Mena High School

Mena High School Senior Brakiah Burk signed her letter of intent to cheer at Arkansas Tech University on Thursday in the Union Bank Center. GO BRAKIAH!

Mena FFA Members attended the 98th Arkansas FFA Convention this week. On Monday, we competed in the state Parliamentary Procedure Contest, attended student and teacher workshops, enjoyed the opening session and visited the Career and College Expo. Tuesday, members attended the 3rd general session and our delegates participated in a business session where Mike Collins was highlighted as one of several Legendary Owls. Also three former members were recognized for earning their American Degrees. Our chapter was awarded a National Chapter Award and the chapter was 1 of 8 schools awarded a Model of Excellence Chapter award. We listened to Sam Demma’s keynote address. Members also got to enjoy Waylon Wyatt and Wyatt Flores in Concert. Wednesday members and advisors learned the results of the State LDE contests and elected the New State Officers. The last session on Wednesday is where 6 of our members received their State Degrees.

Mena High School Senior Jair Hernandez signed his letter of intent to play football at Arkansas Tech University on Thursday in the Union Bank Center. GO JAIR!

Lily Rowland hit a two run homerun in the win over Dardanelle on Tuesday at Union Bank Park. Ladycats - 11 (13-4/8-1) Dardanelle- 1 Mena plays at Ozark on Friday!

Congratulations to Mena High School Senior Karley Sharp. Karley signed her letter of intent to run Cross Country at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith on Tuesday in the Union Bank Center.

A huge thank you to Farm Bureau for their generous donation of 880 beef sticks to our Backpack Program! Your support helps us provide weekend food for the families we serve, and we are incredibly grateful.

Mena Baseball played Waldron on Thursday at Union Bank Park. Bearcats-25 (11-4/7-1) Waldron-3 Mena will host Dardanelle on Tuesday at 4:30pm in UBP.

Mena Softball played Waldron on Thursday at Union Bank Park. Ladycats-10 (12-3/7-1) Waldron-0 Mena will host Booneville on Monday at 4:30pm in UBP. Holly Harshman Elementary is honored to announce the TEAMMATE Award winners for this week, Mangsian Dopmul and Presley Powell. Mangsian and Presley demonstrated respect, hard work, and a positive attitude toward their classmates and teachers. We are glad to have them as our team captains for tonight’s game. Congratulations

Mena High School Seniors Rhett Brotherton & Michael Sullivan signed their letter of intent to play baseball at the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain on Thursday in the Union Bank Center. Head Coach Kobe Morris said in his opening comments that he had challenged these two to be team leaders and that they had exceeded his expectations. GO BEARCATS!!! GO BUCKS!!!

The DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative hosted Destination Science STEM Challenge on Wednesday. The 2025 Winners from Mena include: Balloon car: 2nd: Lainey Smart Blindfold cubing: 1st: Braylon Brandenburg and Keegan Stone Catapult: 1st: Larson Woods Earthquake: 1st: Raelyn Ashcraft and Haidyn Valdovinos 3rd: Jocelyn Cecil and Halia Peterson Egg drop: 2nd: Kinsey Mullen High school 1st: Gloria Roberts 2nd: Hadassah Torres Generator: 1st: Kaylee Cox and Jacie Kesterson 2nd: Wyeth Webber and Talen West Paper roller coast: 1st: Sophie Dowdy and Kambree Martin Mystery Challenge: 1st: Areana Alemeda, Kambree Martin, Annie Hughes and Melanie Cude Middle school Technology Competitions: Web presence 1st: Prachi Desai 2nd: Logan Chambers 3rd: Cooper Rowe Video competition 1st: Kenley Cochran 2nd: Camryn Stepp 3rd: Lynda Maechler High school Technology Competitions: Web presence 1st: Raelyn Ashcraft 2nd: Jaslynn Turner 3rd: Avery Cox Video competition 1st: Annabelle Sprague 2nd: Kinley Cox 3rd: Sason Walker Toothpick bridge: Middle school 2nd: Francesca Vacca and Makinley Vega 3rd: Angel Cecilio and Karsyn Baber High school 1st: Arean Alemeda Robotics-Lego Middle school 1st: Briar Robinson and Judius Steffler 2nd: Aiden Broach and Wesley Warren High school 1st: Talen West and Luke Rowland Robotics-vex Middle school 1st: Levi Lawrence 2nd: Dawson Anderson 3rd: Max Free Robotics-Sphero Middle school 1st: Peyton Quillin 2nd: Ronan Pettigrew 3rd: Gabe Elizalde and Tristan Garcia High school 1st: Willam Gorsuch Sailboat: 2nd: Peyton Quillin

