We have exciting news! We are looking for sponsors to help fund the 2023-2024 cheerleading team in their hopeful journey to a State Championship. The athletes will be participating in multiple camps/clinics, as well as multiple competitions all leading up to the State Competition in December of 2023, but we need your help. In return for your sponsorship, we are starting a Paint the Paw fundraiser. We will be painting paws leading to the high school and student parking lots. Here are some options that we would like to provide for you: *A paw with your name and graduation year *A paw with your business name *A paw to honor your whole graduating class *A paw to honor a lost classmate To make a contribution, simply mail your gift to MHS Cheer, 1200 Dallas Avenue, Mena, AR 71953, hand deliver your gift to Mena High School, or meet with a MHS Cheerleader when they stop by your business. Thank you for your support!
The yearly bus driver meeting will be on Monday, August 14th at 10:30am in the MHS Performing Arts Center. Lunch will follow.
State in-service for all CDL holders will be from 12:00pm-3:00pm.
Holly Harshman Elementary Principal Tamara Smart and Behavior Interventionist Ashlyn Watts presented on their Behavior Matrix and THRIVE process at the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators summer conference on Tuesday morning. They represented Mena Schools and our community with excellence! We are so proud of them and they work they do for students every day!
Day two at the Licking Team Camp in Branson MO. for Mena volleyball!
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The perimeter fence at Louise Durham Elementary has been removed and will be replaced by a new six foot security fence and gates in the days ahead. Just one of the many projects happening across the district in preparation for the first day of school on August 16th.
The Sr. Ladycats volleyball team leaving the hotel for their first matches at the Licking Team Camp in Branson MO.
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Teams from Hackett, Mansfield, Mt. Ida, Fountain Lake & Cossatot River participated in the Mena Jr. High Team Football Camp at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Thursday.
The Jr. Bearcats will play a scrimmage at Mansfield on August 15th and the season opener is August 31st against Centerpoint at BCBS. Check the complete 2023 schedule at the link below.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=20082
Mena High School and Mena Middle School teachers attended a workshop in Jacksonville, AR this week for Arkansas. Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science, Inc., (AR AIMS), is an organization affiliated with the National Math & Science Initiative. AR AIMS opens the door for all middle school and high school students in Arkansas to reach their academic potential by offering high quality, student centered teacher training and support to empower teachers to become more effective in advanced instructional methods and strategies. Not pictured Linda Willard.Inc., (AR AIMS),
The Mena Jr Ladycats and Coaches put on a volleyball clinic for the Cossatot Jr Lady Eagles on Tuesday. We all had a blast and loved their enthusiasm to learn. Good luck Lady Eagles during your first volleyball season!
The baseboard painting project continues at Mena High School. That's just one of the many projects happening across the district as preparations continue for the first day of school on August 16th.
Mena Bearcat Basketball hosted Horatio and Arkansas High in a team camp on Tuesday.
Mrs. Colby Singleton is instructing students in the ACT Boot Camp this week at Mena High School.
SUSAN BODEY and AMY BARTOW with Aramark Food Services are representing the Mena Public Schools at the Arkansas Department of Education Summit in Hot Springs. The ADE Summit gives participants the opportunity to attend sessions on a wide range of topics. With access to exciting presenters while learning about innovative programs and much more!
DANNY MINTON and JUSTIN HEAD are representing the Mena Public Schools at the Arkansas Department of Education Summit in Hot Springs. The ADE Summit gives participants the opportunity to attend sessions on a wide range of topics. With access to exciting presenters while learning about innovative programs and much more!
The Mena Boys Basketball Team Camp is this Tuesday in the Union Bank Center!
Members of the 6th grade beginner band class are excited for their first day of band camp at Arkansas Tech University. This is a time honored tradition that has been going on or 60 years.
Thank you to the Middle School Band group for helping with food bags! We are always HAPPY to serve!
For the second year in a row, the Mena High School AP Lit classes showed excellence on this year’s AP exam. 69% (20/29) of the class scored a 3 or better (out of 5 total), earning them a college credit for Comp II in Arkansas. The test is rigorous, consisting of both multiple choice items over several poems and passages and then giving students two hours to read passages and write three college level essays that analyze author’s choice in literature. This year, our students showed that they have what it takes to write for college, beating the averages of both Arkansas and surrounding states in number of students who passed the test.
Mena Football Head Coach Craig Bentley represented the Bearcats at the “ Tip the Tank” fundraiser for Arkansas Children's Hospital at Walmart this weekend!
Several of our Holly Harshman Elementary teachers participated in the RISE Morphology workshop today @ the DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative.
