The Mena Ladycats and Bearcats will be playing in the Choctaw Nation Invitational December 12th-14th. The Bearcats play Rattan at 3:00pm and the Ladycats play Howe at 4:20pm on Wednesday in Talihina OK.
Mena High School art students have been working hard to update the windows at Louise Durham Elementary for the holiday season!
The Mena Ladycats had a pair of athletes sign their letter of intent to play softball at the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain on Friday. Congratulations to Seniors LILY ROWLAND and ABI KOPPEIN on your accomplishment. We can't wait to see you compete in the 2025 season.
Mena Middle School students competed in the DeQueen Mena Educational Cooperatives Capture The Flag Cybersecurity Event on Thursday. Middle school’s Max Free, William Kilpatrick, Dane Palmer and Zach Horn won 3rd.
Mena High School students competed in the DeQueen Mena Educational Cooperatives Capture The Flag Cybersecurity Event on Thursday. Isabel Vacca, Zachary Sweet, Dorian Knight, Elijah Smith won 1st place.
Mena Middle School FCCLA, FBLA, Yearbook Staff and Project Prevent Team students spent the day volunteering to ring the bell for the Salvation Army.
Mena High School Theatre students performed "White Christmas" for Holly Harshman Elementary on Wednesday. A performance for MMS will follow on Friday. Public performances will be Saturday at 7:00pm and Sunday at 2:30pm in the MHS Performing Arts Center.
The Jr. Bearcats played Lake Hamilton on Tuesday in the Union Bank Center.
Jr. Bearcats-33 (5-2)
Lake Hamilton-44
The boys are back in action on Wednesday when they face DeQueen at 8:15pm in the Steve Martin Jr. High Invitational at Dierks.
The Jr. Ladycats played Lake Hamilton on Tuesday in the Union Bank Center.
Jr. Ladycats-26 (6-1)
Lake Hamilton-47
The girls are back in action on Wednesday when they face Arkansas High at 7:00pm in the Steve Martin Jr. High Invitational at Dierks.
Mena High School Theatre students performed "White Christmas" for MHS on Tuesday. Performances for HHE will follow on Wednesday and MMS on Friday. Public performances will be Saturday at 7:00pm and Sunday at 2:30pm in the MHS Performing Arts Center.
HUGE congratulations to our Mena Bearcat elementary quiz bowl teams for winning 1st and 3rd place at the DMESC Polk/Montgomery QB tournament today!
We brought two teams, our Mena team went undefeated all day and placed 1st! The Bearcat team went 5-2 and placed 3rd overall!
This secured both teams a spot in the DMESC co-op regional tournament in January.
Mena Jr. High Basketball hosted Booneville on Thursday in the Union Bank Center.
Jr. Ladycats-36
Booneville-19
Jr. Bearcats-34
Booneville-40
The teams are back in action December 3rd when they host Lake Hamilton at the UBC.
Mena 7th Grade Basketball hosted Booneville on Thursday in the Union Bank Center.
7th Grade Ladycats-17
Booneville-30
7th Grade Bearcats-12
Booneville-31
The 7th Grade teams are back in action December 9th at DeQueen.
Mena High School JAG students Gracie Nash, Brooklyn Landrum,
and Kalley Gates attended State Competition in Little Rock on Wednesday. The students put on a good showing and were a wonderful reflection on our school. Gracie Nash placed 3rd overall in the state for financial literacy!
📚We Read Wednesday 📚
The Faculty and Staff at Louise Durham love books, reading and talking about all their favorite stories!
Meet Mrs. Trammell . She teaches Second Grade!
📚Mrs. Trammell always brings excitement to her classroom through great read alouds and introducing her students to new stories and characters!
Mrs. Trammell’s favorite book series is SkippyJon Jones
“ The SkippyJon Jones series is playful, imaginative and the author incorporates another language into her story telling! It is always a favorite read aloud that brings laughter and fun for my students!” ❤️📚
SkippyJon Jones by Judy Schachner
Grab this in our school library!
Thank you to Dr.Peppers Dentistry for the donation of toothbrushes and toothpaste to the MHS Take What You Need cart! We appreciate his support!
Mrs. White's class "tie" into a good book day!
MMS FBLA, Project Lead The Way and Programming 1 students took a field trip to the Arkansas Air and Military Museum in Greenland, AR Tuesday, November 19. Students were given a tour, explored a real C130, climbed a working air traffic control tower, and learned all about the many careers in the field of aviation both civilian and military. Some of the careers they learned about were pilot (commercial, cargo private, military), mechanic, air traffic control, engineering, drone piloting and other aviation technologies. Thank you to Laci and all the staff and speakers @aamm and to Coach Fryar for driving the bus to get us there!
Students from the MHS Introduction to Education Class recently toured Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, AR. They explored the outdoor walking trails and learned about certain works or art from a guided tour of the museum.
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The Mena Bearcats won their first round in the 4A State Football Playoffs on Friday.
Mena Bearcats-49
Green Forest-14
Mena will advance to play Elkins in round two on Friday, November 22nd !
