Ladycat Soccer will be a 2 seed in the 4A State Tournament. They will play Warren on May 15th at 9:00am at Robinson High School in Little Rock.
Bearcat Soccer will be a 4 seed in the 4A State Tournament. They will play Hamburg on May 15th at 3:00pm at Maumelle High School in Little Rock.
TICKETS
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8th Graders at Mena Middle School enjoyed Field Day on Wednesday!!!
As usual "Wet & Wild Day" was a huge hit at Holly Harshman Elementary on Tuesday.
Mena High School Students and guests gathered in the Union Bank Center on Tuesday to congratulate the Seniors of 2025 on their NEXT!!!
The Class of 2025 participated in the Senior Walk at all four Mena campuses on Tuesday..
100 pt club! Zayden Werkhoven
A Big Congratulations to our Preschool students who have now read 100, 500 or even 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten!!!🎉🎉. We are so very proud of you!!
“When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child’s hands, when you pass on your love of words and stories, you are doing something incredibly powerful.”
❤️ -Mem Fox
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a Free program that’s goal is to encourage families to read daily!
In return, not only is it a fun family activity, it also
builds vocabulary, improves comprehension, develops memory skills, develops imagination, and impacts literacy skills and their future academic success!
🎉Congratulations To:
Alex England-Ward: 100 Books
Liam Scott: 500 Books
Liam Scott: 1,000 Books
Kynslee Manning: 1,000 Books
Teach Kids to Save 2025 📚
Thank you to Heather Grenier and Union Bank for our annual Teach Kids to Save Program for our Second Grade students.
Teach Kids to Save is a financial literacy program designed to help children understand the value of
money and the importancee of saving.
Union Bank donated a picture book for our school library and piggie banks for every student to not only reinforce financial literacy but support the importance of reading!
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.
MHS jazz band served HHE staff sno cones because they are “sno”awesome (and so is the band)!!!!
The Little Cats Volleyball Camp wrapped up on Thursday.
Outstanding Server:
2nd Grade: Lizzy Clark
3rd Grade: Francesca Flores
4th Grade: Emma McMahen
Outstanding Setter:
2nd Grade: Holly Fenwick
3rd Grade: Kylie Varner
4th Grade: Briar Kubish
Outstanding Passer:
2nd Grade: Lexi Wood and Holly Fenwick
3rd Grade: Mila West
4th Grade: Raeden Parker
Ladycat Award:
2nd Grade: Lizzy Clark
3rd Grade: Brynleigh Garcia
4th Grade: Gemma Sweeney
Today is School Nurse Day. Mena High School has the best in Nurse Bobbi!
Happy School Nurse Day to HHE’s Nurse Jackie!! WE are thankful for you!!
Mena High School Junior Elliott Dugan has won the High Jump at the 4A State Track Meet for the 3rd year in a row! Elliott also set a personal record in the long jump.
Brynlee Bahr finished 2nd and Paisley Burger finishes 6th in State in the Pole Vault.
Reese Montgomery with a Personal record in the discus today.
GO LADYCATS!!!!
See complete results when posted at the link below.
https://ar.milesplit.com/.../672177-4a-state.../results
The results of the high school votes for best solo and group acts at the Lip Sync and Talent Show are as follows:
Best Group Act - 1st Levi and Mason, 2nd Bri and Anna, & 3rd Stayin’ Alive (Theatre Arts I)
Best Solo Talent - 1st Michael Sullivan, 2nd Vaughn Vacca, 3rd Eric Decker
Congratulations to Bearcat Tycen Baber!
He is a state champion and overall winner of the 123lb weight class at the state weight meet at Lake Hamilton on Saturday!
Mena Softball & Baseball played in the 4A-4 Conference Tournament on Saturday in Ozark.
SEMI-FINALS
Bearcats-7 (13-5/8-2)
Ozark-6
Ladycats-1 (15-4/9-1)
Dardanelle-0
CHAMPIONSHIP
Ladycats-5 (16-4/9-1)
Pottsville-4
Bearcats-0 (13-6/8-2)
Pottsville-11
Mena High School Seniors Nathaniel Needham and Elijah Smith competed in the Madden eSports Championship at Fort Smith Northside on Thursday.
The Truman Wildcats edged out the Mena Bearcats 2 games to 0 in the finals. Elijah finishes #2 in the state in AAA Madden NFL25 Esports. Along with his medal comes a $1000.00 scholarship. Nathaniel finishes #3 and earned a $500 scholarship.
Cameron Bartow, Travis Benefield, and Wesley Smith were awarded the top prize for Region 2 in the Economics Arkansas Stock Market Game at the Clinton Presidential Library on Thursday. The students competed in the Stock Market Game by investing in various stocks and mutual funds in a simulation that mirrored the market over several weeks. The team ended the simulation with the highest ranking in the region.
Mena High School students received their 2024-2025 Yearbook on Thursday at the distribution assembly in the Union Bank Center.
