Mena High School

Congratulations to Mena High School JAG students BLAKE CASTOR & DEVON DAVIS who completed the 2021 National Career Readiness Certification earning platinum status. An additional 17 MHS students earned a gold certificate, 20 silver certificates & 14 bronze. A National (Arkansas) Career Readiness Certificate is a portable credential based upon the WorkKeys® assessments that demonstrates to employers that an individual possesses the basic workplace skills required for 21st century jobs. Getting a NCRC will allow an individual to show prospective employers that he or she possesses the basic skills they are looking for. Even if a job seeker has a high school diploma, GED or post-secondary degree, the Arkansas NCRC further verifies that he or she can handle tasks such as reading instructions and directions, working with figures, and finding information - tasks common in today's workplace. National Career Readiness Certification (Arkansas Career Readiness Certification) Areas Workplace Documents – The ability to understand information in common workplace documents such as letters, memos, procedures and instructions. Applied Mathematics – The ability to use mathematical reasoning in solving common workplace situations. Graphic Literacy – The ability to understand and extract information from graphics such as diagrams, tables, forms, graphs, and charts. To be certified, you must take all 3 assessments and score level 3 or better in each assessment - (lowest score of three assessments determines the overall level of certification). Each assessment is 55 minutes long.

Thank you Mrs. Singleton for sharing your adoption story with FCCLA today! Also, FCCLA officer applications are now available! Please see Mrs. Hobson or Mrs. Wilson if interested.

The Mena High School Athletic Awards ceremony will be on Monday, May 17th at 6:00pm in the Performing Arts Center. The ceremony is for all athletes in grades 10-12 & all parents & guardians are invited to attend. GO BEARCATS!!!!

The Mena soccer teams ran into a pair of red hot DeQueen teams on Tuesday. DeQueen-8 Mena Ladycats-0 DeQueen-5 Mena Bearcats-0 Mena will be back in action on Thursday when they play Hope at Bearcat Stadium.

The Mena Bearcats could muster only 3 hits in a losing effort on Tuesday at Union Bank Park. Malvern-14 Mena Bearcats-0 Mena is back in action on Thursday when they host Fountain Lake. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24460

Kensey Rosson & Morgan Puckett led the Ladycats with 4 hits each on Tuesday at Union Bank Park. Mena scored 5 runs in the 2nd inning, including a homerun by Puckett, but came up short. Malvern-9 Mena Ladycats-8 Mena will play at Hope on Thursday. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...

Change of Dates due to Friday's cancellations: Softball @ Hope 4:30pm Soccer / Hope @ Mena 5:00pm & 7:00pm Baseball @ Hope has not set a date.

7th grade and Jr High Cheerleaders are doing a fundraiser for cheer supplies and camp in Little Rock. We are selling various items from food to various kitchen and home decor items. This fundraiser is from 4/12-4/26. Mena MS Cheer Fundraiser The link will take you to the homepage where you can either support the whole group or scroll down to support a specific cheerleader. All products will be delivered the week before the end of school in May. https://megadoughshop.com/fundraiser-820.html#!/Fundraiser/820

Congratulations Austin Rose and Jarrett Burger!! 1st place on Lake Ouachita in the Arkansas Youth Fishing Federation High School National Qualifying Tournament. This makes two wins in a row for Burger and Rose. They will be competing in the Trader Bills Championship April 25th on Lake Hamilton and the Bradford Cup AYFF Tournament on Greers Ferry the first weekend of May. Thank you to all of the Mena Basscat sponsors!

Mena head football coach CRAIG BENTLEY accepted the Sporty Award today at the Henderson State University spring football game. "The Sporty" is given to the HSU Alumni Coach of the Year. GO BEARCATS!!! https://www.menaschools.org/article/432357\ https://www.facebook.com/ReddieAthletics/posts/3865157663598340

Students in Animal Science were learning to suture a fetal pig today

Mena Track competed at the Gaile Hainley Relays in Waldron on Thursday 400m- 8th Ashton Powell 800m- 2nd Logan Myers 1600m- 2nd Logan Myers. 4th Tre McMellon 3200m- 3rd Tre McMellon Pole Vault- 2nd Jacob Flemens Shot Put- 4th Logan Yang See complete results at the link https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/404568-gaile-hainley-relays-2021/results/730143/formatted The Sr. High will compete at the District Meet in Nashville on April 27th.

Mena High School Juniors & Seniors participated in Polk County Operation Prom Night 2021 Friday morning. The event is an accurate representation of a two vehicle accident with fatalities. It was conducted at the Polk County Fairgrounds & was hosted by Southwest EMS, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Mena Police and Fire Dept, Polk County OEM, and Polk County Coroner’s Office. Thank you to everyone who made this event possible for our students.

Congratulations to the following the teams and individuals who recently competed in the Southern District Virtual LDE's! Parliamentary Procedure: 4th Place Lauren Beck-Creed Speaking: 6th Place Conduct of Chapter Meetings: 2nd Place In order to move on to the State LDE Contest teams or individuals must place first or second in their contest. Congratulations to the Mena FFA Conduct of Chapter Meetings team! They will compete on April 19th in Hot Springs at the State Contest.

Mena Softball defeated Centerpoint on Thursday at Union Bank Park. Mena Ladycats-10 Centerpoint-3. Emmi Hines & Kensey Rosson both had 3 RBI's. Maddy Lyle had four hits to lead Mena. The Ladycats travel to Hope on Friday. GO LADYCATS ! https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24459

Congratulations to the Mena FFA Nursery and Landscape team! They placed second at the State CDE contest yesterday in Hot Springs. Congratulations to COOPER ANDERLE on being the State high individual!

A representative from Herff Jones was at Mena High School this morning delivering cap & gowns to the graduates of 2021. If your senior did not pick theirs up they will be available in the MHS office & cash or check will be accepted.

Gameday Thursday, April 8th ! Track - 3:30pm Softball - 4:30pm

The Mena Ladycats & Bearcats finished 2nd at the Waldron Jr. Bulldog Relays on Tuesday. GIRLS 4x800 - 1st Kylene Denton, Kate Wilson, karley Sharp, Jayden Cox 800 - 1st Kylene Denton, 2nd Karley Sharp 1600 - 1st Rylie Bentley, 2nd Addison Thomas 4x400 - 1st Kate Wilson, Chloe Hooper, Jocelyn Hernandez, Jayden Cox 400 - 2nd Reese Montgomery, 6th Jocelyn Hernandez 4x200 - 4th Jayden Cox, Jaden Roberts, Kate Wilson, Elliott Dugan 4x100 - 7th Chloe Hooper, Jaden Roberts, Emma Ferguson, Annabelle Peters 100 H - 7th Elliott Dugan 300 H - 2nd Annabelle Peters7th Reese Montgomery Long Jump 5th Chloe Hooper High Jump 1st Elliott Dugan Triple Jump 1st Jayden Cox 4th Reese Montgomery Discus 3rd Reese Montgomery, 6th Caroline Cannon Shot - 2nd Caroline Cannon BOYS Triple Jump - 5th Robert Hill, 7th Hudson Vacca Shot - 8th Brady Montgomery Discus - 4th JD Murphy Pole Vault - 4th Cody Short 4x800 Relay - 6th Mena 1600 -4th Cooper Plunkett 4x100 Relay - 4th Mena 300H - 5th Sully Massey 4x400 - 7th Mena 4x200 Relay - 6th Mena Smith, Elijah/Cox, Kalib/Short, Cody/Peters, Brody Click the link for complete results https://ar.milesplit.com/.../404566.../results/729496/raw...