Congratulations to the Kindergarten students at Louise Durham Elementary who earned perfect attendance in September.
HHE Great Teammate Award winners for this week are Rhett Todd, Brentlee McReynolds, Kaylee Hankins, Hannah Barrett, and Rhyen Henry.
These students demonstrated a positive attitude, reliability, helpfulness, and willingness to learn.
The boys will be water boys for the Sr High football game on the 6th, and the girls will cheer at the Sr high football game on the 6th.
Mrs. Breedlove took a group of MHS students to Mena Middle School to deliver cards and candy to their teachers. Today happens to be World Teacher's day.
On Wednesday current members of the Mena High School National Honor Society passed out acceptance letters to new members. This year the National Honor Society's Faculty Advisory Committee selected 32 members for entry. Some new members even learned of their acceptance at this year's AYE competition. Congratulations to all who were accepted!
Jaxon Baber
Rylie Bentley
Hunter Cannon
Alexis Clegg
Joseph Cude
Tierney Dodge
Lacy Floyd
Malachi Floyd
Raegan Gates
Laney Gilchrist
Scottie Gragg
Amy Gragg
Annalise Hughes
Abigail Koppein
Autumn Lockhart
Reese Montgomery
Gracie Nash
Briley Parker
Maddox Parsons
Cooper Plunkett
Brenden Ricker
Lily Rowland
Karley Sharp
Elijah Smith
Zachary Sweet
Yennyte Tecson
Ty Thacker
Addison Thomas
Isabel Vacca
Claire Walston
Clara White
David Williams
Mena High School students wrote cards and delivered them to the teachers and staff at LD today!
This morning Mrs. Breedloove and Mrs. Cash took a group of students to Louise Durham Elementary, the Mena Police Station, and the Mena Fire Department to deliver thank you cards.
The students included:
Makenley Sullivan
Jaydis Patton
Kaya Denton
Lily Rowland
Elliot Dugan
Clayton Dilbeck
Zoe Chung
Abbie Martin
Huge Thank you to Farm Bureau and Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry for their generation donation of 420 beef sticks toward the backpack program!
Finding the unknown side with known area using Cheez-Its as manipulatives.
A shadow box competition was held in Ms. Martin's 7th grade history classes recently. Students created a shadow box representing one of the Native American tribes they have researched and covered in class. One winner from each class was chosen by a panel of judges.
1st Period- Kenley Cochran
2nd Period- Haidyn Valdovinos
4th Period- Chris Head-Jones
5th Period- Tanner Cobb
6th Period-Clayton Beck
7th Period- Braedyn Barton and Kambree Martin
Hula Hooping started this week during PE at Holly Harshman Elementary.
The Mena Bearcats played Arkadelphia on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
Mena Bearcats-7
Arkadelphia-51
Mena is back in action next Friday in BCBS when they face Nashville.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=19617
Holly Harshman Elementary held their Ambassador Assembly on Friday morning. 2023-2024 Ambassadors were announced.
They are:
Allie Wells & Grant Thompson-5th
Journey Copelin & Joshua Gibson-5th
Hannah Barrett & Tristan Woody-5th
Ava Ray & Lynus Campbell-5th
Addison Emmitte & Brent Epperson-5th
Hadara Torres & Bo Starr-5th
Harley Henry & Ozzie Oxborrow-3rd
Eliza Johnson & Brentley Singleton-3rd
Preslee Powell & Rhett Todd-3rd
Kairah Ortiz & Kash Boyd-3rd
Zoe Cross & Nicolas Oxborrow-3rd
Sophia Elizalde & Ryden Hopper-3rd
Jozulee Smedley & Eli Eaton-4th
Albany Powell & Jarret Smith-4th
Nevaeh Aucoin & Koleman Goodnight-4th
Karsyn Tinnell & Blake Parmer-4th
Camille Philpot & Gunner Clark-4th
Arabella Hunter & Fletcher Alley-4th
Bella Barrett & Wyatt Brosius-4th
Kealin Austin & Jacob Turner-5th
Kaden Pearl & Jase Busby-5th
Mena High School Pep Rally!
Friday, September 29th
Representatives from the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain spoke to Louise Durham Elementary students about the eclipse and how to view it on Friday.
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America.
Today was MHS Theatre's Word of the Month skit at Louise Durham! Our heroes taught the students how to protect themselves on the internet. The kids were so engaged! We loved it!
The Natural Resource Management class was at the lab Tuesday learning to manage the bee hives. Thanks to the Ouachita Beekeepers Association for helping mentor and educate our students on the complex biology of Apiary!
The Holly Harshman Elementary Great Teammate Award Winners
were team captains at the Sr. Ladycats volleyball game on Thursday.
The Sr. Ladycats played Magnolia on Thursday at the Union Bank Center. Mena won the match 28-26/25-16/25-12. The Ladycats are back in action on Saturday at the Paris Tournament.
🤝5th grade got some HANDS on learning about leadership today!
🤝It was so fun watching the leaders in the groups start to emerge as they tried to navigate their way through tangled ands and arms.
🤝We had lots of laughs and both teams were successful in untangle themes!
🤝After this, we had some time to reflect on what good leaders do and some of their qualities!
The Jr. Ladycats played Magnolia on Thursday at the Union Bank Center. Mena lost 25-6/24-26/7-15. The Ladycats return to action on Saturday at the Rover Valley Tournament.
