The Mena Ladycats travelled to Branson Missouri on Sunday and will be competing at the Licking Volleyball Camp Monday & Tuesday, GO LADYCATS!
New signage will greet parents & students at Mena Middle School when the new school year begins on August 22nd.
Please welcome Brooke Macheler to the staff at Mena Middle School!
Hello, my name is Brooke Macheler. I am so excited to be joining Mena Middle School as your new school nurse. I received my LPN from the U of A at Rich Mountain in 2017. I have worked in long term care, but look forward to this opportunity to work with our youth. I have 5 children, 4 of whom attend Mena Public schools. I'm passionate about being a mother and helping others. I love being outdoors and being with my kids. I am so blessed to be given this opportunity and look forward to this upcoming school year.
The Mena Jr. High Bearcats hosted Horatio & Mansfield for a team camp at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Tuesday. The season opener is September 1st at Centerpoint.
The Sr. High, Jr. High & 7th grade boys basketball teams hosted Horatio, Booneville, Jessieville & Cossatot in a team camp on Thursday.
Mena teachers continue to work in preparation for 2022-2023.
On Tuesday educators underwent MathQuEST training the MHS Library.
Math QuEST (Quantitative Essentials for Students and Teachers)
is a journey for ambitious teaching that promotes equity and engagement of all students in meaningful mathematics learning experiences of reasoning and problem solving. AR Math QuEST empowers educators and families to help students develop positive identities as doers
of mathematics to increase student achievement.
The Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is offering a two-year Dyslexia Therapist Training Course for certified Arkansas public school teachers. The goal of this project is to develop a network of Certified Academic Language Therapists (CALT) for the purpose of providing a specialized dyslexia instructional program designed to provide therapy to public school students with dyslexia or related reading and written-language difficulties. Mena Middle School RTI/Dyslexia Interventionist, Mrs. Alicia Farringer was chosen to take part in this initiative. This training is being provided using the Take Flight Curriculum. Noel Leif, co-founder and instructor of Springfield Center for Learning and Dyslexia is pictured below with Mrs. Farringer.
Mr. Max Hartwig is joining the crew at Mena Middle School!
Hi, My name is Max Hartwig. I am excited to be a part of what is happening at the Mena Public School District. I am looking forward to working with students and staff, taking every opportunity to learn and teach. I have worked with students of all ages from 6th grade to college age through youth and college ministry. I am a graduate of Mena High School and have attended college at RMCC and UAFS. I am a Christian husband and father. My wife, Holly, and I have been married for 8 years and we have 4 awesome and crazy kids (soon to be 5)! We are both proud Texans and are looking forward to what God has in store for us and this community!
Day two of the Mena High School Class of 2023 Senior Pictures were today in the MHS safe room. Any students who didn’t get their senior pictures taken with the school over these past two days will need to get their pictures taken during the makeup picture day in mid-September.
The Sr. Bearcats competed at the Pottsville Team Camp on Tuesday. The season opener is on August 26th at DeQueen, Check the complete schedule at the link below
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=19617
Please welcome Maranda Cash to Mena High School !
Hi, my name is Maranda Cash and I am excited to be joining Mena Public Schools as the new 9th grade English teacher. I obtained my bachelor’s degree in English Education with a minor in English as a second language at Arkansas Tech University. I also obtained a master’s degree in Special Education From Arkansas Tech. I have been teaching for two years.
The Mena football team worked out for the first time on the new turf at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Monday. Check this years schedule on the website at https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics
Please welcome Sandra Spence to Louise Durham Elementary!
I graduated from University of Oregon with a BA in English. I put my degree to good use drafting manufacturing contracts in California’s Silicon Valley. While working, I added an Associates in Paralegal Studies. In my spare time, I enjoy gardening, writing, quilting and many forms of art. Passing on my love of the written word is a challenge and a blessing, and if there’s one thing I could teach your student, it’s this: The only limit to what you can achieve is the limit you set for yourself.
Please welcome Kristine Albin to the team at Mena High School!
Hello, my name is Kristine Albin. I will be teaching 11th and 12th grade English at Mena High School. I was born in Mena and a lot of my family is still here. I look forward to returning to my home town to help prepare local students for their future careers and goals.
Holly Harshman Elementary will once again be providing most of the supplies needed by our students for the 2022/2023 school year. Below is a short list of items that parents will need to provide.
Mena High School Class of 2023 Senior Pictures are being taken in the MHS Safe Room today and tomorrow, July 11 and 12.
Students were mailed appointment cards, but we know there's always a handful of students who don't get their cards in the mail. Any students who don't get their photos done today or tomorrow, we will have a senior pictures makeup day sometime in September.
The sitting fee is $10, and can paid with cash or check if the student didn’t already confirm their appointment and pay online.
For further information or any questions, contact MHS Yearbook Adviser Andy Philpot at andy.philpot@menaschools.org
Social Studies, Art, and Math working together to gain some practical life skills to pass on to our Middle School students! Pictured MMS staff: Claire Williamson 7th grade Social Studies, Le Ann Johnson 6th - 8th Math, and Malea Ellison 7th grade Math. “
Please welcome DAVID CHANEY to the staff at Mena Middle School!
Hello, my name is David Chaney and I am the new Mena Middle School Band Director. I grew up in the Mena band program and am excited to be home! My primary instrument is the Saxophone and I had the opportunity to play in the Hendrix College Wind Ensemble before transferring to Central Baptist College and playing in the Mustang Band. I graduated from CBC in 2021. I have been married to my beautiful wife Avanlea Chaney for nearly 2 years, and we have two pets a dog and a cat. I am so excited to be back home in Mena! Go Bearcats!
Please welcome HOLLY WELSER to the staff at Mena High School!
Hello! I am looking forward to my first year in the Mena High School Science Department. I am coming from Conway High where I have been teaching Environmental Science. Before that, I taught Agricultural Sciences.
I am originally from Kentucky and have always enjoyed the outdoors, animals and plants. I currently raise dogs, rabbits, garden and am a beginning beekeeper.
I also have been a 4-H agent and love guiding students to enjoy learning by doing! I am ready to start exploring the Life Sciences with my students.
