Mena High School

This is only the second year we’ve had Technology Student Association (TSA) at Mena High School, and we’re still learning and growing, but we had a successful state conference experience on Wednesday.
Please congratulate ALL of these awesome students on a job well done! Many were participating in competitions completely out of their element and that we’ve never experienced before!
Competed in Dragster Design:
Adam Hughes (first person from MHS)
Competed in Prepared Presentation:
Bre Crider (first person from MHS)
Competed in Technology Problem Solving (first teams from MHS):
Team 1- Adam Hughes & Mason Hughes - won 3rd place out of 36 teams!
Team 2 - Vaughn Vacca & Caleb Seitz
Team 3 - Kate Wilson & Eli Swall
Team 4 - Fahri Sofi & Jacob Farthing
Competed in Promotional Design:
Grace Brewer
MK Poo-ai - 2nd place! (2 year state finalist and national qualifier)

Mena High School students participated in a Reverse Career Fair at UA Rich Mountain on Wednesday. The career fair flips the traditional format with students staffing the tables and showcasing their skills, interests, and career goals while employers rotated and engaged in meaningful conversations with students.

Mena soccer played their season opener on Tuesday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
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Mena is back in action this Friday when they host Alma at BCBS.

Mena Bearcat Baseball will be playing in the Ralph Gross Memorial Tournament in Nashville this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Ms. Kropp's Theatre Arts I students performed "Briar Rose" for 8th grade Literacy classes on Thursday. Public performances will be on Saturday and Sunday at the Ouachita Little Theatre...

Mena High School hosted the Basketball Skills Competition for Special Olympics on Monday in the Union Bank Center. Athletes from LD, HHE, MMS, MHS, and PCDC competed.

Mr. McCormick’s Animal Science and Animal Science 2 classes have been busy learning about sheep and goat production by bottle feeding, vaccinating, docking tails on the lambs, and banding the males of the orphan lambs and (goat) kids.

The Mena team won 1st place on Friday in the Sr. High Quiz Bowl at the Dequeen Mena Education Service Cooperative.

Mena Coach Zen Valencia was the guest speaker today at the Polk County Rotary Club. He spoke about how much the program has grown over the past four years as well as their postseason performance. He educated the audience on the sport of wrestling; acquired skills, nutrition, training, and confidence that is gained through the sport of wrestling. Additionally, he spoke about the new youth wrestling program in our community.

Mena High School students earning community service hours for highway trash pick-up!

The Arkansas State Wrestling Tournament is in the books and what a show your Mena Wrestlers put on here in Little Rock!
We had 16 kids qualify for state reaching All Region status, out of those 16, seven of them reached All State status!
We had 2 young ladies that wrestle their hearts out for 3rd place but fell just short.
Paisley Burger 4th place
Evergrace Anderson 4th place
On the boys side we had two wrestlers won their matches for 3rd place!
Tycen Baber 3rd place
Auden Woods 3rd place
We had three boys reach the State Championship match but sadly all three fell short.
Braxton Barker 2nd place
Tripp Hensley 2nd place
Guice Anderson 2nd place
As a team the boys finished 4th out of 23 schools, quite the accomplishment!
Great job to all our young ladies & young men!

Mena High School Senior Chloe Hooper officially signed her letter of intent to play volleyball at John Brown University on Friday at the Union Bank Center!

We are so proud of Chloe’s hard work, dedication, and commitment both on and off the court. This is an incredible achievement and a testament to the countless hours she’s put into her sport.

Join us in congratulating Chloe as she takes this exciting next step in her volleyball career!

MHS Theatre students performed "The Odyssey" for 9th Literacy Classes on Friday!

The Mena Bearcat boys basketball Seniors each dedicate their jersey to one Mena Public Schools faculty member each year during their senior night. This dedication of their jersey is a show of appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication our staff has for our students and shows the impact educators have on students throughout their time as a student.

Eli Swall selected Mr. Rodney Dominguez, of Mena High School.

Jackson Thompson Selected Mrs. Amy Scott from Holly Harshman Elementry.

Hayden Mrugula Selected Mrs. Christal Titsworth, of Mena High School.

Tyler Cox Selected Mrs. Amber Labertew of Mena High School.

Congratulations to Mena High School’s Vaughn Vacca for making the Arkansas All-State Concert Band. This is the highest honor that a student can receive for band. Vaughn will participate in the All-State Music Conference next week in Hot Springs.

Congratulations to these two Mena High School students who earned a spot on the All State Choir
!
Bailey Benner- soprano 2, 12th chair!!!
Anna Burt- alto 1, 43rd Chair!!!

Both of these girls are so talented and worked very hard to able to reach this achievement!

Mena Bearcats competed at the 4A South Regional Tournament today and did awesome!
We had 10 young men punch their ticket to the State Tournament and we finished Regional Runner-Up!
So incredibly proud of these boys and now we turn our sights to State!
Jobs not finished!
Braxton Barker 🥇
Tycen Baber 🥇
Wyatt Head 🥈
Auden Woods 🥉
Tripp Hensley 🥇
Chance Hughes 🥉
Andrew Threlkeld 🥉
Jace Hankammer 🥈
Hollis Anderson 🥉
Guice Anderson 🥇

The 2026 Mena High School King of Hearts was crowned at a pep rally on Thursday.
This year's court included.Adam Hughes, Max Rocha, Grayson Farringer, Tripp Hensley, Guice Anderson, Ryder House, Levi Neufeld, Tucker Stricklin, Jackson Thompson, and Beck Vacca
The 2026 Prince Charming is RYDER HOUSE !
The 2026 King of Hearts is BECK VACCA !