The Holly Harshman Elementary teachers and staff love reading, book talks, and sharing many of their favorite titles with you.
4th grade Science teacher, Mrs. Sterner, recently decided to give a new genre a try! She had always believed that she would never like a mystery book until her friends kept suggesting great books! After reading one, she read another, and then another, and now she has found a new favorite genre! She wants to encourage those who are struggling to find a good book, to “think about trying something different!”
Which new genre would you like to try?
Congratulations to Robbie! He joined the 💯 point club today!
The Holly Harshman Elementary teachers and staff love reading, book talks, and sharing many of their favorite titles with you.
The HHE Principal, Tamara Smart, has chosen one of her all- time favorite read-alouds she loved sharing with her students when she was a teacher here at HHE (yes, she used to be a teacher! 😀)-The Naked Mole-Rat Letters written by Mary Amato.
“The Naked Mole Rat Letters by Mary Amato is about a 12-year-old girl named Frankie who discovers that her dad is emailing a zookeeper named Ayanna. Worried that this could mean big changes for her family, Frankie starts replying to the emails herself—without her dad knowing—trying to push Ayanna away. As the story unfolds, Frankie learns some important lessons about honesty, growing up, and the unexpected ways people can connect. It’s funny, heartfelt, and full of quirky moments (yes, including actual naked mole rats).
Check out this wonderful book at your school library!
Six students represented Holly Harshman Elementary at the 2025 Polk County Spelling Bee on Wednesday! Each student displayed great courage and knowledge. Here are the results.
3rd Grade:
3rd Place Bode Schauble
4th Grade:
2nd Place: Julia Henry
5th Grade:
1st Place: Tristn Sanders
2nd Place: Wyatt Brosius
WE are so proud of all of them!
Nikko is surpassing his Accelerated Reading 📖 goals left & right!! He’s at over 400 points and received a gift certificate for the restaurant of his choice! Reading takes you places- it’s taking Nikko to LaVilla!
Holly Harshman Lexia Superstar leveling up
HHE’s version of “Spotlight Singers” sang the National Anthem this morning during announcements!!
This week’s Teammate Award Winners at HHE are McKenna Kimberlin & Isaiah Avila.
Lexia Superstar leveling up!
Mrs. Reeves’ Literacy 100 point tier goal getters!!
WE introduced our new staff members at our assembly this morning! 😁😁
*Rhiannon Fisher- Principal’s Secretary
*Thad Thomas- HHE Resource Officer
HHE Lexia Superstar leveling up!
Our HHE kiddos were living their best life during inside recess at the new Hensley Activity Center!! WE are loving it!!
Madison Phillips & Presley Benson are HHE Teammate Award Winners and were honorary team captains at Monday's Ladycat basketball game.
Christmas Around the World! 🌎 🎄 4th Grade students got to explore how Christmas is celebrated around the world! They got to visit Iceland, Mexico, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Australia!
This week’s Teammate Award Winners at HHE are Madison Phillips & Zander McMillan. NOT pictured are Brastyn Vespie & Presley Benson
Check the complete school calendar on our website at the link below.
https://www.menaschools.org/page/school-calendars
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.
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.
Mrs. White's class "tie" into a good book day!
