A shout out to these guys for helping deliver food bags and assist with recycling. Walker, Dillon, Dawson, Will, Trevor, and Josh.
The Holly Harshman Elementary Great Teammate Award winners for this week are:
4th grader Sawyer Ford
4th grader Trevor Thomas
4th grader Walker Vekre
5th grader Emmaly Dominquez
3rd grader Faith Grogan.
These students demonstrated a positive attitude, reliability, helpfulness, and willingness to learn.
The boys will be water boys for the Sr High football game on the 15th, and the girls will be captains for the Ladycat volleyball team on Monday the 11th.
HHE Great Teammate Award winners for this week are
4th grader Peyton Nordyke
5th grader Addison Emmittee
4th grader Natalie Cavelli (not pictured)
5th grader Rustin Todd
5th grader Wyatt Kesterson
3rd grader Daniel Woody.
These students demonstrated a positive attitude, reliability, helpfulness, and willingness to learn.
The boys will be water boys for tonight's Jr High football game, and the girls will be captains for the Ladycat volleyball team on Tuesday.
Thank you First Methodist Church for filling in the gap for our students at HHE this year!! We so appreciate your partnership.
Brylee Titsworth taking care of HHE garden.
Big shout out to the Mena Lioness club for their continued support for ALL Polk county students! Because of the Lioness our students are provided with food for the weekend that they may not have otherwise! Backpacks have also been provided this year as well as a freeze dried meal each week!
Our community and future is brighter because of organizations such as the Lioness!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Lynus Campbell was the lucky winner of a $10 Cruizzers gift card🍔🥤🍦His name was drawn from all of Mrs Williams’ students that returned the “Back to School” paperwork completed…thank you parents!
Be looking for the Red Around Town Newsletter in your mailbox soon!
The week one Teammate Award Winners at Holly Harshman Elementary are:
Emma Vieira - 5th grader, was nominated by Mrs Williams for her willingness to help other students.
Raeden Parker - 3rd grader nominated by Mrs Parsons for always being respectful, honest, and empathic.
Rayleigh Allen - 5th grader, was nominated by Mrs Montgomery for always willing to help other students with a sweet and kind heart in class.
Blake Palmer - 4th grader nominated by Mrs Jacot. He is always helpful, respectful, and caring in class. He always leads by example.
Keegan Murphy - 4th grader, was nominated by Ms Peters. He took the initiative to push in his classmates' chairs, pick up pencils and papers, and took a forgotten backpack to the next class.
The girls will be team captains at tonight's SR High volleyball game and will be sitting on the bench cheering on the Ladycats.
The boys will be water boys for the Bearcat Football team Friday night.
Mena students are on campus and the first day of school is underway!!!
All Mena School District employees met for their annual convocation on Monday morning. Superintendent Dr. Lee Smith spoke to the group and set goals for the coming school year which begins on Wednesday.
If you are interested auditioning for Newsies, please join Google Classroom using this code: ng2oplf. I will update it with audition information! Mena students who are in 3rd - 12th grade are all invited to tryout!
Did you know that the school bus is one of the safest vehicles on the road? Less than 1% of all traffic fatalities involve children on school transportation vehicles. However, children are more at risk when approaching or leaving a school bus. It’s important for all drivers, as well as parents and students, to understand school bus safety.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/road-safety/school-bus-safety
The Mena Public Schools would like to welcome new staff for 2023/2024. Including KIMBERLY TAYLOR the new LPN at Holly Harshman Elementary. The first day of the new school year is Wednesday, August 16th.
Transportation Supervisor James Davis says the Mena School District's busses are ready, routes have been planned and inspections passed in preparation for the 2023-2024 school year.
He asks that all area drivers remember that school busses will be back on the streets and highways transporting students to and from school beginning August 16th.
Holly Harshman Elementary student pick up and drop off routes!
The first day of school is Wednesday, August 16th.
Holly Harshman Elementary Principal Tamara Smart and Behavior Interventionist Ashlyn Watts presented on their Behavior Matrix and THRIVE process at the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators summer conference on Tuesday morning. They represented Mena Schools and our community with excellence! We are so proud of them and they work they do for students every day!
SUSAN BODEY and AMY BARTOW with Aramark Food Services are representing the Mena Public Schools at the Arkansas Department of Education Summit in Hot Springs. The ADE Summit gives participants the opportunity to attend sessions on a wide range of topics. With access to exciting presenters while learning about innovative programs and much more!
Several of our Holly Harshman Elementary teachers participated in the RISE Morphology workshop today @ the DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative.
Mena School District would like to recognize Mrs. Tisha White in completing the Arkansas Leadership Academy Teacher Leadership Program. The Teacher Leadership Program prepares participants for leadership roles in their school, district, region, state, and nation, without having to leave the classroom. Participants who complete the program have the opportunity to add the designation of Lead Professional Educator to their Arkansas Educator License. Mrs. White is a third grade teacher at Holly Harshman Elementary school. Congratulations Mrs. White! We are proud of you!
