Our 2nd cohort group has completed their time at the Arkansas Leadership Academy ! WE are so proud of these hard working teachers and are so excited about things to come! From this experience, our Parent Engagement task force has been born! ☺️
L to R-
Tonya Thacker, Montana Sterner, Cheyenne Reeves & Erika Williams (not pictured is Janie Lynch)
The Mena Jr. High Relays were held at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Tuesday. The Mena Jr. Bearcats won the meet and the Jr. Ladycats finished 3rd with ten schools participating.
HIGH POINT BOYS
1 Hernandez, JoJo MENA 40
2 Johnson, Lucas MENA 28
4 Bowling, Colton MENA 20
100 METER DASH
1 Colton Bowling
3 Tycen Baber
6 Luke Rowland
8 Hank Rose
200 METER DASH
1 Colton Bowling
3 Blayden West
4 Hank Rose
400 METER DASH
1 JoJo Hernandez
2 Blayden West
800 METER RUN
1 JoJo Hernandez
7 Mason Gortemiller
1600 METER RUN
5 Austin Fields
6 Michael Benson
7 Mason Gordemiller
110 METER HURDLES
3 Lucas Johnson
300 METER HURDLES
2 Lucas Johnson
5 Kenan Matheson
4x100 METER RELAY
Mena Junior High
1) Baber, Tycen 2) Bowling, Colton
3) West, Blayden 4) Hughes, Mason
4x200 METER RELAY
1 Mena Junior High
1) Bowling, Colton 2) Johnson, Lucas
3) Baber, Tycen 4) Hughes, Mason
4X400 METER RELAY
4 Mena Junior High
1) West, Blayden 2) Rowland, Luke
3) Rose, Hank 4) Hernandez, JoJo
HIGH JUMP
1 Lucas Johnson
4 hank Rose
7 Braedyn Barton
LONG JUMP
1 JoJo Hernandez
4 Hank Rose
TRIPLE JUMP
1 JoJo Hernandez
2 Mason Hughes
7 Hank Rose
SHOT PUT
5 Ryan Denton
7 Owen Simpson
DISCUS
7 Owen Simpson
GIRLS RESULTS
100 METER DASH
5 Madison Fowler
200 METER DASH
6 Madison Fowler
400 METER DASH
2 Jaslynn Turner
800 METER RUN
7 Avery Cox
8 Lexie Thomas
1600 METER RUN
6 Ravyn Wilson
100 METER HURDLES
4 Brynlee Bahr
4x100 METER RELAY
6 Mena Junior High
1) Bahr, Brynlee 2) Hughes, Kendra
3) Turner, Jaslynn 4) Burger, Paisley
4X200 METER RELAY
5 Mena Junior High
1) Bahr, Brynlee 2) Hughes, Kendra
3) Turner, Jaslynn 4) Burger, Paisley
4X400 METER RELAY
7 Mena Junior High
1) Turner, Jaslynn 2) Hunter, Avery
3) Flores, Desiree 4) Jobe, Gabby
4X800 METER RELAY
5 Mena Junior High
1) Brewer, Ellie 2) Wilson, Ravyn
3) Ortiz, Averi 4) Jobe, Gabby
HIGH JUMP
3 Madison Fowler
6 Brynlee Bahr
POLE VAULT
1 Brynlee Bahr
2 Paisley Burger
TRIPLE JUMP
3 Madison Fowler
7 Kendra Hughes
SHOT PUT
6 Makenna Lee
7 Kendra Hughes
DISCUS
3 Makenna Lee
5 Kendra Hughes
Tiffany Williams and Katie Thomas completed The Arkansas Leadership Academy!🎉 🎉
The Instructional Leader Empowerment professional development focuses on growing Arkansas educators to support growth in professional and instructional practices.
Tiffany and Katie completed their work in The Leadership Academy by creating an instructional manifesto based on the power of leading through literacy!📚
Post season honors have been released for Mena Bearcat basketball.
