Austin Rose with Bass Fishing Legend Hank Parker at the Forrest Wood Cup. The Basscats will be having their annual beginning of the year meeting soon. We will post the dates as soon as we have them. The Basscats have a Junior Team(5th - 8th) and a senior team (9th - 12th). If you have a son or daughter that has a passion for Bass fishing he or she needs to join the club. We are one of the top teams in the country. We had two teams this year that qualify for the High School National Championship! They also competed in the World Finals! If you have any questions please let me know. Call Coach Rose @ 234-0771.

One last look back at 2018/2019! https://drive.google.com/a/menaschools.org/file/d/1QOgPe7dRDY_PZoO2fbw1Kzv0rx2Rf-S9/view?usp=drivesdk

Mena Public Schools would like to encourage our patrons to fill out the form for free & reduced meals. It is also important for you to know that if you did not qualify & your employment status changes you can fill out the form again & possibly qualify the second time. For more information contact Sherry Newman at 479-394-1710. By email at sherry.newman@menaschools.org or stop by the administration building at 501 HIckory in Mena during normal business hours. Follow the link below for a printable copy of the application form.. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/396449/MEAL_APP_2019-2020_WEBSITE.pdf

Mena Middle School lunch menu for August!

Please consider monitoring your child’s meal account through MyPaymentsPlus.com If you have free or reduced meal application questions, please contact Sherry Newman, 479-394-1710, sherry.newman@menaschools.org https://www.facebook.com/pg/MyPaymentsPlus/about/ https://www.mypaymentsplus.com/welcome…

It’s now a law in Arkansas!

MENA PUBLIC SCHOOL CALENDER 2019-2020! 1st day of school is Wednesday, August 14th! https://www.menaschools.org/o/mena-school-district/events

7th and Junior High capped off a great week this morning with a great practice. They are off tomorrow and meet back up Monday at 7 AM for their last practice before school. On Monday night at 8:00 they will have a pool party at the city pool! We are proud of these guys!

Mena Jr. Cheer completed NCA team camp in the Union Bank Center today. They had a short performance for parents this afternoon...

The Mena Middle School & Mena High School faculty underwent a safety training & safety drill this morning. Louise Durham & Holly Harshman faculty will receive the same training on Thursday... At Mena Public Schools our students safety is of the utmost importance & we work everyday to improve the safety of our campuses....

This past weekend the Salvation Army conducted operation "Stuff the Bus" at the Mena Walmart. The Mena Public Schools parked a school bus at Walmart and people purchased school supplies to donate to our students.

Act 738 is now in effect... Info you need to know before August 14th! http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2019/2019R/Pages/BillInformation.aspx?measureno=SB534

It's up to all of us!

This time of year a lot of hard work happens in the band hall but it was all fun this evening. Bearcat Band students had a blast at their annual pool party !!!! GO BEARCAT BAND!!!

ATTENTION PARENTS!!! A meeting for all Ladycat 7th-12th grade volleyball & basketball parents will be this Thursday, August 8th at 6pm in the MHS Performing Arts Center... Share & spread the word... GO LADYCATS!

The new school year is just around the corner & the Mena Public Schools campuses were all buzzing with activity this morning... The first day of school is August 14th!!!

The Mena Jr. Ladycats are having themed practices this week... Today was ‘Merica Monday... Tomorrow is Tie dye Tuesday... Then Western Wednesday & Throwback Thursday..

There will be a few changes in the cafeteria this year that you need to be aware of... At LDE & HHE they will be implementing the new FUEL program... A new specialty item will be introduced once per month & if the kids respond well it will be added to the future menu... At MMS they will be adding a second chance breakfast between 1st & 2nd period.. The second chance breakfast was a big hit at the high school last year... At MHS the grill line & the pizza line will be switching locations in the cafeteria... At MHS & MMS there will be new choices in addition to the traditional menu... MONDAY will be a rotating made to order line... TUESDAY & THURSDAY there will be a made to order tortilla line.... WEDNESDAY there will be made to order boneless wings FRIDAY will be a made to order potato bar

Mena teachers Scott Wright, Danna Lee Griffin, Elizabeth Tompkins, Aarika Cox & Chris Cox attended the Unified Champion Schools Conference in Little Rock on Saturday.... https://www.facebook.com/SpecialOlympicsArkansas/?__xts__[0]=33.%7B%22logging_data%22%3A%7B%22page_id%22%3A444263972400014%2C%22event_type%22%3A%22clicked_all_page_posts%22%2C%22impression_info%22%3A%22eyJmIjp7InBhZ2VfaWQiOiI0NDQyNjM5NzI0MDAwMTQiLCJpdGVtX2NvdW50IjoiMCJ9fQ%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22www_pages_home%22%2C%22interacted_story_type%22%3A%22565413710334575%22%2C%22session_id%22%3A%223de6e2e89ff0dd5931fa21eaadf47763%22%7D%7D&__xts__[1]=68.ARCUXlS42ZS0OgaSeVSC8PrxQFNtoJl4sDr8MkvsywjV6aznmChJvdIWO_HraYUy7p5LtxXEc85_tmTcPAbbI-COwq0YOJGJl1-HRS9oBIHV_TcnnvCHjRXN86RJ5GVxKFPSgbocNAaipSg9Z8qVKNxfgw5FaK_5Sg8L86NzWvjTyirt1KnfGAH6JcRDosbFdn8fCBaP0fapRQ6kRX3i8t_B-rzG-fdsvJih9t-adyzQumQD8t62LZ-OiX9fzKFg5LiWho46mfMTz0saFhDGgTnBL92P1RgpnMdcHIMdG79UTaYuJ6EWfrohonOEwv0Zjr96QXEv6__xkUWrD-_mvaEGbCDlkrTcYnvS1-svW9OeY35Et0zqry15w36gNgX4kzIKLNpCBdcGQ2Q-pWhyN5i-h1ElbPwc_z4sZaDqwFJcokoMFK2iBwXhJ2yvNWhjZ1wn57nFsw01yLZWLX0TzottGnubPiZJwg-Ur9OnIGbsrcNdCJx3rM4&__tn__=kCH-R&eid=ARBAGQjHAeMLVyNbBWCcg4FXHM77XROJm0X3J0B9NDqjK_kGNCwnL5ae8GeHZwXoZokYW-AIUNcemV7Y&hc_ref=ARR-fPn3upIgSocuVjHIIen_JTANwKoY9gGxuofakdjMZxZOgAbC-zxZ9ijT2HEiwBE&fref=nf

Attention incoming 6th grade beginning band students: The annual Bearcat Band Pool Party is Monday, August 5 at McMillan Park from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Come enjoy pizza and swimming while meeting the directors and other band students! Also, the Beginning Band Instrument Drive will be after school on Friday, August 16. There will be a parent meeting after school at 3:30 in the middle school band room followed by the instrument drive. Representatives from Cooper Music in Russellville will be there with all supplies that students need to get started in band. For more information, see Mr. Bradford at next week's open house.