Mena School District
Home of the Bearcats
📚 Creating Lifelong Readers from the Very Start! 📚
We kicked off our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten reading program with our preschool students in August, and we are so excited to begin this reading journey together! ❤️
This fun program encourages families to read 1,000 books with their child before kindergarten while building early literacy skills, enjoying stories together, and fostering a lifelong love of reading. 📖✨
Preschool teachers have sent home more information about our exciting 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program, so be sure to check it out!
📚 Preschool Library Starts This Week!
Our preschool students will visit the Louise Durham Library on a rotation schedule to check out great books, learn about the library and book care, and discover just how important books and reading are in our lives.
And this month, we are especially excited to celebrate the preschool students who have already read at least 100 books this school year! 🎉📚
Keep reading, keep sharing stories, and keep growing those little readers! ❤️
Bexlie Buckley
Violet Cox
Piper Holmes
Savanna Smith
Ellie Poteat
Legend McKelvey
Kehlanii Gonzalez
Wesley Watts
Lettie Lawson
Jackson Speer
Darren Holmes
Georgia Mosley
Lola Cottrell
Ellie Jewell
Tatum Belknap
“Reading is the gateway for children that makes all other learning possible.”📚
We kicked off our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten reading program with our preschool students in August, and we are so excited to begin this reading journey together! ❤️
This fun program encourages families to read 1,000 books with their child before kindergarten while building early literacy skills, enjoying stories together, and fostering a lifelong love of reading. 📖✨
Preschool teachers have sent home more information about our exciting 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program, so be sure to check it out!
📚 Preschool Library Starts This Week!
Our preschool students will visit the Louise Durham Library on a rotation schedule to check out great books, learn about the library and book care, and discover just how important books and reading are in our lives.
And this month, we are especially excited to celebrate the preschool students who have already read at least 100 books this school year! 🎉📚
Keep reading, keep sharing stories, and keep growing those little readers! ❤️
Bexlie Buckley
Violet Cox
Piper Holmes
Savanna Smith
Ellie Poteat
Legend McKelvey
Kehlanii Gonzalez
Wesley Watts
Lettie Lawson
Jackson Speer
Darren Holmes
Georgia Mosley
Lola Cottrell
Ellie Jewell
Tatum Belknap
“Reading is the gateway for children that makes all other learning possible.”📚
2026 Mena Homecoming Pep Rally!
Johnny Appleseed Day in 1st Grade!
The reigning champs do it again! Juniors take Powder Puff Championship!
2026 Mena Homecoming Parade!
Wednesday’s Spirit Day theme at MHS was Bikers vs Surfers!
Spirit Day winners are:
Cord Gibbs
Lily Fenwick
Kaiden Brandenburg
Hadassah Torres
Emmi Hensley
Makenna Lee
Madox Plunkett
Spirit Day winners are:
Cord Gibbs
Lily Fenwick
Kaiden Brandenburg
Hadassah Torres
Emmi Hensley
Makenna Lee
Madox Plunkett
Mena Golf hosted the 4A Conference Tournament at Glenwood Country Club, and the Mena Bearcats are your CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!
Mena art students got to work in the field window painting at Union Bank of Mena.
This morning, our Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management and Food Safety and Nutrition students at Mena High School enjoyed a special hands-on learning experience with the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance!
Liam Hankins-Hull, Program Education and Outreach Manager, along with members of the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance team, visited our classroom and provided lab supplies while guiding students through the preparation of orange oatmeal pancakes and fall fruit compote.
We are so thankful for community partners like the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance who provide our students with meaningful, hands-on opportunities to build their culinary and nutrition skills!
Liam Hankins-Hull, Program Education and Outreach Manager, along with members of the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance team, visited our classroom and provided lab supplies while guiding students through the preparation of orange oatmeal pancakes and fall fruit compote.
We are so thankful for community partners like the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance who provide our students with meaningful, hands-on opportunities to build their culinary and nutrition skills!
We have had a great week at the Holly Harshman Library for Grandparent's Read Week! We had amazing helpers from Middle School and we appreciate them so much!
Another Mystery Reader in Mrs. Philpot's Class!
Thank you to Kingsley’s dad, Ray, for reading us a couple of books and getting us laughing! We appreciate you joining us!
Introducing our officers for Spotlight Singers for this year!
President- Chloe Ferguson
Vice President- Kaiden Brandenburg
Secretary- Hadassah Torres
Librarians- Camilla Ashcraft & Presley Nash
LDE Change War!
And the Bearcat Chorus Officers for 2026-2027
President- Trinity Wilson
Vice President- Jewel Irons
Secretary- Cora Maddox
Librarians- Isis Bearden, Amber Beaver, & Emily Pilgrim
MHS Student Council would like to invite all MPS students and staff to our annual Homecoming Pep Rally on Friday, September 25th beginning at 9am in the Union Bank Center. The theme is RED OUT! We can't wait to see you there!
**Parents are allowed to attend but must check in at the high school office with a valid driver’s license and sit in the designated visitor area.
**Parents are allowed to attend but must check in at the high school office with a valid driver’s license and sit in the designated visitor area.
Homecoming shirt orders are due on Wednesday of this week!
Ms. Hobson’s Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management class sharpened their culinary skills in the kitchen by practicing proper knife techniques and learning how to safely cut using the batonnet method.
Thank you Lela Nordyke for providing drinks from BrewStop to the staff at Mena Middle School on Tuesday.
Mrs. Floyds class hosted their first mystery reader today! Thank you for reading to us, Ms. Erin!
Come see the Mena Public Schools Booth in the commercial building at the Polk County Fair this week!