Welcome Leilani Day to the team at Mena Middle and Mena High School.
I am so excited to be back home and
have the opportunity to coach the
sport I enjoy so much as well as teach
the subject that made me want to
become a teacher. I am excited for the
school year and all the new beginnings
it will bring.
Mena Public School Administrators have been attending the Leadership Institute hosted by the DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative at Degray Lake State Park this week. Mena staff continues preparations for the 2025-2026 school year which begins on August 13th. See the complete school calendar at the link below.
https://www.menaschools.org/page/school-calendars
The Jr. Ladycats attended the Harding Team Basketball Camp on Sunday and Monday. The Jr. Ladycats will attend the Morrilton Team Camp on Monday, June 16th and Tuesday, June 17th.
The Mena Jr. High Cheer Team is preparing for the 2025-2026 season. The group attended the Varsity Stunt Clinic in Hot Springs on Monday.
Mena coaches & players helped area youngsters improve their basketball skills this week at the Little Cats Camp in the Union Bank Center.
A busy week is ahead for the Bearcat basketball team beginning at the Southeast Oklahoma State Team Camp and followed by the NWA Shootout.
The Jr. Bearcats competed in the Greenwood Team Camp on Monday. The team will be at the Charleston Team Camp on June 11th.
The Little Ladycats Basketball Camp came to close on Wednesday. Thanks to all who attended and the parents for bringing them to the camp. We had a great time and learned a lot from each other.
8th Graders at Mena Middle School enjoyed Field Day on Wednesday!!!
The Class of 2025 participated in the Senior Walk at all four Mena campuses on Tuesday..
80 Mena Middle School students recently earned their Arkansas Hunters Education Certification. 53 scored between a 90-100 and 7 made perfect score. Thank you Coach Rose for teaching the course.
The Mena Public Schools are pleased to be hosting the Area 14 Special Olympics at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium!
From Computers to the Trails — A Journey of Creativity
After conquering the NYX NoCode Hackathon, these Mena students took their victory to the great outdoors, joined by Sam and Lucas of Beeline MTB, Karen Kilroy of NyxNoCode, and Doug, Kenny, and Joe from the Matthew Mark Foundation. Beeline gifted the bikes to these students for more future fun on the trails! We also thank the Walmart Foundation for helping dreams ride even farther!
Mena Jr. High Track competed in the 4-4A Conference Meet on Monday in Clarksville.
For the Ladycats Skylar Bahr won the Triple Jump & Long Jump. Brynlee Bahr won the Pole Vault. For the Bearcats Hank Rose had High Point and also won the Triple Jump & Long Jump. See complete results at the link below.
https://milesplit.live/meets/665280
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
MMS Prevent Team is hosted the Prevention Easter Egg Relay. The 6th, 7th and 8th grade competed.
The following Mena Middle School students finally received their FBLA District I plaques and certificates on Wednesday for placing 1st place in their district competitions. Super proud of these guys!
Atticus Ryan - 1st place in the 1 minute timed typing test
Rayden Lopez - 1st place in the 3 minute timed test
Mena Middle Schhol FBLA attended the State Leadership Conference on Wednesday.
Francesca Vacca competed in the FBLA Concepts competition. She placed 4th overall in the state and qualified to compete at Nationals this summer in Anaheim, California.
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!
Skylar Bahr finished high point for the girls and Bentley Brewer finished high point for the boys at the Waldron 7th Grade Relays on Tuesday.
The Bearcats finished won the meet and the Ladycats finished 3rd.
See the complete results when posted at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/653968-waldron-7th-grade-bulldog-relays-2025/results
On Friday, Mena Middle School participated in the UARM Science Fair. Our students had a wonderful time interacting with area participants, judges, and members of the community about their science projects. Thank you UARM for hosting this event. We are looking forward to seeing you next year!
Middle School division winners are as follows:
1st place—Annabelle Sprague
2nd place—Jack Parsons
3rd place— tie Tuck Sterner and William McDonald
