Rich Mountain Bucks Classic is this Friday & Saturday!
The Union Bank Jr. Basketball Tournament begins Monday. Check the bracket to see when the Bearcats & Ladycats play!
The Mena Sr. Girls played again today in the Robinson Invitational. They played Caddo Hills for the second time & lost 45-48... The Ladycats will be back in action on December 3rd when they host Waldron..
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Announcements for Friday, November 22nd
We will be out of school next week for Thanksgiving break. School will resume on Monday, December 2nd. After the break there will be only 3 weeks of school remaining until the end of the semester.
From Mrs. Rose: If you receive a food bag on Fridays and want to continue getting one, or if you are interested in getting one, you must email Mrs. Rose today.
There will be an FBLA meeting in Mrs. Sikes’ room right after these announcements.
Lunchtime Weather: If it is not raining during your lunch, we will go outside. Remain on the hard surfaces only. The ball box will not be opened.
Lunch Menu:
Line 1 – Crispitos, MTO Baked Potato
Line 2 – Sausage & Jalapeno Pizza, Deli Sandwich, Pizza Salad
Concession – Hamburger, Chicken Sandwich, Corn Dog
Club / Group Meetings: On behalf of the faculty and Staff at Mena Middle School, we hope you all have a great Thanksgiving.
Friday, November 22, 2019
Lunch:
11-22, Crispitos with cheese
If you need to know your lunch balance, please see Mrs. Jennifer
We have Gatorade, Water, Chips, Beef Jerky and Rice Krispy Treats that are available for purchase if you have money in your lunch account.
Students you must get a juice and/or fruit at breakfast.
Students, please remember, you have to have money in your account to buy extras. Do not get extras unless you pay for it first.
Football Meeting in the gym during Enrichment for 9th, 10th and 11th grade football players.
Students are not to be in the hallways during Lunch A or Lunch B. The library, cafeteria, or patio are available areas during lunch.
Friday 11-22, 10:30 in Counseling Center, Josten’s will be here to order Senior Rings.
FBLA members who plan to compete at the spring leadership conference need to see Mrs. Lindsey or Mrs. Torix for a permission slip.
All students will attend their regularly assigned enrichment class for the remainder of the semester!
All students who sold FFA Fruit products must pick up their orders on Tuesday, December 3, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 pm. at the Ag Building.
Art Club has a meeting scheduled for Friday, Nov. 22nd. Please pay your dues to attend.
Tuesday, Dec. 3rd will be the Art Club’s yearbook picture. All art club members that have paid their dues must come to the art room at the beginning of Enrichment to get a quick photo.
Special Olympics will be having a fundraiser Saturday at Wal-Mart...Come by and support us…
The Union Bank Jr. Invitational Basketball Tournament begins on the day we return from the Thanksgiving break, Monday December 2nd. Come support the Jr. Bearcats & Ladycats!
Baseball season prep is already underway for Coach Sandifer & some dedicated Mena athletes.
Mena High School senior Macie Johnson has been named a Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Semifinalist. Macie was selected from 93,000+ applicants! Learn more about the #CokeScholars Program $20,000 college scholarship and see a full list of Semifinalistsat www.coca-colascholars.org. #CokeScholarsSF
The Ladycats beat LR Mills 63-24 Wednesday at the Robinson Invitational. The Mena girls will play again on Saturday at 12:45pm... Go Ladycats!
Announcements for Wednesday, November 20th
Reminders:
6th grade ETS will meet in the Cafeteria after these announcements. If you are not sure whether or not you are an ETS student, each of your teachers received the list by email and there is a list posted in the Cafeteria on the Library windo.
7th grade GT students will meet in the Conference Room after these announcements. Also, those GT students that are going to be scorekeepers tomorrow, need to remember that you are leaving school at 8:00 and you need to bring your lunch.
Today shortly after 1:00, I will begin dismissing students to the PAC for the Senior Play. You will pay your $2 to your 5th period teacher.
