September 4, 2019
ESPN has announced the ESPN Honor Roll for 2019 -- a list of top 34 schools from across the country - as part of its Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools National Recognition...
August 31, 2019
A new drumline was purchased for the Bearcat Band this year. This was made possible because of the generosity of an anonymous donor, the Union Bank of Mena, and the Mena Band Boos...
August 30, 2019
The 2019 Mena High School Homecoming Court was announced this morning at the first pep rally of the new football season. The homecoming court, determined by student votes, is: Se...
August 27, 2019
Mena Public Schools will be closed for the Labor Day Holiday on Monday, September 2nd... Classes will resume on all campuses on Tuesday, September 3rd at the regular time... We ho...
August 20, 2019
Children are at a greater risk of dehydration than adults. This is because in relation to their size, children have a larger proportion of their skin available to lose sweat an...
August 19, 2019
The Mena School District Annual Report to the Public will be on Tuesday, September 17th in the Administration Building located at 501 Hickory in Mena. Facilities Meeting - 5:00pm...
August 9, 2019
Mena Public Schools would like to encourage our patrons to fill out the form for free & reduced meals. It is also important for you to know that if you did not qualify & your empl...
August 8, 2019
The Mena High School Handbook is now on our website.. Follow the link... https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/432289/19-20_Student_Handbook_-Appro...
August 7, 2019
The Mena Middle School & Mena High School faculty underwent a safety training & safety drill this morning. Louise Durham & Holly Harshman faculty will receive the same training o...
August 6, 2019
Info you need to know before August 14th! http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/…/2019R/Pages/BillInformation… Act 738 recently went into effect in Arkansas. It restricts the use o...
August 6, 2019
From Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer!
Yesterday I had the honor and the privilege of certifying a brand new batch of reserve Officers. Many of them are school employees that s...
August 4, 2019
Mena teachers Scott Wright, Danna Lee Griffin, Elizabeth Tompkins, Aarika Cox & Chris Cox attended the Unified Champion Schools Conference in Little Rock on Saturday.... \r\n http...
July 30, 2019
The Polk County Virtual Academy will host an informational meeting on August 9th at 10am in the Mena High School Library. Current parents or guardians of PCVA students as well as ...
July 29, 2019
In a recent poll by the Mena Star the Mena Public Schools were chosen as "Best School". We would like to thank our patrons for their continued support. At MPS we want to see impro...
July 25, 2019
Polk County Virtual Academy is excited to announce our partnership with Edmentum and Calvert Learning for our K-8 curriculum in the 2019-2020 school year. Calvert Learning has bee...
July 24, 2019
The Mena School Board met at the district administration building the evening of Tuesday, July 23rd. The meeting began with the superintendent’s report. Mr. Weston gave the board...
July 24, 2019
The Mena School District will be adding Coach Jim Pennington to their coaching staff as the Head Senior Boys Basketball Coach and Head Girls/Boys Tennis Coach. Arkansas coaching l...
July 24, 2019
In 2016 Bearcat Foundation, Inc. partnered with Mena Public Schools to develop a consistent, new funding program for all 13 athletic programs from 7th-12th grade. This allows coac...
July 18, 2019
If you live outside the Mena School District & your child wants to be a Bearcat, or if you missed the school choice deadline, there are some important dates coming up that you need...
July 18, 2019
Mena School District Superintendent, Benny Weston, received his Superintendent of the Year plaque last week at Arkansas Rural Education Conference in Eureka Springs.