Mena Softball played on the road conference game on Thursday.
Mena Ladycats - 4
Nashville -9
Mena is now 8-5/5-4 and will face Hope on Friday at 4:30pm at Union Bank Park!
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24459
Preschools students at Louise Durham Elementary held a parade on Thursday to celebrate Arkansas Children’s Week!
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The Department of Agriculture wishes to congratulate the high-point individuals from each Career Development Event that was held at Southern Arkansas University for the Southern District CDE's. Because of the students' hard work and dedication, each student will receive a $1,000 scholarship to SAU which was made possible by the SAU Foundation among others invested in FFA. Good luck at the state contest on Friday!
Claire Walston is from Mena High School. She was the high-point individual in the Livestock Judging contest. One big goal that Claire wants to achieve is to become an All-American Junior College Livestock Judge. After college, she would like to become a 4-H Extention Agent for Polk County and operate her own show pig operation called Grand Drive Genetics! I love all the memories that I have made in FFA with my friends and ag teachers.
Mena Softball earned a big conference win on Wednesday.
Ladycats - 12
Arkadelphia - 4
Mena is in third place at 5-2 & will play at the number two team, Nashville, today at 4:30pm.
Cindy Standridge escorted a group of her Mena High School students to the CTE Experience Day at the Arkansas Career Development Center on Tuesday. Auston Kirkendoll, Mathew Grossman, and Noah Snider were exposed to the hospitality industry, a driving simulator, carpentry, welding & more.
Congratulations to the Bearcat Bellas who earned a Division 1 rating & 2nd place for small treble ensemble at the state competition on Tuesday. The Bellas include
Miranda Burt
Abi Koppein
Emily Dodson
Holiday Neufeld
Jaeli Fields
Yennyte Tecson
Shantal Tecson
Isabel Adams
Celeste Ashcraft & Heather Catlett represented the Mena Public Schools at the University of Arkansas Teacher Career Fair recently.
Teacher recruitment has become a high priority & the duo was sharing information with this year's graduates.
Mena Bearcat Baseball fell to 2-5 in conference play on Tuesday with a loss to the league leaders.
Mena Bearcats - 0
Arkadelphia - 10
Mena is back in action on Thursday at Union Bank Park when they host Mt. Ida in a non-conference game.
Congratulations to the Jr. Ladycats for their 1st place victory at the Waldron Relays on Tuesday. JADEN ROBERTS won the high jump, JAYDEN COX won the triple jump, ELLITO DUGAN won the 100 meter hurdles & they also won the 4x400 meter relay.
The Jr. Bearcats were led by ELIJAH SMITH who won the high jump.
See complete results at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/.../454345-waldron-jr.../results
The Mena 7th Grade Ladycats dominated the Waldron Relays on Monday. The girls finished 1st as a team & they were paced by EMMI HENSLEY who won the girls High Point placing 1st in the 100m dash, 200m dash, 5th in long jump, 4th in triple jump and 1st and 2nd in her relays. LANIE TAYLOR won the 800 meter run & JOBE PAISLEY won the 1600 meter run.
The 7th Grade Bearcats also had a good outing. CHANCE HUGHES won the triple jump & the Bearcats also won the 4x400 meter relay.
See complete results at the link below...
https://ar.milesplit.com/.../453290-waldron-7th.../results
Mena High School was well represented at the FBLA State Convention earlier this week. Three students qualified on their objective test to compete at Nationals. Our national qualifiers are:
SHANTAL TECSON - 2nd place Intro to Business Communications
BRILEY DEAN - 3rd place Advertising
PSALM WISTRAND - 1st place UX Design
Placing in the top 4 qualifies them to compete at FBLA Nationals in Chicago this summer. Congratulations!!!
Former Razorback and NBA star Sidney Moncrief & his wife Dr. Tanisha Moncrief spoke to a group of Mena High School students on Tuesday. Moncrief's team also included Mr. George Moncrief & Mr. Ron Watson. The presentation is a part of the G.R.I.T. at Work Career Readiness Initiative. The Moncrief Team is touring the state of Arkansas to instill emotional intelligence and soft skills principles into the students.
Mena Middle School FBLA students qualifying for state competitions spent their day attending the leadership conference and competing with other students across the state at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.
DAX MCMELLON received 3rd place overall in the state for the FBLA Mid-Level Digital Citizenship competition. Congratulations Dax!
Ladycat Night #2 was Monday at the Union Bank Center.
Jr High Freethrow Champ: Annabelle Peters
Sr High Freethrow Champ: Payton Clark
2 on 2 Champs: Brook Pennington and Tessa Williams
Thanks to Wendy's & Simple Simons for sponsoring the event!
The 2022 Girls of Promise Conference was held in Little Rock on April 1. Mena Middle School had three young ladies chosen to attend. Mrs. Luttmer, 8th grade science teacher, chaperoned Breanna Crider, Kenzie Davis and Allison Howard to this awesome event. Each reported having had a great time learning from amazing women in STEAM fields from across the state.
It’s Arkansas Children’s Week in preschool. Mrs. Taylor's class kicked off the first day with silly hats, glow sticks and a dance party!!
A representative from the Morgan Nick Foundation spoke to Mena High School students on Monday morning about their safety & eliminating risky behaviors.
https://morgannickfoundation.com/...#
The Mena Basscats were in action Saturday(4/2/22) at Lake Ouachita in the Gregg Orr Championship Tournament. Austin Rose and Jarrett Burger took 3rd place. Brynten Rose and Reed Henry(from Mena) came in 4th.