Because of the holiday meal being served in our cafeteria today, there will likely be quite a few visitors and seating will be limited, especially during Lunch “B.” For that reason, students, if you are not eating, you need to go straight outside and if you are eating, you need to go outside just as soon as you are finished, in order to make sure everyone has a seat. We would also encourage you to take your food outside, if you would like.
Update on picture retakes_______________
Lunchtime Weather:
Lunch Menu: The Thanksgiving meal will be served in Line 1 only. All other items will be served in Line 2. There will be no Concession Stand Line today.
Line 1 – Thanksgiving Meal
Line 2 – Pizza, Hamburger, Turkey Chef Salad
Concession – Closed Today
Club / Group Meetings: At this time, 6th grade ETS students need to go to the Cafeteria and 7th grade GT students need to go to the Conference Room.
Wed., Nov. 20, 2019
Lunch:
11-20, Chili
11-21, Thanksgiving Dinner
11-22, Crispitos with cheese
If you need to know your lunch balance, please see Mrs. Jennifer
We have Gatorade, Water, Chips, Beef Jerky and Rice Krispy Treats that are available for purchase if you have money in your lunch account.
Students you must get a juice and/or fruit at breakfast.
Students, please remember, you have to have money in your account to buy extras. Do not get extras unless you pay for it first.
Library Closed for Lunch A Wednesday.
Students are not to be in the hallways during Lunch A or Lunch B. The library, cafeteria, or patio are available areas during lunch.
Tuesday, Nov. 19, Jr. ETS Meeting, please bring your chromebooks.
11-19, Jr. Basketball Cossatot River @ Mena 5
11-19, Mena Bearcat Basketball Cossatot River @ Mena 5
Wednesday 11-20, SCI-FI Mtg. in 206
Thursday 11-21, JAG Rm. 403 Meeting (officers only)
Friday 11-22, Art Meeting Rm. 404
Friday 11-22, 10:30 in Counseling Center, Josten’s will be here to order Senior Rings.
FBLA members who plan to compete at the spring leadership conference need to see Mrs. Lindsey or Mrs. Torix for a permission slip.
All students will attend their regularly assigned enrichment class for the remainder of the semester!
All students who sold FFA Fruit products must pick up their orders on Tuesday, December 3, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 pm. at the Ag Building.
Wednesday, November 20, will be School Day Pictures Make-Up Day and Retakes with Lifetouch. Anyone who missed the original picture day in September or wishes to get retakes, we will be taking pictures in the safe room on Wednesday morning. Even if you don’t plan to buy pictures, we need your photo for the yearbook.
The high school showing of The Yellow Boat will be TOMORROW, November 21st at 9:15 am. Bring $5 to your 2nd period teacher on that day. Make sure you are finished with your second chance breakfast before you go. There is no food, drinks, gum or candy in the PAC. Those who don’t want to attend will go to the library.
Art Club has a meeting scheduled for Friday, Nov. 22nd. Please pay your dues to attend.
Tuesday, Dec. 3rd will be the Art Club’s yearbook picture. All art club members that have paid their dues must come to the art room at the beginning of Enrichment to get a quick photo.
Thank you to everyone that participated in the food drive!! We have collected 304 cans/nonperishable food items! All of this food will be sent to God’s Feeding Hands this week. At least 200 families will have food for Thanksgiving! WOW! The class that donated the most was Mrs. Standridge’s class, donating 113 cans! Way to go guys!!!!
Special Olympics will be having a fundraiser Saturday at Wal-Mart...Come by and support us…
Construction is underway on a new press box on the visitors side at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. This project is a part of continued improvements to facilities made possible by generous donations from the Bob Carver Foundation and The Bearcat Foundation Inc (BFI). GO BEARCATS!
NOVEMBER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING!
The Mena School Board met for the regular November meeting on Tuesday evening.
The board began by approving the minutes from the September & October meeting.
They quickly moved to passing a disclosure statement for board member Kyle Cannon who is also an employee of the Union Bank of Mena.
