The Mena Jr. High Relays were held on Tuesday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
The Ladycats finished in first place. Skylar Bahr won the 200 meter dash & the long jump. Paisley Burger won the High Jump. Brynlee Bahr won the Pole Vault.
The Bearcats finished in first place & Hank Rose won high point. Blayden West won the 200 meter dash & the 400 meter dash.
See complete results at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/655547-mena-jr-high-relays-2025/results
MMS Prevent Team is hosted the Prevention Easter Egg Relay. The 6th, 7th and 8th grade competed.
Mrs. Taylor’s Goal Getters! WE are so proud of these awesome readers!
This week’s Teammate Award Winners at HHE are Daxen Hurst, Mangsien Dopmul, Preslee Powell and Sawyer Myers
Norah Williams won the top prize today at the Arkansas Young Playwright Competition as Best Playwright! Eric Decker was honored with one of the two Best Actor Awards and Anna Burt was one of two Honorable Mentions! We are super proud of these students! All of them that brought Norah’s play Night Off to life for the judges. We have not won the top playwright award since 2014 when Hannah Lochala and Madi Sherrer brought home the prize. We always have great plays and actors, and it is great to be involved in this competition each year.
Mena Soccer played Nashville on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
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The Bearcats play next on Monday @ Magnolia.
Mena Soccer played Nashville on Friday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
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The Ladycats play next on Monday @ Magnolia.
In honor of Earth Day this month, 5th grade picked up trash and cleaned!
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!
Congratulations to the Mena High School Band. The band received an overall rating of 1st division superior at Region Concert and Sightreading Assessment. These ratings combined with the marching band ratings make the Mena High School Band a Sweepstakes band for the 2025 school year.
National Honor Society juniors voted for officers on Wednesday. Congratulations to the 2025-2026 officers!
President - Kate Wilson
Vice President - Jackson Thompson
Secretary - Chloe Hooper
Treasurer - Anabelle Peters
Historian - Chloe Stepp
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
Mena High School FBLA has been in Little Rock at the State Leadership Conference. Students that attended qualified on the district level to move on or chose state only events. Several groups took an objective test to qualify to present and others have worked on presentations for months. Many students stepped out of their comfort zone to do speaking events and they all did so well! I have had comments from judges and advisors about how good our kiddos did on their presentations. Today we find out who will have the opportunity to compete one more time at Nationals in Anaheim . Good luck to all of them! No matter what, you have represented our school, our chapter and yourselves well
National qualifiers from MHS are…..
1st Place Broadcast Journalism
Jayden Cox
Addison Thomas
Isabel Vacca
1st Place Mobile App Development
Zach Sweet
2nd Place Business Plan
Hunter Cannon
Reese Montgomery
Kate Wilson
2nd Place Intro to Business Concepts
Ailiyah McEntire
3rd Place Business Management
Bryant Thomas
Auden Woods
WE ARE HEADED TO ANAHEIM!!!!!
Ladycat Softball run rules Ozark.
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Mena is back in action on Thursday when they play Nashville at Union Bank Park.
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
Mrs. Montgomery’s Club has some Lexia SuperStars Leveling up!
Eight female scholars from Mena Middle School attended the Girls of Promise STEAM conference Friday, April 4th. These young ladies had the opportunity to network with other young STEAM scholars, meet Professional Women in STEAM fields, experiment and create in workshops and enjoy all the Arkansas 4-H Center has to offer. Students in attendance were Avery Cox, Roxanne Ezell, Kenley Cochran, Linda Maechler, Brandi Miller, Kinley Cox, Haidyn Valdovinos, and Raelyn Ashcraft. Teacher chaperones were CTE Teachers; Sarah Billings and Lauren Frost.
Southwest EMS recently trained Mrs. Wilson’s FACS classes for CPR certification. Shane Rowe discussed careers related to the medical field, specifically EMT’s and Paramedics and discussed the importance of saving people’s lives through learning CPR and related skills.
