2nd - Dorian Knight
3rd - Ivan Sanchez
Go Bearcats!
Bearcat Soccer faced Hope at Bob Carver Bearcats Stadium on Tuesday.
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Mena plays at Malvern this Friday.
Ladycat Soccer faced Hope at Bob Carver Bearcats Stadium on Tuesday.
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Mena plays at Malvern this Friday.
Congratulations to the Mena High School Quiz Bowl Team!
They placed 2nd in the 4A Regional Quiz Bowl Tournament on Saturday. Elijah Smith made All Stars by averaging over 5 points per game!
Cossatot State Park Ranger Abby Piccin visited 5th grade to teach us all about snakes in Arkansas!
Amelia leveled up! Congratulations!
Mena High School Senior BRIANNON RYLEE MARTIN received a certificate of appreciation for recently enlisting in the Arkansas National Guard. She will be a part of the 216th Military Police Guard Company at Camp Joseph G. Robinson in North Little Rock.
Congratulations Bri !!!!
Mena Jr. High Track competed at the Booneville Relays on Tuesday. Brynlee Bahr won the girls pole vault. See complete results at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/.../652561-booneville.../results
Photos by Nicki Ferguson.
https://justamomandahobby.pixieset.com/
Congratulations to the Mena Middle School Band! Tuesday they traveled to Vanburen to participate in the Region 8 Concert & Sightreading Assessment. The band scored a second division excellent rating from all Concert judges and a first division superior rating in Sightreading. Great job Mr. Huffman and the middle school band
The Mena 7th Grade Ladycats and Bearcats competed at the Booneville Relays on Monday. The Ladycats won the the meet and
Skylar Bahr took home the High Point Award!
Bahr won the 100 yard dash, the 200 yard dash, the 400 yard dash, pole vault, long jump and triple jump.
For the Bearcats Bentley Brewer won the 100 yard dash and the long jump.
See complete results at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/652495-booneville-bearcats-7th-grade-relays-2025/results
Lexia Superstar leveling ⬆️!!
Post season honors were released for the Mena Bearcat basketball team on Monday. A total of eight players were recognized for their efforts this season. Including:
COOPER PLUNKETT-All State & All Star 1st Team
SEAN SULLIVAN-All Star Honorable Mention & All Conference
DAETON MILLER-All Conference
JOJO HERNANDEZ-All Conference
KALIB COX-All Conference
OWEN SIMPSON-2nd Team All Conference
JACKSON THOMPSON-2nd Team All Conference
LEVI NEUFELD-2nd Team All Conference
Read Across America Week ended with a big finale! 📚🎉
The students were given a School Wide Reading Goal of reading 3,000 books! If they reached this goal they would get to have a “Pie in the Face” Celebration.
Our students LOVE reading! They went above and beyond and read over 8,000 books just this week!
We are so proud!
We had the BEST week!
Bearcat Soccer played their home opener on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
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Mena is back in action on Tuesday against Heavener at BCBS.
Ladycat Soccer played their home opener on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
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Mena is back in action on Tuesday against Heavener at BCBS.
Mena Theatre students performed "12 Incompetent Jurors" for 11th Grade English, 12th Grade English, AP Language & Literature as well as Business Law classes on Friday. Those participating in the production include
Ella Ballew
Lilly Davidson
Nevaeh Day
Ryker Erickson
Andrew Gomez
Conner Lafollette
Gabriel Lawrence
Stori Margraff
Jonathan McClure
Trent Moore
Nayeli Pinon
Hailee Pullen
Jayden Scott
Ashleigh Townsend
Norah Williams
Congratulations to Mena High School Senior Abi Koppein for racking up a career milestone with her 400th career strikeout during Tuesdays softball game.
Abi and the Ladycats are back in action Thursday at Nashville.
The Holly Harshman Elementary teachers and staff love reading, book talks, and sharing many of their favorite titles with you.
4th grade Science teacher, Mrs. Sterner, recently decided to give a new genre a try! She had always believed that she would never like a mystery book until her friends kept suggesting great books! After reading one, she read another, and then another, and now she has found a new favorite genre! She wants to encourage those who are struggling to find a good book, to “think about trying something different!”
Which new genre would you like to try?
We Read Wednesday: Levi is a frequent visitor in our library. He is a reader! He enjoys science fiction and his favorite book is The Big Book of Monsters by Hal Johnson. This is a nonfiction book with information about movie/classic book monsters. We love that our students have a variety of interests!
The best way to find new favorite books to read is by book suggestions and thats why we LOVE We Read Wednesday!
📚 We Read Wednesday is so much fun because we get to share all of our favorite books! 🎉
The Faculty and Staff at Louise Durham love books, reading and talking about all their favorite stories!
Meet Shelby Williams. She teaches Kindergarten.
Mrs. Williams brings love and excitement about books and reading into her classroom!
She loves surrounding her students with lots of books and creating connections and excitement through her read alouds!
“ I enjoy reading "Llama Llama Red Pajama" to my children because it teaches them the valuable lesson of being patient. The story follows Baby Llama as he gets anxious waiting for his mama to come back after bedtime, which is something many kids can relate to. My children learn that sometimes they need to wait calmly and trust that their parents will always be there for them, even if they can't be right by their side immediately. This lesson in patience is important for their growth and helps them handle similar situations in real life.”
Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
Check it out in our school library!
