The 7-4A District Tournament Semi-final games were played on Thursday .
Mena Ladycats - 38
Bauxite - 46
Mena will play in the third place game on Saturday at 11:30am in Arkadelphia. That game will determine if the Ladycats will be a 3rd or 4th seed in next week's 4-A South Regional Tournament at Nashville.
Ms.Bridgette Martin from the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Office visited with Ms.Hobson and Ms.Wilson’s morning classes on Thursday about the importance of choosing beverages with no or less sugar and drinking water. The students then got to use the Fender Blender Bicycle to make their own nutritional smoothies!
Cold & wet weather kept Mena Middle School students indoors during lunch on Thursday & this gave them an opportunity to take advantage of the library makerspace.
The Mena School District has provided the opportunity to our Response To Intervention (RTI) specialists to attend the Summit on RTI at Work in Austin, Texas. The leading experts in the field will be equipping our specialist with the resources needed to help develop and implement the strategies to ensure ALL students learn at high levels and positively impact student achievement.
The Mena Middle School Project Prevent team has been busy celebrating Random Acts of Kindness Week. Members have made dailey prevention announcements along with kindness quotes of the day. The team has distributed Kindness Challenge sheets to students. They have challenged students to a kindness button design contest as well as a tab collecting contest to support the Ronald McDonald House. Today students treated teachers with popcorn and water bottles with nicotine prevention messages attached.
Randi Brown's PreK Class at Louise Durham Elementary enjoyed crazy hair and hat day! Kindness week has been a big hit !
Mr. Craig Bentley is representing the Mena Public Schools today as part of our Recruiting Team at the Arkansas Tech Educational Career Job Fair.
The Ladycats have advanced to the 7-4A District Tournament Semi-Finals & in doing so have also qualified for the 4A South Regional Tournament. Mena will play Bauxite on Thursday at 3:30pm in Arkadelphia. Next week's regional will be played at Nashville.
GO LADYCATS !!!
The Mena Sr. Girls & Boys basketball teams played in the 7-4A District Tournament in on Tuesday.
Ladycats - 54
Arkadelphia - 40
Bearcats - 49
DeQueen - 76
The Ladycats will play Bauxite in the semi-finals on Thur. at 3:30pm.
The Bearcat's season comes to an end.
Congratulations to Mena High School senior CADENCE BARNES who auditioned and was accepted into the Arkansas Tech Band last weekend.
LDE, HHE & MMS are collecting pop tops in support of Ronald McDonald House. The drive continues through May. The program raises funds , through recycling, that helps pay for families to stay at the Ronald McDonald House while their child is receiving treatment at the hospital.
The Mena Bearcats won their first game at the district tournament on Monday.
Bearcats - 67
Hope - 64 OT
Mena will advance to play DeQueen on Tuesday at 8pm in Arkadelphia.
Tune in FM101 on Tuesday & listen for LUKE THREET !
Luke will have this week's report from Louise Durham Elementary during Bearcat News. Only on Mena Public Schools Radio at
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The Mena Ladycats & Bearcats played their final regular season game on Friday at Malvern.
Ladycats - 49
Malvern -17
Bearcats - 34
Malvern - 46
The Ladycats have a record of 15-9 & 10-4 in conference play.
The Bearcats have a record of 6-16 & 5-9 in conference play.
TheatreSquared spoke to Mena High School theatre students about acting as a profession and then teach them some improv techniques.
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"The Young and the Senseless"
Theatre II students at Mena High School performed for 8th grade students in the Performing Arts Center on Thursday. What a fun show !
Mena coaches have selected #12 Emily Leonard & #3 Blake Brown as the Farm Bureau Insurance Players of the Month for February.
Emily is the daughter of Justin & Monica Leonard. For January she averaged 7 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assist & 2 steals per game.
Blake is the son of Scott & Randi Brown. His January statistics included 6 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assist & 3 steals per game.
GO BEARCATS !!!
The Mena Bearcats replicated Monday's win at DeQueen with an overtime victory on Tuesday at the Union Bank Center.
Mena Bearcats - 63
DeQueen - 58 OT
Mena is back in action on Friday at Malvern & the District Tournament will be played next week at Arkadelphia.
The Mena Ladycats made up for Monday's loss at DeQueen with a big win on Tuesday at the Union Bank Center.
Mena Ladycats - 43
DeQueen - 31
Mena plays their final regular season game on Friday at Malvern & the District Tournament will be played at Arkadelphia next week..