The Mena Jr. High Relays were held on Tuesday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. The Ladycats finished in first place. Skylar Bahr won the 200 meter dash & the long jump. Paisley Burger won the High Jump. Brynlee Bahr won the Pole Vault. The Bearcats finished in first place & Hank Rose won high point. Blayden West won the 200 meter dash & the 400 meter dash. See complete results at the link below. https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/655547-mena-jr-high-relays-2025/results

Norah Williams won the top prize today at the Arkansas Young Playwright Competition as Best Playwright! Eric Decker was honored with one of the two Best Actor Awards and Anna Burt was one of two Honorable Mentions! We are super proud of these students! All of them that brought Norah’s play Night Off to life for the judges. We have not won the top playwright award since 2014 when Hannah Lochala and Madi Sherrer brought home the prize. We always have great plays and actors, and it is great to be involved in this competition each year.

Mena Soccer played Nashville on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. Bearcats-0 (2-4-1) Nashville-4 The Bearcats play next on Monday @ Magnolia.

Mena Soccer played Nashville on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. Ladycats-3 (6-1-1) Nashville-0 The Ladycats play next on Monday @ Magnolia.

We Read Wednesday 📚 The Mena library media specialists hosted a literacy professional development for all of the media specialists in the Dequeen-Mena Co-Op. Librarians are the heart of schools that promote literacy and reading. We ❤️ reading!

Congratulations to the Mena High School Band. The band received an overall rating of 1st division superior at Region Concert and Sightreading Assessment. These ratings combined with the marching band ratings make the Mena High School Band a Sweepstakes band for the 2025 school year.

National Honor Society juniors voted for officers on Wednesday. Congratulations to the 2025-2026 officers! President - Kate Wilson Vice President - Jackson Thompson Secretary - Chloe Hooper Treasurer - Anabelle Peters Historian - Chloe Stepp

Mena High School FBLA has been in Little Rock at the State Leadership Conference. Students that attended qualified on the district level to move on or chose state only events. Several groups took an objective test to qualify to present and others have worked on presentations for months. Many students stepped out of their comfort zone to do speaking events and they all did so well! I have had comments from judges and advisors about how good our kiddos did on their presentations. Today we find out who will have the opportunity to compete one more time at Nationals in Anaheim . Good luck to all of them! No matter what, you have represented our school, our chapter and yourselves well National qualifiers from MHS are….. 1st Place Broadcast Journalism Jayden Cox Addison Thomas Isabel Vacca 1st Place Mobile App Development Zach Sweet 2nd Place Business Plan Hunter Cannon Reese Montgomery Kate Wilson 2nd Place Intro to Business Concepts Ailiyah McEntire 3rd Place Business Management Bryant Thomas Auden Woods WE ARE HEADED TO ANAHEIM!!!!!

Ladycat Softball run rules Ozark. Mena Ladycats-10 (8-2) Ozark-0 Mena is back in action on Thursday when they play Nashville at Union Bank Park.

Southwest EMS recently trained Mrs. Wilson’s FACS classes for CPR certification. Shane Rowe discussed careers related to the medical field, specifically EMT’s and Paramedics and discussed the importance of saving people’s lives through learning CPR and related skills.