The Ladycats improved to 3-2 with a big win on Monday. Ladycats - 13 Waldron - 0 Mena Softball is back in action Tuesday at Hope. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24459

2022 Mena Bearcat Baseball Tournament Schedule. Thursday-Saturday March 10-12th at Union Bank Park. Due to the weather prediction no games will be played on Friday. We will try and host some games on Saturday if weather permits and the field isn’t too damaged. As of right now the schedule looks like this Thursday March 10th 7:00pm-MENA BEARCATS vs Cossatot Saturday March 12th 11:00am-Huntsville vs Murfreesboro 1:00pm- Huntsville vs Horatio 3:00pm- MENA BEARCATS vs Murfreesboro

Coach Randy Peters announced post season honors for the Mena Bearcat Basketball Team. All state honorable mention Caleb Peters All conference Caleb Peters Tre Mcmellon Toby Watkins Trey Day All conference honorable mention Blake brown Ashton Powell Trevin Plunkett Luke Montgomery Congratulations Bearcats !

Parent Teachers Conferences are coming up at all four campuses!

Tune in FM101 on Monday & listen for ZAYDEN HAMILTON ! Zatden will have this week's report from Louise Durham Elementary during Bearcat News. Only on Mena Public Schools Radio at 5:30am 6:00am 6:30am 7:00am 7:30am 8:00am Noon 12:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm

Jarret Burger & Austin Rose weighed in a five fish limit at 12.77 pounds at the Trader Bills Bass Tournament on Lake Ouachita Saturday. That included a 4 pound whopper. Good enough for 6th place for the Basscats !

Mena Sr. Girls Soccer hosted Prairie Grove at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Friday. Ladycats-1 PG-3 Mena is back in action on Tuesday when they play Danville at BCBS. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...

Lindsay Ruck from Farm Bureau of Arkansas is awarding Holly Harshman Elementary $250 for our outdoor classroom and garden. Thank you so much, Farm Bureau

Read Across America Week came to a close on Friday & Louise Durham Elementary celebrated their love of reading with dress up days, read alouds, book challenges & more. Students were challenged to read 3,000 books this week & they crushed it by completing 6,306 books. The leading classes in each grade were Ms. Warren's class in 2nd grade, Ms. Todd's class in 1st grade & Ms. Sirkis' class in Kindergarten. A student from each grade got to throw a pie in the face of Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Holder & Coach Rose. It was a fun week! We fell in love with new characters, started new series, laughed and grew as readers. We believe today a reader tomorrow a leader.

Mena Coaches select #11, Madi Lyle, and #32, Toby Watkins, as the Farm Bureau Insurance Players of the Month for February. Madi is a Junior, Guard, for the Lady Cats and is the daughter of Brad and Linda Lyle. In February, Madi averaged 6 points, 5 assists, and 2 steals per game. She also plays on the volleyball and golf teams for MHS. She runs her own part-time business, selling items online, through EBay. Madi plans to attend college and become a Math Teacher. Toby is a Junior, Forward, for the Bearcats and is the son of Tewayne and Paula Watkins. Toby averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists per game in February. Toby is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys fishing and all types of hunting, but especially hunting feral hogs with his dogs. After graduation, Toby hopes to attend welding school in Tulsa, then come back and work in his family’s logging business. Shown presenting Madi and Toby with their game balls are local Farm Bureau agent, Nathan Fowler, and Bearcat Head Coach, Randy Peters. Farm Bureau Insurance is a proud supporter of Mena High School athletics!!

A huge shout out to BROOK MAECHLER for coming to Holly Harshman Elementary on Friday & teaching our 5th graders about sign language & the hearing impaired.

Thursday was Junior Day at the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain. In addition to info about UARM Mena students enjoyed lunch & a magic show.

Kindergarten is having fun learning about force.

The Jr. High track meet that was scheduled at Booneville today has been rescheduled for April 14th. The next meet is scheduled for Tuesday, March 8th at DeQueen. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=26998

If you have been by Mena High School in the past few days you probably noticed some dirt work being done in front of the Performing Arts Center. Crews are constructing a new sidewalk that will connect the main student parking lot with the front entrance.

Mena Soccer began the 2022 season on Wednesday in Texarkana. Arkansas High - 3 Mena Ladycats - 0 Arkansas High - 4 Mena Bearcats - 0 The girls will play Prairie Grove on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium & both teams will host Danville on Tuesday.

The Mena teams finished 6th at the Booneville 7th Grade Relays on Tuesday. See individual results at the link below. https://ar.milesplit.com/.../456950-booneville.../results...

Today is Inclusion Day. Many Mena High School Students signed the Pledge to Include on Wednesday. A promise to combat the hurtful and dehumanizing effects of exclusion. “Spread the Word for Inclusion” is the global campaign that promotes inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It encourages schools, organizations and communities to pledge their support to include all people in all activities. It also reminds people, that though those with disabilities may be a little different, they are just like everyone else. Make the pledge to start being inclusive today… · Be a teammate. · Be a friend. · Welcome someone who has been left out. · Sit next to someone alone at lunch. · Say hello to someone in the hallway.

Congratulations to our Second Grade Battle of the Books team for representing Louise Durham so well. They brought home the big win!