The Sr. High Bearcats scrimmaged Mansfield at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Tuesday. The season opener is August 26th at DeQueen. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=19617

The Jr. High Bearcats scrimmaged Mansfield at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Tuesday. The season opener is September 1st at Centerpoint. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=20082

Both the Ladycats & Bearcats finished 3rd at the Waldron Country Club on Tuesday. Emmi Hines led the Ladycats. Evan Leonard & Rhett Brotherton Tied for low medalist for the Bearcats. Mena will be back in action Friday at Degray Golf Club near Arkadelphia.

Mena staff participated in a Poverty Simulation presented by the DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative on Tuesday in the MHS cafeteria. During the simulation participants role-play a month in poverty and experience low income families’ lives. Just like real life, they need transportation to work or school and food on the table. They might struggle with a chronic illness and face daily stresses and challenges a person in poverty faces. Thank you DMESC for this informative training for our staff and helping us understand poverty as it relates to our students and families..

Mena Jr High & Sr. High football will scrimmage Mansfield at Bob Carver Bearcats Stadium tonight at 5:30pm. This is a AAA Benefit Game and admission will be $5.00... Mena golf plays at the Waldron Country Club today at 3:30pm. GO BEARCATS!!!

Monday afternoon the Mena volleyball parent/daughter practice was held at the Union Bank Center. The Ladycats will play Van Buren in a benefit game this Thursday at the UBC. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=19738

Calling ALL seniors for the class of 2023! Join us for a SENIOR SUNRISE to celebrate your last year of high school by watching the sun rise together. Meet at Bearcat Stadium at 5:30am on SUNDAY, August 21.

All employees of the Mena Public Schools began a week of training on Monday at Mena High School. The training is directly related to our district focus areas of trauma-informed education and the impact poverty has on learning; professional ethics and responsibilities; school safety and security; and our new Mission and Vision.

Tune in Mena Public Schools Radio for info from all four campuses. Plus Bearcat News begins August 22nd and can be heard each school day on your way to school, over the lunch hour & on your way home after school. Listen on your radio and look for the link to the FM101 stream on our social media and at www.menaschools.org . You can also download the Mena Public Schools App which includes a link as well.

The Mena High School cheer team took part in the grand opening celebration at Shoe Sensation in Mena this morning. In addition to welcoming in customers with a run-through tunnel, they performed cheers and were part of the ribbon cutting ceremony.

This morning Mena FFA members were at the fairgrounds helping with the 21st Annual Polk County Handicapable Rodeo! This is an amazing event held every year at the Polk County Fairgrounds.

The Jr, Bearcats got in a quality practice on Thursday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. Mena will scrimmage Mansfield on Tuesday, August 16th at BCBS & the season opener is September 1st at Centerpoint.

Good times for MHS and MMS students at the annual band pool party on Thursday!

Proud to have the Mena Star on board as a Community Partner! If you own or manage a business and want to be included send an Email to bridget.buckley@menaschools.org . The deadline is August 15th. https://www.menaschools.org/page/one-school-one-book

Proud to have the Union Bank of Mena on board as a Community Partner! If you own or manage a business and want to be included send an Email to bridget.buckley@menaschools.org . The deadline is August 15th. https://www.menaschools.org/page/one-school-one-book

The Sr. Ladycats practiced at the Union Bank Center on Thursday morning in preparation for the 2022 volleyball season. The team will host Van Buren for a benefit game on August 18th. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=19738

Mena Golf played at the Little Creek Country Club near Paris on Tuesday. Those competing included: Rhett Brotherton Evan Leonard Eli Swall Grayson Farringer Madi Lyle Carmindy Ashcraft Stella Smith The team is back in action on August 16th at Waldron. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=20088

Mena Golf is scheduled to play at the Little Creek Country Club in Paris at 4:00pm today! GO LADYCATS! GO BEARCATS!

Jocelyn Biard just wrapped up attending and performing as part of TheatreSquared’s SummerStage program. The audition-based week long camp accepts ONLY 20 students from around the state! It is a quite the achievement and provides opportunities to work with gifted students from around the state and theatre professionals. We are so proud of her! The program is facilitated by TheatreSquared - an award-winning regional theatre company, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The program offers a unique exposure to nontraditional methodologies of creating theatre, placing them in the dual role of writer and performer. Students work with professional playwrights, poets, directors, musicians and actors to explore the process of creating a unique performance. During our residential sessions, students work collaboratively as an ensemble to devise an original script that will be rehearsed for an end-of-session showcase. Our faculty members are professional artists, who hold Masters Degrees in their artistic disciplines. Over the course of eight days, students will be given the opportunity to work with professional directors, playwrights, poets, musicians and performers. These professional artists, who have years of experience teaching, will help guide the students through the process of creating original work through non-traditional methodologies. Students will also have the opportunity to explore written work, but also experience performance art, musical performances and visual art installations.

Mary Alice at the Shop is a "One District, One Book" Community Partner! https://www.facebook.com/theshopmena