A proposal was made to change the district employees vision plan. Mena Insurance currently holds the contract through Superior Vision. The new plan offered by Mena Insurance would be through Blue Cross & Blue Shield at a lower cost to employees & an increase in benefits. The change was passed by the board & will go into effect February 1, 2020.
Next was the approval of the financial reports for September & October.
Resignations were accepted by the board including Carol Sproles, Michaela VanPelt, David Goodner, & Howard Elliot.
The board approved an addendum to the contract of Cheryl Goodner, additional hours to Keri Duer, and a transfer of duties for Alicia Moody.
Superintendent Benny Weston presented a plan to restructure current Mena School District custodial employees & outsource the needed evening janitorial shifts. The board approved accepting a bid from SG360 for only the evening janotorial shifts at Louise Durham Elementary & Holly Harshman Elementary.
Mena hosted Cossatot at the Union Bank Center Tuesday night. The 7th grade boys lost 15-19 & the Jr. Boys won 40-18. Coach Jim Pennington made his debut as head coach of the Sr. Boys & they won 45-26. GO BEARCATS!!!
Mena-15 Cossatot-19
The Mena 7th Grade Bearcats came up short Tuesday night at the UBC. Losing by 4 to Cossatot. The boys will be back in action at Arkadelphia on 12/9/19..
The Mena 6th grade Quiz Bowl team participated in the Ashdown Invitational Quiz Bowl on November 19. There were 11 teams . Our team's efforts paid off when they were seeded second after lunch and received a bye. They beat Dierks in the quarter finals, Spring Hill in the semi finals, and played Genoa in the finals. Genoa did win the final game, so Mena took second. Pictured are Lynnlee Cook, Valley Reppo, Tripp Hensley, Jackson Thompson, Dax McMellon, Eli Swall, Denton Warner, Elliott Dugan, Kate Wilson, and Brandon Dong. We are proud of all of our Quiz Bowl Participants.
Happening December 6th!
Announcements for Tuesday, November 19th
Reminders:
6th grade ETS will meet tomorrow.
7th grade GT students will meet tomorrow.
Picture retakes are tomorrow morning.
The Thanksgiving meal will be served in our cafeteria tomorrow. If you have any family members that plan to eat with you, please tell them that the cost for each visitor is $3.70. Visitors will pay at the front office and must either pay with exact change or write a check for the exact amount.
Tomorrow towards the end of 5th period, we will go over to the PAC to watch the MHS Senior Play. The cost is $2. Starting today, you can pay your 5th period teacher.
From Mrs. Rose: If you get a food bag on Friday's and want to continue to get a food bag please send Mrs. Rose and email today or tomorrow. Let her know you want to continue getting a bag and Include your bus route # in your email.
From Nurse Sherry: Those students who need immunizations for school got letters three weeks ago to take home to parents. You must have these immunizations to remain in school. If you have gotten your shots in the last couple of weeks, run by the nurse's office and let her know. This is a state law and you must have your required shots so remind your parents or guardian to make your appointment if you want to remain in school. I will also add that if you do not get your shots, you are not allowed to participate in athletics until you get your immunizations.
The lost and found box is overflowing with coats, books, lunch boxes. Everything in it will be bagged up later this week and taken to PCDC.
The basketball Bearcats will be hosting Cossatot tonight at the UBC at MHS. 7th grade boys will tip off at 5:00, followed by the Jr. High JV boys, and ending with the Sr High Varsity boys.
Lunchtime Weather:
Lunch Menu:
Line 1 – Chicken Parmesan, MTO Tortilla, MTO Nachos
Line 2 – Meat Lovers’ Pizza, Deli Sandwich, Cobb Salad
Concession – Rib Patty Sandwich, Spicy Chicken Sandwich, Chicken Tenders
Thanksgiving break is next week!
The Mena Ladycats will play DeQueen at the Robinson Invitational on Wednesday! GO LADYCATS!
