Tonya Thacker, School Counselor at Holly Harshman Elementary and Avanlea Chaney, School Counselor at Louise Durham Elementary presented a carload full of pop tabs at the Arkansas School Counselor Association Conference this week. The tabs are donated to the Ronald McDonald House as a fundraiser. The Ronald McDonald House gets 40 to 50 cents per pound for the tabs. Mena was the top contributor at the conference this year. Thank you to the students, teachers and the community for working hard to help with this effort.

Day one of the Little Cats Basketball Camp in the Union Bank Center. The camp continues on Thursday and Friday.

Mena leaders are attending training with the DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative at Degray State Park this week. Administrators from schools across the DMESC area are attending.

Day one of the Mena Youth Wrestling Camp! Camp continues from 5:15pm-6:15pm on Thursday and Friday in the UBC. Everyone age 7-14 years old are invited. The cost is $10.00 per session.

Day 1 in the books for K-5 Bailey Group PD! Awesome training! Awesome instructor! Thank you Feather you are the BEST! Looking forward to day 2 & 3.

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Wednesday was the final day of the Little Cat Volleyball Camp!

2024 Seniors had a graduate walk through on each Mena campus on Wednesday.

Louise Durham Elementary would like to thank Upward Bound for donating a bicycle to be awarded during the End of Year Awards Ceremony. Their generosity towards our students is truly appreciated!

The final night of the Little Ladycat Basketball Camp was Thursday in the Union Bank Center. There was a huge turnout of 1st-7th graders. GO LADYCATS!

Group work! Matching clocks to words and fractions!

Kindergarten leveling up with Lexia at Louise Durham Elementary!

Louise Durham Elementary Kindergarten perfect attendance in April

Thank you Teeter Motors for your donation to the Feed a Bearcat program at Mena Public Schools. This program is used for unpaid student meal charges.

Happy Administrative Professionals Day to the best of the best! Behind every successful team is those who are always working to support and lighten the load of others! Thank you for all you do! You both are so appreciated at LDE!

Louise Durham registered some of our future Bearcats for next year’s kindergarten class on Thursday and it was a HUGE success. If you were unable to attend, please come by the Louise Durham office to register your kindergartener. Welcome, class of 2037!

It's career day at Louise Durham Elementary. Students are encouraged to dress up as what they want to be when they grow up.

Mena preschool was decked out in pink to welcome parents to the Spring Picnic on Thursday at Louise Durham Elementary.

Special education teachers recently attended their 2nd round of Training of Trainers, The training was held at the Dawson Educational Cooperative in Arkadelphia. These trainings are a designed to equip district educators to support other educators in their district around inclusive practices.

A Big Thank you to all of our families and students who came out and enjoyed our Spring Book Buffet at our Parent Teachar Conferences! Putting more books in the hands of our students , talking about series, authors and ways to grow our students as readers was so much fun! Just like Author Ronald Dahl says “If our Books can Help our Children Become Readers we have Accomplished Something Very Important”📚