Mena School District

The Mena baseball & softball teams were in action on Wednesday. Ladycats - 10 Hope - 0 Bearcats - 7 Hope - 2 Both teams play at Union Bank Park on Thursday when they host Malvern. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24459,24460

Governor Hutchinson has declared March 7-11 as G.U.I.D.E. for Life Week in the state of Arkansas in conjunction with International Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Day on March 11. Mena Middle School focuses on SEL throughout the year with weekley lessons using the Character Strong program. Students are also exposed to all of the personal competency standards outlined in the G.U.I.D.E for life in daily classroom activities throughout the year. This week at MMS’s special SEL enrichment activities include the Lifetime Wellness class working on the personal competency standard INTERACTION. Students worked with Mrs. Rose and Mrs. Watts on understanding group dynamics and responding appropriately within a group. In Mrs. Frost Family and Consumer Science Investigations class students are working on goal setting focusing on the personal competency standard GROWTH. Also Mrs. Shelley hosted a small group in MMS HIVE for a presentation by guests Candace Reiner, Shelby Godwin and Pam Godwin covering personal competency UNDERSTANDING focused on personal care. #ARGUIDEforLife, @arkansas_ed

Mena High School students happily gave during the annual blood drive on Wednesday.

On Wednesday first year Mena FFA members were initiated during the annual Greenhand Ceremony! In order for them to get their Greenhand Degree they have to dye their hand green for the day.

Mena Bearcat Soccer picked up their first win of the year at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Tuesday. Bearcats - 2 Danville - 0 Mena is back in action on Thursday when they host Heavener. Games begin at 5:00pm. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...

Mrs. Barrett’s class at Holly Harshman Elementary enjoyed a field trip to Phillip and Ann Hayley’s farm! The students learned how to milk goats, learned about baby chicks, visited a bamboo forest, and tasted kombucha and fresh goat milk!

Mena Ladycat Soccer played a cold& wet game at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Tuesday. Ladycats - 4 Danville - 4 Mena is back in action on Thursday when they host Heavener. Games begin at 5:00pm. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24458

Ms.Standridge and Ms.Hobson from Mena High School attended a training on Tuesday by Ruby Payne focusing on Emotional Poverty.

TUTORING UPDATES & INFO. Parents- We have some important information regarding tutoring this month: Thursday, March 17- CANCELED due to Parent/Teacher Conferences Week of March 21-25- CANCELED due to SPRING BREAK 🙂 Thursday, March 31- LAST DAY OF TUTORING FOR THIS YEAR Thank you for supporting the academic success of your child! Tamara Smart HHE Principal

The Ladycats improved to 3-2 with a big win on Monday. Ladycats - 13 Waldron - 0 Mena Softball is back in action Tuesday at Hope. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24459

2022 Mena Bearcat Baseball Tournament Schedule. Thursday-Saturday March 10-12th at Union Bank Park. Due to the weather prediction no games will be played on Friday. We will try and host some games on Saturday if weather permits and the field isn’t too damaged. As of right now the schedule looks like this Thursday March 10th 7:00pm-MENA BEARCATS vs Cossatot Saturday March 12th 11:00am-Huntsville vs Murfreesboro 1:00pm- Huntsville vs Horatio 3:00pm- MENA BEARCATS vs Murfreesboro

Coach Randy Peters announced post season honors for the Mena Bearcat Basketball Team. All state honorable mention Caleb Peters All conference Caleb Peters Tre Mcmellon Toby Watkins Trey Day All conference honorable mention Blake brown Ashton Powell Trevin Plunkett Luke Montgomery Congratulations Bearcats !

Parent Teachers Conferences are coming up at all four campuses!

Tune in FM101 on Monday & listen for ZAYDEN HAMILTON ! Zatden will have this week's report from Louise Durham Elementary during Bearcat News. Only on Mena Public Schools Radio at 5:30am 6:00am 6:30am 7:00am 7:30am 8:00am Noon 12:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm

Jarret Burger & Austin Rose weighed in a five fish limit at 12.77 pounds at the Trader Bills Bass Tournament on Lake Ouachita Saturday. That included a 4 pound whopper. Good enough for 6th place for the Basscats !

Mena Sr. Girls Soccer hosted Prairie Grove at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Friday. Ladycats-1 PG-3 Mena is back in action on Tuesday when they play Danville at BCBS. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...

Lindsay Ruck from Farm Bureau of Arkansas is awarding Holly Harshman Elementary $250 for our outdoor classroom and garden. Thank you so much, Farm Bureau

Read Across America Week came to a close on Friday & Louise Durham Elementary celebrated their love of reading with dress up days, read alouds, book challenges & more. Students were challenged to read 3,000 books this week & they crushed it by completing 6,306 books. The leading classes in each grade were Ms. Warren's class in 2nd grade, Ms. Todd's class in 1st grade & Ms. Sirkis' class in Kindergarten. A student from each grade got to throw a pie in the face of Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Holder & Coach Rose. It was a fun week! We fell in love with new characters, started new series, laughed and grew as readers. We believe today a reader tomorrow a leader.

Mena Coaches select #11, Madi Lyle, and #32, Toby Watkins, as the Farm Bureau Insurance Players of the Month for February. Madi is a Junior, Guard, for the Lady Cats and is the daughter of Brad and Linda Lyle. In February, Madi averaged 6 points, 5 assists, and 2 steals per game. She also plays on the volleyball and golf teams for MHS. She runs her own part-time business, selling items online, through EBay. Madi plans to attend college and become a Math Teacher. Toby is a Junior, Forward, for the Bearcats and is the son of Tewayne and Paula Watkins. Toby averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists per game in February. Toby is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys fishing and all types of hunting, but especially hunting feral hogs with his dogs. After graduation, Toby hopes to attend welding school in Tulsa, then come back and work in his family’s logging business. Shown presenting Madi and Toby with their game balls are local Farm Bureau agent, Nathan Fowler, and Bearcat Head Coach, Randy Peters. Farm Bureau Insurance is a proud supporter of Mena High School athletics!!

A huge shout out to BROOK MAECHLER for coming to Holly Harshman Elementary on Friday & teaching our 5th graders about sign language & the hearing impaired.