Mena Middle School STEM Daily Challenge #3
Daily Challenge: Make the tallest tower, using only spaghetti noodles, mini marshmallows, and masking tape. Oh yeah, the tower must support an egg at the top!! Quite challenging, but so much fun!!
Polk County Virtual Academy Report Cards can be picked up at the Mena Middle School office during normal summer hours.
Monday - Thursday from 7am-5pm.
The summer of learning continues for teachers at Louise Durham Elementary. Several attended a conference conference at DeQueen called “Personal Climate & Culture” featuring teacher/comedian Gerry Brooks.
https://www.youtube.com/c/GerryBrooks
The History of Mena Public Schools Part 3:
In September 1907, Louise Durham became principal of Southside School. The school population had continued to increase and Mrs. Mershon’s primary enrollment of 113 was exceeded by Miss Durham’s room enrollment of 125. Some years later, when Mrs. Mershon and Miss Durham were reflecting back on their years of heavy enrollment they asked, “How did we ever manage it?” One replied in the familiar saying of a Polk County pioneer, “If en we hatter… we hatter.” Fortunately the pupils seemed most eager to learn and there were very few distractions to interfere with the school life. The home, the school, and the church were the three institutions that most influenced a child’s life. Besides a place of learning, the school was also a place for satisfying their cravings for social life and recreation. The Southside School had a baseball team of which it was justly proud. The team sometimes played inter-school games with the fifth and sixth grades of Central School, the Lutheran School, and St. Joseph’s Academy. Usually the Southside team was the winning team. County school fairs were popular from 1907 until 1920. By 1908 there were 1200 school children in the three wards and it became necessary to plan for a separate building for high school students. In 1908 Mena graduated four students, all female. In 1909 the first unit of the high school building had been erected. It was built on the corner of Magnolia Avenue and Eleventh Street at a cost of $12,000. The superintendent was W. T. Adams. It was during this school year that the school paper, “The High School Yell” made its first appearance. Dorothy Shaver was editor-in-chief. The “Yell” was published for a number of years and often contained articles and poems of real merit and special interest to the student body. The class of 1909 was also all young ladies. The ten graduating members of the class received their diplomas at the Opera House. An admission of .25 cents was charged to attend the graduation exercises in order to help pay for class expenses. The first football game was played in 1912. In the game the Bearcats played DeQueen. DeQueen won by a score of 20-6. There were only thirteen boys on the Mena squad. Additionally, only two boys had ever even seen a game. One eyewitness said, “The small squad made up for lack of knowledge by rough play.” The high school did not have electric lights until the class of 1914 had lights installed as their graduation gift back to the school.
Check out Part 4 next Wednesday.
It was a fun jam-packed afternoon at the Economics from Hero to Hero day camp at Louise Durham Elementary! We acted out our own community, became specialists in an assembly line, played lots of games, and had a very special guest, Mayor Seth Smith!!!
The Sr. Ladycats are headed home after three days at the Harding Team Camp.
The MMS STEM Daily Challenge Summer Camp !
Up, Up, and Away!! Day two= success!! Our hard work paid off and every hot air balloon rose into the air!
The Mena Jr. Girls wrapped up the Harding Team Camp on Tuesday. Coach Goss said, "I saw tons of improvement and I'm very proud of their effort these 3 days."
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Day 3 of Summer School & STEAM camp at Holly Harshman Elementary!!
The MMS STEM Daily Challenge Summer Camp is underway !
Todays Challenge: Up, Up, and Away!
Students are challenged to create a hot air balloon using only a few resources. So far, they’re looking great!! But, our objective is to see if we can create a hot air balloon that will rise with less dense hot air. Tune in tomorrow to see our results!!
Day 1 of Creative Camp and our HEROES got to design and make their own keychains!
MENA GOLF,BASEBALL, SOFTBALL & TRACK ON THE MOVE FOR 22-24 CYCLE.
Conference alignments have been approved by the Arkansas Activities Association board of directors for tennis, golf, baseball, softball, track & field and soccer for the 2022-24 competition cycle.
Baseball, softball, soccer and track & field conferences are tentative as spring sports have until Dec. 1 to declare.
It was announced previously that Mena basketball would be moving to the 4A-4 as well & Mena football will be moving to the 4A-7....
Schedules for 2022-2023 are available on the website
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics
There has been a change in the schedule for the Tabletop Gaming Summer Camp sessions at Mena High School. This camp will only meet June 27th through June 30th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm at Mena High School. The June 20th-23rd dates have been cancelled. If you have questions please email deedra.hooker@menaschools.org.
GETTING CLOSER EVERY DAY !!!
As of Monday morning the new turf project appears to be on schedule. Remember a paving project will follow & Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium will be open to the public at the conclusion of both projects. We will keep you posted on the progress..
The Arkansas Youth Fishing Federation has named Austin Rose and Jarrett Burger as the 2021-22 High School Anglers of the Year.
This is two years in a row that Austin and Jarrett have taken the top honor.
They will be competing in the High School National Championship on Lake Pickwick in Alabama June 22 - 25. Thanks to all the sponsors and all those that have supported and encouraged these young men.
The Mena Jr. and Sr. Girls are at the Harding Basketball Team Camp this week !!!
Friday is day two of the Whitt & Watkins Basketball Academy at the Union Bank Center !
Rich Mountain seems to be smiling about the sunny skies in this picture from the Mena Schools Weather Camera on Thursday. We're sure the crew working on the turf at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium are pleased as well... Remember that BCBS remains closed to the public for the next several weeks.
Follow the link to the weather cam 24 hours a day.
https://www.weatherbug.com/weather-camera/?cam=MNHCK
The Whitt & Watkins Basketball Academy began on Thursday at the Union Bank Center. The morning session is for 1st-8th grades & the afternoon session is for 9th-12th grades. It continues on Friday & Saturday. GO BEARCATS !!!
