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!

The Mena High School Varsity Cheer Team completed a 3 day camp with the National Cheer Association last week. The team earned Superior ranking. Many girls were nominated for All American with Bailey Heald and Destiny Hogan officially being chosen for All American !

First day of Harding Team Camp for Jr. Ladycat Basketball.

First day of Harding Team Camp for Ladycat Basketball.

Mena Jr. High Cheer has completed their summer camp. The girls showed tremendous growth and learned many new skills. We are excited for what the 24-25 season has in store for us.

The Mena trap team competed at the 6th Annual Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation trap shoot on Friday. The ArFB Foundation has teamed up with The Arkansas 4-H Foundation and the Arkansas FFA Foundation again, and half of the net proceeds from the shoot will directly benefit both organizations!

Mena High School and Middle School teachers and leaders spent two days working with Dr. Holly Cothren with The Bailey Education Group on building effective lessons for the upcoming school year. These fantastic educators worked hard and enjoyed their time together!

Day one of the Mena Youth Wrestling Camp! Camp continues from 5:15pm-6:15pm on Thursday and Friday in the UBC. Everyone age 7-14 years old are invited. The cost is $10.00 per session.

Welcome Lauryn Barrett to the staff at Holly Harshman Elementary.

Welcome Trey Plummer to the Mena High School staff. Mr. Plummer will be teaching English 10 in 2024-2025.

Day 1 in the books for K-5 Bailey Group PD! Awesome training! Awesome instructor! Thank you Feather you are the BEST! Looking forward to day 2 & 3.

Mena hosted the Bearcat 7 on 7 Tournament on Tuesday. Teams from Pocola OK., Lavaca, Hackett, Arkadelphia, DeQueen, Mansfield and Bismark participated. See the 2024 Mena Bearcat football schedule at the link . https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=19617

Welcome Rachel Holland to the Mena Middle School staff. Ms. Holland will be teaching English/Language Arts.

The roof is going up at the Hensley Activity Center !!!

Mrs. Sikes 6th Grade Keyboarding Top Typists on timed tests for 2024. 1st place -Peyton Tidwell averaging 74 WPM 2nd place - Dane Palmer averaging 70 WPM 3rd place - Brady Jones averaging 63 WPM

The Mena Bearcats played their spring football game on Thursday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. The 2024 season begins on Friday, August 30th at DeQueen.

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HHE staff had an inflatable race this morning….so fun!

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