All-Star Senior Nominee
Brody Brown
All Conference
Cooper Plunkett
Sean Sullivan
Brody Brown
2nd Team All-Conference
Kalib Cox
Abram Wooden
Post season honors have been released for Mena Ladycat basketball.
All-State nominee:
Caroline Cannon
Payton Clark
All-Conference:
Caroline Cannon
Payton Clark
Kensey Rosson
2nd Team All-Conference:
Isabel Cross
Chloe Hooper
Kate Wilson
Bearcat soccer played DeQueen on Monday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
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Mena is back in action on Thursday at Arkadelphia.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24457
Ladycat soccer played DeQueen on Monday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.
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Mena is back in action on Thursday at Arkadelphia.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=24458
Mena Ladycat Emery Anderson competed in the Meet of Champions at University of the Ozarks on Saturday. She defeated Elizabeth Garcia-Martinez of Springdale 7-5. Way to go Emery.
Read Across America 2024 finale📚🎉
Students were challenged with a school wide reading goal of 3,000 books! The students met the reading goal by Friday and read over 6,000 books school wide: ending with a Pie In The Face Celebration!
This week was filled with dress up days, book challenges , guest readers , book talks , read alouds, book competitions and so much fun!
We walked away knowing we will continue to try new stories , read more books, start new book series , and most importantly grow as life long readers
Our SPOTLIGHT ✨✨TEACHER for the Month of March is Mrs Sara Paraons!! Sara is a 3rd grade Math/Science teacher @ HHE.
The HHE third grade teams competed in the Battle of the Books at the DeQueen/ Mena Education Service Cooperative on Friday.
Team A 2nd place 🥈
Team B 3rd place 🥉
WE are so proud of our kiddos!!
The Mena Middle School Project Prevent Team chose to celebrate Read Across America week by reading to the 5th grade students at Holly Harshman Elementary. The Team read Smoking Stinks!! by Kim Gosselin. After reading, team members talked about the dangers of tobacco/nicotine use as well as the many opportunities to celebrate being tobacco free waiting for them at Mena Middle School next school year. The 5th graders were invited to participate in the statewide Project Prevent "My Reason to Write" Essay Competition.
Congratulations to our Second Grade Battle of the Books team who placed FIRST PLACE at the 2024 competition at the Dequeen Mena Co-Op🎉🥇
Battle of the Books is a quiz style competition between area schools based on their knowledge of books, characters and the details from the stories they have read and studied.
We are so proud of their determination, hardwork and teamwork as they represented Mena Public Schools so well in todays competition!
In celebration of National School Breakfast Week, Mena Middle School students were treated to Banana Split Parfaits, made their way.
Congratulations to MenaHigh School seniors Claire Walston, Caroline Cannon, and Mallory Farringer for being awarded the Mena/Polk County Enhancement Foundation Scholarship. A $1,000.00 one-time scholarship. Criteria for awarding scholarship:
➢ Academics
➢ Community Service Involvement
➢ Recommendations
The MHS Jazz Band performed for the residents at The Green House Cottages of Homewood on Wednesday!
As part of National FFA Week the Mena FFA participated in a community service activity involving the assembly and distribution of 48 care packages to the residents of Peachtree Assisted Living. Numerous students were involved in assembling and packaging the baskets and the Ag. Leadership class delivered them to Peechtree. What a great experience for our students and it was a joy to see the smiles and excitement on the men and women's faces!
One of this week's Holly Harshman Elementary Teammate Award Winners, MADISON PHILLIPS, was the honorary team captain at Tuesday's Ladycat softball game.
Mena softball falls in extra innings.
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Booneville-1
Mena is back in action on Thursday at Cossatot.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...
The Farm Bureau Insurance AgTech Training Lab is set up at Mena High School for students to get hands on experience operating heavy equipment in a simulator.
https://www.arfb.com/.../video-introducing-agtech.../
