Mena High School AE students took Christmas cards to the Homewood Cottages residents today for a service project.
Congratulations to our MMS grade-level spelling bee winners. They will be headed to the Polk County Spelling Bee next month:
6th grade
Briar Robinson
Zach Horn
Alternate-Joscelyn Bates
7th grade
Talen West
Sophia Kendrick
Alternate -Tanner Cobb
8th grade
Camilla Booher
Shooter Davis
Alternate- Zachary Werkoven
Our zoom meeting with Kwame Alexander (author of The Crossover) and Judy Blume (author of Fudge) at the Mena MIddle School Library was fantastic! They answered one of our student’s questions and we learned a little about building characters in our writing. The highlight was hearing Kwame read his own writing. Thank you Kwame Alexander!
Mena Middle School student Nathan Williamson competed and won first place in the local 2023-2024 VFW Patriot's Pen youth essay contest. Nathan was awarded $300 by the local Veterans of Foreign Wars. His essay was submitted for the state level competition. Congratulations Nathan!
Mena Middle School Project Prevent Team, FCCLA, FBLA, Yearbook Staff and Student Council members spent the day ringing the bell for The Salvation Army.
Tune in Bearcat News on FM101 Monday, December 4th for the weekly report from Louise Durham Elementary featuring KYE.
Kye is a second grade student in Mrs. Trammell's class.
Bearcat News can be heard every school day on Mena Public Schools Radio FM101. Tune in at
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Payton shared her “First Chapter Friday” with the whole class! She inspired many of her classmates to read the book Wish
Mr. Scott Davis taught HHE about electricity safety today along with some magic. Thank you REA for sponsoring the show!!
Mena Boys won their meet last night vs Fort Smith Southside 43-24, sadly the girls lost. Bright future ahead for both teams. Come out Thursday at 6:00pm for our first home meet in Mena history!
The Jr. Bearcats played Pottsville on Thursday at the Union Bank Center.
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Pottsville-35
Mena is back in action on Monday when they play Fountain Lake at Jim Rackley Gymnasium.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=20091
The Jr. Ladycats played Pottsville on Thursday at the Union Bank Center.
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Pottsville-41
Mena is back in action on Monday when they play Fountain Lake at Jim Rackley Gymnasium.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=41091
Leveled up!
The Mena Bearcats played Booneville on Tuesday at the Union Bank Center.
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Booneville-52
The Bearcats are back in action on Friday at Pottsville.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=20089
The Mena Ladycats played Booneville on Tuesday at the Union Bank Center.
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Booneville-30
The Ladycats are back in action on Friday at Pottsville.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=41092
Mena High School held a pep rally for basketball and wrestling on Tuesday in the Union Bank Center.
Members of the National English Honor Society read to students at Holly Harshman Elementary on Friday!
The 6th grade math students have been learning about ratios in math over the past couple of weeks. They created a "Cookie in a Cup" using what they have learned about equivalent ratios to half a cookie recipe
Kindergarten students continue to level up in Lexia!
35 students recently competed at FCCLA Region 5 STAR Events at the University of Arkansas Hope. We had students competing, volunteering and participating in a district wide service project throughout the day.
Of the 8 competitions students participated in 5 of the teams/individuals are advancing to State Competitions in the spring with Silver medals! All of our kids that competed placed in the top three of their category however only Silver and Gold advance to State competition. State will be held in the spring and they will be competing to go to Nationals this July in Seattle, WA!!!
Event Management Level 1 - Khuplawh Depmuhl and Ashton Nordyke- Bronze
Food Innovations level 1 - Noah Martin, Kayla Cross and Michael Benson - Bronze
Interior Design Level 1 - Annlyn Hughes, McKenna Nottke and Lexie Thomas - Bronze
Focus on Children Level 1 - Shayla Benson Serenity Fraser and Ravyn Wilson - Silver
Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation Level 1 - Zahra Sofi and Francesca Vacca - Silver
Repurpose and Redesign Level 1 - Dori Walker and Acelynn Butterfield - Silver
Repurpose and Redesign Level 3 - Abi Koppein - Silver
Sports Nutrition Level 1 - Brynlee Bahr, Sophia Cummings and Lily Kate Doughty.
Mena Middle School Thanksgiving Lunch!
