The Mena softball season begins on Friday, March 4th at the Ashdown Tournament. Follow the schedule & see scores throughout the season on our website at the link below. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...

The Arkansas Activities Association has announced the postponement of games at several tournament sites due to weather & road conditions including the 4A South Regional at Nashville. The Mena Ladycats were scheduled to play on Thursday at 7pm against Star City. According to Coach Scott Wright that game will now be played on Friday. If any other changes happen we will let you know asap.

Today at the high school the FFA members participated in a QR Scavenger Hunt! Students had to scan a QR code starting at the foyer window or in the ag. building. From there students had clues that led them to specific teacher. The winners of the QR Code Scavenger Hunt were Caleb Simmons and Gracie Fairless with them both receiving a gift card to Texas Roadhouse. Congratulations!!!

This is National Future Farmers of America Week & we have a great FFA Chapter at Mena Public Schools. Today we salute the Mena FFA Advisors. CHASE MCCORMICK BRYAN MAYE JUSTIN GOODNIGHT We are glad these gentlemen are a part of our team at Mena Public Schools !

The Mena Ladycat/Bearcat track season begins on Monday, February 28th. Check all athletic schedules on the website at the link below. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=20093,26998

Thanks to everyone for taking advantage of the information on Mena Public Schools Social Media. We are working every day to improve communication with our patrons. The Mena Public Schools are on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter. The Mena Public Schools website is at www.menaschools.org. Mena Public Schools Radio can be found on FM 101.1 .

This is National Future Farmers of America Week & we have a great FFA Chapter at Mena Public Schools. Today we salute the 2021-2022 Officer Team. President – CIERRA DELANEY Vice President – KIYLEE HUGHES Secretary – LACY FLOYD Treasurer – SARAH SIMMONS Reporter – CLAIRE WALSTON Sentinel – TAYLOR THACKER Jr. Advisor – ALLISON BATES

The Mena Basscats competed in the Trader Bills High School Trail tournament on Lake Greeson Sunday. This is a Bassmaster High School National Qualifier. Austin Rose and Jarrett Burger took 4th place. The Basscats are scheduled to be back in action in another National qualifying tournament on March 5th at Lake Ouachita. Thank you to all of our sponsors. A special thank you to Union Bank, Ledbetter Portable Buildings, Nidec, and The University of Arkansas at Rich Mountain.

The Mena Ladycats earned a 3 seed in next weeks 4A Regional Basketball Tournament in Nashville with a win on Saturday at the 7-4A District Tournament in Arkadelphia. Mena Ladycats - 46 DeQueen - 38 https://scorebooklive.com/.../2022-4a-girls-south-region...

The Special Olympics basketball skills competition was held in the Union Bank Center on Friday. Mena High School students volunteered during the event and athletes from around the area competed.

The 7-4A District Tournament Semi-final games were played on Thursday . Mena Ladycats - 38 Bauxite - 46 Mena will play in the third place game on Saturday at 11:30am in Arkadelphia. That game will determine if the Ladycats will be a 3rd or 4th seed in next week's 4-A South Regional Tournament at Nashville.

Ms.Bridgette Martin from the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Office visited with Ms.Hobson and Ms.Wilson’s morning classes on Thursday about the importance of choosing beverages with no or less sugar and drinking water. The students then got to use the Fender Blender Bicycle to make their own nutritional smoothies!

The Mena School District has provided the opportunity to our Response To Intervention (RTI) specialists to attend the Summit on RTI at Work in Austin, Texas. The leading experts in the field will be equipping our specialist with the resources needed to help develop and implement the strategies to ensure ALL students learn at high levels and positively impact student achievement.

Mr. Craig Bentley is representing the Mena Public Schools today as part of our Recruiting Team at the Arkansas Tech Educational Career Job Fair.

The Ladycats have advanced to the 7-4A District Tournament Semi-Finals & in doing so have also qualified for the 4A South Regional Tournament. Mena will play Bauxite on Thursday at 3:30pm in Arkadelphia. Next week's regional will be played at Nashville. GO LADYCATS !!!

The Mena Sr. Girls & Boys basketball teams played in the 7-4A District Tournament in on Tuesday. Ladycats - 54 Arkadelphia - 40 Bearcats - 49 DeQueen - 76 The Ladycats will play Bauxite in the semi-finals on Thur. at 3:30pm. The Bearcat's season comes to an end.

Congratulations to Mena High School senior CADENCE BARNES who auditioned and was accepted into the Arkansas Tech Band last weekend.

The Mena Bearcats won their first game at the district tournament on Monday. Bearcats - 67 Hope - 64 OT Mena will advance to play DeQueen on Tuesday at 8pm in Arkadelphia.

The Mena Ladycats & Bearcats played their final regular season game on Friday at Malvern. Ladycats - 49 Malvern -17 Bearcats - 34 Malvern - 46 The Ladycats have a record of 15-9 & 10-4 in conference play. The Bearcats have a record of 6-16 & 5-9 in conference play.

TheatreSquared spoke to Mena High School theatre students about acting as a profession and then teach them some improv techniques. https://www.facebook.com/TheatreSquared