Louise Durham Elementary School
Home of the Bearcats
March 3, 2020
Louise Durham Elementary teams won 1st and 2nd place in the 1st grade Battle if the Books competition at DMESC on Tuesday 3/3/20. Go Bearcats!
February 28, 2020
Follow the link to School Choice Forms! Please complete both forms - page 1 and page 2. \r\n https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/…/School_Choice_Form_202… \r\n
February 20, 2020
Congratulations Mrs. Kathy Smallwood who won the Vyve Teacher of the Month! This is voted online by parents and students.
January 31, 2020
Thank you Mena Mayor, Seth Smith for the signing of a proclamation for Feb. 3-7,2020 as National School Counseling Week. The Mena School Counselors were recognized at the HHE Bear...
January 28, 2020
Louise Durham Librarian Tiffany Williams has an article featured in the most recent publication by The Arkansas Association of Instructional Media. \r\n https://indd.adobe.com/…/d...
December 4, 2019
If your student wants to be a Bearcat you should know that the enrollment window for the second semester is now open. Forms can be picked up from the district you are currently at...
October 11, 2019
Parent Teacher Conference will be on Thursday, October 17th at Louise Durham Elementary. The time will be 3:30-8:30pm with a supper break for staff from 5:30-6:10pm. See you there...
October 7, 2019
Arkansas Rural Education Association is spotlighting the Mena School District! With an enrollment of 1737 students, Mena is in the DeQueen-Mena Coop area in Polk County and employ...
October 3, 2019
The Louise Durham Fall Carnival King & Queen were crowned on Tuesday 10/1/19. Congratulations to Cord Gibbs and Liliana Youmans... GO LD BEARCATS!
October 3, 2019
Our Louise Durham Elementary Carnival King and Queen are ready for the homecoming parade. Go Bearcats!!!!
September 18, 2019
Mr. Benny Weston has been named the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators Superintendent of the Year. Richard Abernathy presented the award at the annual report to...
September 16, 2019
Congratulations to Mrs. Williams, our teacher of the month! Mrs. Williams is our librarian and helps us establish a culture of reading and a love for books!! She works very hard fo...
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 5, 2019
There will be a few changes in the cafeteria this year that you need to be aware of... At LDE & HHE they will be implementing the new FUEL program... A new specialty item wil...
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 30, 2019
Nurse Becky is putting Mena bus drivers through their paces today. Brushing up on their CPR skills in preparation for the new school year. The first day of school is Wednesday, Au...
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 17, 2019
Free school supplys will be available to all students during open house.
Pre-K Orientation-Friday August 2nd Kindergarten-Monday,August 5th 2nd grade-Tuesday, August 6th 1st gr...
July 11, 2019
The Mena School District sent a team of administrators to the 2019 High Reliability Schools Summit in Denver. This dynamic professional learning experience was attended by Paulett...