Dr. Lee Smith comments on the partnership with UAMS in today's Superintendent's Address! https://youtu.be/caUi-YnbkbQ

It was a good day for the Jr. Ladycats on Saturday. The girls won the Paris Tournament with a 2-1 win over Harding Academy in the championship game GO LADYCATS!!!

Mena Middle School and Mena High School teachers attended the ASMSA Computer Science Equity Summit on Saturday. Their main focus is to bring computer science equity to our rural youth and get girls interested in the field.

The Mena Bearcats won another close one Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. A 31-28 win over Lincoln. Mena improves to 2-1 heading into homecoming week. The homecoming ceremony will begin at 6:00pm and the opponent will be Pocola OK.

A pep rally broke out at Mena High School on Friday! We are pumped for tonight's game against Lincoln at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.

"You guys take volleyball pretty seriously in Mena don't ya?" YEP!!! This morning's scrimmage was tough!

The Sr. Ladycats played Camden Fairview in a double header on Thursday at the Union Bank Center. Mena won the first match 25-11/25-12/25-11.. The Ladycats won the second match 3-0 as well. Mena will be back in action on September 12th at Paris.

Members of the Mena FFA had a great time at Home Life Academy on Wednesday. The group took some of their show animals and also planted seeds and other agriculture activities

VOLLEYBALL 7th grade Ladycats defeated Malvern 2 to 1 Jr, High JV lost 0 to 2 Jr. High Varsity Ladycats defeated Malvern 2 to 0 Sr. High Ladycats defeated Malvern 3-0.. 25-13, 25-3 and 25-21 FOOTBALL 7th grade Bearcats-24 Lincoln-0 Jr. High Bearcats-40 Lincoln-0

The Jr. Bearcats beat Lincoln on Tuesday 40-0. Mena improves to 2-0 on the year and will play Waldron on September 15th at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. (photos by tara cartwright)

We love the Mena Bearcat Band ! Great job guys !

Mena-13 Centerpoint-15 The Cardiac Cats almost pulled another one out of the fire on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. Mena scored with under a minute to go in the game but failed on the two point conversion. The Bearcats have a record of 1-1 heading into next weeks game against Lincoln at BCBS.

AE/HUB students finished out the second week of school with their first Fun Friday! If students met their weekly goal, they participated in t-shirt tie dying and/or free time in the safe room gyms. Other classroom activities for the week included Coach Luttmer’s math classes playing Ice Fishing and Lucky 7’s, and Ms. Threlkeld’s science themed escape room.

WE @ HHE loved having our Bearcats greet us at car rider line this morning!!♥️🐾

How about those Bearcats! Helping the students at Louise Durham get ready for Friday!

The Jr. Ladycats earned a big win on Thursday at the Union Bank Center. The girls improved to 5-1 on the season by defeating Lakeside 2-0. Lakeside took the two JV matches 2-0. Mena is back in action on Tuesday at Malvern.

Mr. Jacob Cain led a demonstration this morning with the Journalism 2 students on flying a drone, and capturing videos and photos.

TUCKER STRICKLIN Can't believe how much Mena school news is inside this weeks Mena Star. Including One District, One Book info, Bearcat coaches visiting the local Lions Club, the 2022 MHS Homecoming Court and that is just on the front page.

Read about the Mena Bearcats big win in this week's Pulse ! https://mypulsenews.com/polk-county-pulse-august-31-2022/?fbclid=IwAR1PpPigQYXFu8_WAvs9PnYGV-aaqiDB2apBu3AvuRAVyACSOeEkAS6wk5k

One of the best reasons to attend the Polk County Fair this week is to support the Mena students showing livestock. We caught LYNNLEE COOK grooming her sheep "Peaches" on Wednesday!