Congratulation to Mena High School Senior JANCEY HARRIS for her finish in the Southwest Arkansas High School Rodeo Association Finals. Senior all around cowgirl Top 5 barrels Top 10 poles Champion goat tying Reserve champion girl breakaway roping Reserve champion ribbon roping Top 10 team roping FINALS 1st- barrels 1st round 3rd- poles 1st round 1st- goats 1st round 1st- breakaway roping 1st round 3rd- ribbon roping 1st round 1st- team roping 1st round 2nd- barrels 2nd round 2nd- goats 2nd round 1st- ribbon roping 2nd round High point SR girl 1st in the average in barrels, breakaway, and team roping. 2nd in the average in goats and ribbon roping

MENA BEARCAT SPRING SCRIMMAGE ! Mena football played their spring scrimmage at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Tuesday. The 2023 season will honor the memory of Nature Brown. 2023 would have been Nature's senior season. The Brown family was recognized at halftime and were given a football signed by the entire team.

Thank you to the The Polk County Farm Bureau Women's Committee for donating books to the Louise Durham Library. We are so thankful for your donation that supports our students as growing readers.

Monday was field day for Mena Middle School 8th graders!

Mena High School sophomore ELIJAH SMITH competed in the decathlon last week in Fayetteville. There were 71 athletes from all over the state of Arkansas. He placed 5th in High Jump and achieved personal records in the 110H by almost 2 seconds, the 400m dash, 100m dash, 1500m run, shot, and disc. He has shown to be a great athlete and has a lot of potential to do great things in the upcoming years. See complete results at the link below! https://ar.milesplit.com/.../513865.../results/937485

Email Kristine.Albin@menaschools.org to get your senior pic from Saturday's graduation.

Mena Middle School FBLA, FCCLA, and Yearbook took their Education in Motion Magic Springs field trip on Friday.

6th graders delivered Thank You notes to Exploring Careers of Mena hosts. Thank you Polk County Sheriff’s Department, Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, Mena Regional Health System, and U of A Extension for sharing your day with us.

The seniors gathered for graduation practice on Friday morning. Mena High School 2023 Graduation Ceremony will be on Saturday in Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium! If you are unable to attend it will be streamed LIVE on the Mena High School Facebook Page.

Mrs. Swall’s 7th grade Science frog dissection lab. MMS kids are engaged and learning all the way to the end of the school year!

Field Day fun is happening today at LD!

A huge thank you to Mena Middle School Project Prevent and Student Council for helping make our field day such a success!!

WET & WILD DAY AT HHE! Students enjoyed movies, popsicles and inflatables all day on Wednesday!

Congratulations to AIDAN BROCKWELL for winning the attendance award at Louise Durham Elementary as well as a new bike from Matt Thomas State Farm Insurance !

Emmally Dominguez chose to eat with Mrs. Thacker for Liveschool reward.

Mrs. Huffman's club finished A Week in the Woods then wrote about what they would do for a week in the woods

MHS students were working the bees on Tuesday in the Duckett Forestry and Wildlife Outdoor Laboratory.

The Frank Mosley Outstanding Girl Athlete is a longstanding award given to our most outstanding and deserving Senior girl athlete. These athletes must be involved in multiple sports and display great character in the sport, their school and the community. The award is voted on by the head coaches from each sport, the athletic director, the assistant athletic director, high school principal and a Mena Public School Staff Member. This impact that this year’s winner has had on Mena athletics will be felt for many years to come. This year’s Frank Mosley award winner is a 4 sport athlete who excelled on the field, court and in the classroom. She not only is a leader within each athletic program that she participates in but she is also involved as a student leader on the campus on Mena High School involved in FBLA,NHS,NEHS,STUDENT COUNCIL AND JAG. She will also be continuing her athletic career at the next level, signing a letter of intent to play collegiate softball. This year’s Frank Mosley award winner is: Emmi Hines

The James C Copher Outstanding Boy athlete is a longstanding award given to our most outstanding and deserving Senior boy athlete. These athletes must be involved in multiple sports and display great character in the sport, their school and the community. The awards are voted on by the head coaches from each sport, the athletic director, the assistant athletic director, high school principal and a Mena Public School Staff Member. This impact that this year’s winner has had on Mena athletics will be felt for many years to come. This year’s James C Copher award winner excelled in both Football and Soccer all while maintaining a strong GPA at the top of his class. He is also a member of the JAG competition team which competed in Orlando this spring. This year's James C Copher Award winner is: Jayden Felix

Teach Kids to Save Program: Louise Durham Elementary Library collaborated with Union Bank of Mena on a Program called Teach Kids to Save. Teach Kids to Save is an outreach program designed to teach and encourage good saving habits early in life. Union Bank also donated a picture book for our school library that supports financial literacy. Tiffany Williams: Library Media Specialist said, "We work to be a bridge connecting our students to the community through literacy and learning— working to grow our students for the future."