
Mena High School students competed in the DeQueen Mena Educational Cooperatives Capture The Flag Cybersecurity Event on Thursday. Isabel Vacca, Zachary Sweet, Dorian Knight, Elijah Smith won 1st place.


Mena Middle School FCCLA, FBLA, Yearbook Staff and Project Prevent Team students spent the day volunteering to ring the bell for the Salvation Army.


Mena High School Theatre students performed "White Christmas" for Holly Harshman Elementary on Wednesday. A performance for MMS will follow on Friday. Public performances will be Saturday at 7:00pm and Sunday at 2:30pm in the MHS Performing Arts Center.

The Jr. Bearcats played Lake Hamilton on Tuesday in the Union Bank Center.
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The boys are back in action on Wednesday when they face DeQueen at 8:15pm in the Steve Martin Jr. High Invitational at Dierks.

The Jr. Ladycats played Lake Hamilton on Tuesday in the Union Bank Center.
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The girls are back in action on Wednesday when they face Arkansas High at 7:00pm in the Steve Martin Jr. High Invitational at Dierks.

Mena High School Theatre students performed "White Christmas" for MHS on Tuesday. Performances for HHE will follow on Wednesday and MMS on Friday. Public performances will be Saturday at 7:00pm and Sunday at 2:30pm in the MHS Performing Arts Center.

HUGE congratulations to our Mena Bearcat elementary quiz bowl teams for winning 1st and 3rd place at the DMESC Polk/Montgomery QB tournament today!
We brought two teams, our Mena team went undefeated all day and placed 1st! The Bearcat team went 5-2 and placed 3rd overall!
This secured both teams a spot in the DMESC co-op regional tournament in January.


Mena Jr. High Basketball hosted Booneville on Thursday in the Union Bank Center.
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The teams are back in action December 3rd when they host Lake Hamilton at the UBC.

Mena 7th Grade Basketball hosted Booneville on Thursday in the Union Bank Center.
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The 7th Grade teams are back in action December 9th at DeQueen.

Mena High School JAG students Gracie Nash, Brooklyn Landrum,
and Kalley Gates attended State Competition in Little Rock on Wednesday. The students put on a good showing and were a wonderful reflection on our school. Gracie Nash placed 3rd overall in the state for financial literacy!


📚We Read Wednesday 📚
The Faculty and Staff at Louise Durham love books, reading and talking about all their favorite stories!
Meet Mrs. Trammell . She teaches Second Grade!
📚Mrs. Trammell always brings excitement to her classroom through great read alouds and introducing her students to new stories and characters!
Mrs. Trammell’s favorite book series is SkippyJon Jones
“ The SkippyJon Jones series is playful, imaginative and the author incorporates another language into her story telling! It is always a favorite read aloud that brings laughter and fun for my students!” ❤️📚
SkippyJon Jones by Judy Schachner
Grab this in our school library!


Thank you to Dr.Peppers Dentistry for the donation of toothbrushes and toothpaste to the MHS Take What You Need cart! We appreciate his support!


Mrs. White's class "tie" into a good book day!


MMS FBLA, Project Lead The Way and Programming 1 students took a field trip to the Arkansas Air and Military Museum in Greenland, AR Tuesday, November 19. Students were given a tour, explored a real C130, climbed a working air traffic control tower, and learned all about the many careers in the field of aviation both civilian and military. Some of the careers they learned about were pilot (commercial, cargo private, military), mechanic, air traffic control, engineering, drone piloting and other aviation technologies. Thank you to Laci and all the staff and speakers @aamm and to Coach Fryar for driving the bus to get us there!


Students from the MHS Introduction to Education Class recently toured Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, AR. They explored the outdoor walking trails and learned about certain works or art from a guided tour of the museum.
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The Mena Bearcats won their first round in the 4A State Football Playoffs on Friday.
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Mena will advance to play Elkins in round two on Friday, November 22nd !

Mena High School Theatre students performed "The Odyssey" for 9th grade English classes in the Performing Arts Center on Friday. The cast was
Nevaeh Baldwin
Charleigh Batten
Megan Lee
Payton Rose
Olivia Vanarsdale
Lara Vasconcelos

Mena High School Pep Rally Friday, November 15th.
Freshman take the spirit stick !!!!!

The Mena Ladycats played in the Union Bank Center on Thursday.
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Mena is back in action on Monday when they play Battiest OK. in the UBC.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...

The Mena High School Student Council helped serve 4 Thanksgiving lunches on Wednesday at Louise Durham Elementary. We are thankful for the opportunity to serve our district!
