A new app is up and running for Mena Public Schools & it includes a link to the FM101 stream. Get ready for the new school year by downloading the new app asap !!!!
The Bearcat Band Pool Party has been moved to Thursday, August 11th from 5:30-7:30pm at the McMillan Pool. The band pool party is open to all middle school, high school, and beginner band members. Pizza and drinks will be provided.
The Mena Public Schools are placing a renewed emphasis on security in 2022/2023. Mena SROs and the School Security Team spent time at the range on Tuesday. Our students safety is of the utmost importance,
The Junior High Band will begin preparations for 2022/2023 on Monday.
August 8th 5:00pm-6:30pm: School Owned Instrument Checkout
August 9th & 10th 6:00pm-8:00pm: Junior High Band rehearsals.
Want to know more about "Summer of the Monkeys" and the "One District, One Book" community reading event? Just follow the link.
https://www.menaschools.org/page/one-school-one-book?fbclid=IwAR2sjC5pTH78UFkV4h8GaG0GYGrM6zXxSHDg3yOjJRwR5dmQIJ-TUupusaM
Special education teachers and para professionals continue preparation for 2022/2023. Mena hosted Dalene Magsam and Debbie Ware with Easter seals who presented the SpED update on Thursday in the Mena High School library.
https://eastersealsopts.org/
A new app is up and running for Mena Public Schools & it includes a link to the FM101 stream. Get ready for the new school year by downloading the new app asap !!!!
Literacy instructors Lynn Ashley, Sheli Chaney, Alicia Faringer, and Amy Martin from Mena Middle School attended New Hampshire Literacy Institute to work on writing and reading engagement with experts in essential literacy practices. Our teachers continue to prepare for the 2022/2023 school year which begins on Monday, August 22nd.
Parents can quickly and easily make payments and monitor what their students are purchasing with MyPaymentsPlus. Whether you utilize the online platform or the mobile app, MyPaymentsPlus is your one-stop shop for school-related payments.
We encourage all Bearcat football players guardians to attend. This will include our yearly parent meeting information, tour of the facilities and equipment and basic Xs and Os talk!
Mena administrators are attending the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators Annual Summer Conference this week. The theme for the event is is Love Public Education - Changing the Narrative. GO BEARCATS!
The Mena Ladycats travelled to Branson Missouri on Sunday and will be competing at the Licking Volleyball Camp Monday & Tuesday, GO LADYCATS!
New signage will greet parents & students at Mena Middle School when the new school year begins on August 22nd.
Please welcome Brooke Macheler to the staff at Mena Middle School!
Hello, my name is Brooke Macheler. I am so excited to be joining Mena Middle School as your new school nurse. I received my LPN from the U of A at Rich Mountain in 2017. I have worked in long term care, but look forward to this opportunity to work with our youth. I have 5 children, 4 of whom attend Mena Public schools. I'm passionate about being a mother and helping others. I love being outdoors and being with my kids. I am so blessed to be given this opportunity and look forward to this upcoming school year.
The Mena Jr. High Bearcats hosted Horatio & Mansfield for a team camp at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Tuesday. The season opener is September 1st at Centerpoint.
The Sr. High, Jr. High & 7th grade boys basketball teams hosted Horatio, Booneville, Jessieville & Cossatot in a team camp on Thursday.
Mena teachers continue to work in preparation for 2022-2023.
On Tuesday educators underwent MathQuEST training the MHS Library.
Math QuEST (Quantitative Essentials for Students and Teachers)
is a journey for ambitious teaching that promotes equity and engagement of all students in meaningful mathematics learning experiences of reasoning and problem solving. AR Math QuEST empowers educators and families to help students develop positive identities as doers
of mathematics to increase student achievement.
The Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is offering a two-year Dyslexia Therapist Training Course for certified Arkansas public school teachers. The goal of this project is to develop a network of Certified Academic Language Therapists (CALT) for the purpose of providing a specialized dyslexia instructional program designed to provide therapy to public school students with dyslexia or related reading and written-language difficulties. Mena Middle School RTI/Dyslexia Interventionist, Mrs. Alicia Farringer was chosen to take part in this initiative. This training is being provided using the Take Flight Curriculum. Noel Leif, co-founder and instructor of Springfield Center for Learning and Dyslexia is pictured below with Mrs. Farringer.
Mr. Max Hartwig is joining the crew at Mena Middle School!
Hi, My name is Max Hartwig. I am excited to be a part of what is happening at the Mena Public School District. I am looking forward to working with students and staff, taking every opportunity to learn and teach. I have worked with students of all ages from 6th grade to college age through youth and college ministry. I am a graduate of Mena High School and have attended college at RMCC and UAFS. I am a Christian husband and father. My wife, Holly, and I have been married for 8 years and we have 4 awesome and crazy kids (soon to be 5)! We are both proud Texans and are looking forward to what God has in store for us and this community!
