Baston Hendershot shows off his soccer shirt collection for show and tell in Ms. Crawford's room at HHE .
Mena Public Schools will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday November 25th-29th. The Thanksgiving meal will be served this week!
Wednesday, November 20th at LDE and MMS
Thursday, November 21st at HHE and MHS
The Mena High School Theatre Department will present their public performances of "The Yellow Boat" this Saturday & Sunday at the Performing Arts Center.... We will see you there!
November Newsletter!
Holly Harshman Elementary Thanksgiving Lunch Schedule!
The day that the Thanksgiving meal will be served to students has been changed from what was shown on the menu released earlier this month.. Please share this post & spread the word...
November 20th is LD and MMS
November 21st is HHE and MHS
Liveschool reward points can be traded in for an ice cream party at Holly Harshman Elementary!
Holy Harshman Elementary wrapped up Red Ribbon Week with a pep rally Friday. Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer was a special guest & students collected rewards they had earned... GO HHE BEARCATS!!!
Cookies with the Counselor for Live School Rewards at HHE
Live School Reward- Free Recess at HHE
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BeanBoozled for LiveSchool at HHE
Slime TIME for Live School Rewards at Holly Harshman
Brenlei Mirus, fifth grader enjoyed bringing her yorkie, Harley to visit Brevik’s class at Holly Harshman Elementary today using her Live School points.
Follow Your Dream Day-Live Drug Free Day for Red Ribbon Week at HHE-All students received dog tags with the daily theme!
Holly Harshman November Menu!
"Don't Let Drugs Mix You Up Day" is the theme for Red Ribbon Week at HHE today!
Holly Harshman Elementary is kicking off Red Ribbon Week with students showing their SWAG (Students Who Achieve Goals) wearing favorite hats and their HHE RISE shirts! "Keeping Our Paws Off Drugs" red ribbons have been passed out with SWAG theme stickers for all students. Raffle prizes will be passed out daily with the important message to Just Say NO to Drugs and Bullies!
The Mena School Board held their October meeting Tuesday evening at the district administration building. The lack of a quorum prevented the board from voting on items on the agenda & those were postponed until the November meeting.
Mr. Benny Weston began the meeting with the superintendent's report. He mentioned that several district leaders, including himself, recently had a meeting with the state regarding minimum wage & new teacher pay requirements. The district now has specific guidelines to follow & Weston felt positive the district is in good shape regarding those changes.
Weston also stated that the district has met with two phone companies & has a third scheduled to discuss a new phone system on each campus.
Investigation also continues into the viability of a solar energy system & two solar companies have weighed in so far.
The bulk of the meeting was taken up by the ESSA Report which was recently released by the Arkansas Department of Education. The Principal from each campus gave a report on their score & where they thought improvements could be made.
Mr. Danny Minton gave an update on projects. The district recently completed an environmental safety & also the 3 year asbestos inspection. The district passed both & met state regulations. The floors at Jim Rackley & the Union Bank Center are scheduled to be resurfaced before the end of October. Construction on a visitors side press box at Bearcat Stadium should begin in two weeks. Menton gave an update on repair to a damaged section of the floor in the high school safe room & a quote of $7995.00 has been received on the addition of more handrails at the Union Bank Center.
Finally the board was told of the resignation of Carol Sproles from the MMS Staff.
Parent Teacher Conference will be on Tuesday, October 15th at Holly Harshman Elementary from 3:30-9:00pm..
Parent Teacher Conference will be on Thursday, October 17th at Louise Durham Elementary. The time will be 3:30-8:30pm with a supper break for staff from 5:30-6:10pm. See you there!!!
Parents: Your input is important to us!
Please take the time to complete the survey at the link provided.
High Reliability School Survey https://bit.ly/2pqsfyn
The High Reliability Survey results will help our district formulate goals.
The survey window opened Tuesday, October 8th and will close Friday, October 25th.
Please give us your input.
Your students will also be giving the opportunity to give us their input through a student survey.
