Mena High School

Mena High School Was recently named to the ESPN Honor Roll for 2019 as one of the top 34 schools from across the country in its Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools National Recognition Program. The plaque arrived on Tuesday. Elizabeth Tompkins & the Unified Team members paused for a photo this morning! Www.espn.com/…/275279…/special-olympics-espn-honor-roll-2019.

Gameday Wednesday!

Mena Volleyball celebrated Sr. Night & hosted Malvern at the UBC Tuesday. The Jr. High JV won 2-1. Jr. High Varsity won 2-0 & the Mena Sr. Varsity won 3-0. The Ladycats will play at Camden Fairview Thursday & the State Tournament Begins on Tuesday in Morillton. GO LADYCATS!!

As Mena hosts Malvern this evening for volleyball action at the Union Bank Center, it will be the final home volleyball games of the 2019 season. Tonight's slate of games will feature the 7th grade, Junior High JV, Junior High Varsity, and Senior High Varsity teams. Prior to the start of the Senior High Varsity game, the Senior Night Ceremony will be held.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Lunch Today: salisbury steak, cheeseburger, spicy chicken sandwich We have Gatorade, Water, Chips, Beef Jerky and Rice Krispy Treats that are available for purchase if you have money in your lunch account. Students you must get a juice and/or fruit at breakfast. Students, please remember, you have to have money in your account to buy extras. Do not get extras unless you pay for it first. Students are not to be in the hallways during Lunch A or Lunch B. The library, cafeteria, or patio are available areas during lunch. Ms. Kropps Enrichment class is in the lead for most cans/non perishable items donated so far. Don't forget to bring your cans or non perishable items to win a pizza party for your enrichment class!! There will be an FFA Meeting during enrichment on Wednesday, October 30th. FFA Winter leadership ($20.00) money deadline is Tuesday, October 29 Pay Mr. Collins. CLUB MEETINGS & SPORTS THIS WEEK October 22-25 Tuesday, October 22, VB @ Mena vs. Malvern 4:00 Wednesday, October 23, Sci-Fi in the PAC during Enrichment, if you have not paid your dues, you can not come to the meeting. Thursday, October 24, JAG Officer Meeting, in Room 403 during Enrichment. Thursday, October 24, VB @ Camden 4:30 Thursday, October 24, Jr. FB @ Mena vs. Waldron 5:30/7:00 Friday, October 25, FB @ Waldron 7:00 Seniors, there is a Senior Quotes Google Form available in the Class of 2020 Enrichment Site on Google Classroom for you to complete. The yearbook staff is gathering your senior quotes for the 2020 Yearbook, so please have your quotes submitted on this form by Friday, October 18. The 2019 SAU Creative Writing Festival will be on Friday, November 8, and Mr. Philpot will be taking a group of students to this event this year. The deadline to submit an entry for the judged competition will be Wednesday, October 23. The trip is open Creative Writing and NEHS students. See Mr. Philpot for information and to express an interest in attending. AE will be hosting a food drive for God’s Feeding Hands Ministry October 14-November 15. If your Enrichment class elects to participate, please bring a canned good to your Enrichment class. The class that donates the most, will receive a pizza party provided by AE. Girls can sign up for a Powder Puff Football Tournament in Ms.Hobson’s room. Each class will have a team and compete against each other on November 4th. The cost is $3 to play and all proceeds go to Relay for Life! Any students wanting a free ticket to the Holly Springs Homestead Halloween Event on October 27th, see Mrs Gordon or Ms Alissa.

Gameday Tuesday!

The Mena Bearcats beat Elkins 42-6 & will play next Friday @ Waldron... Go Bearcats!

Mena Ladycat Volleyball ranked 6th in most recent Max Preps poll !

Friday, October 18, 2019 Lunch Today: Crispito’s w/Cheese, Corn Dog, Hamburger, Chicken Sandwich, MTO Baked Potato, MTO Deli, Sausage/Jalapeno Pizza, Pizza Salad We have Gatorade, Water, Chips, Beef Jerky and Rice Krispy Treats that are available for purchase if you have money in your lunch account. Students you must get a juice and/or fruit at breakfast. Students, please remember, you have to have money in your account to buy extras. Do not get extras unless you pay for it first. Students are not to be in the hallways during Lunch A or Lunch B. The library, cafeteria, or patio are available areas during lunch. No English tutoring for the rest of the week? SIP students will need to go to math tutoring to get the rest of their minutes. Congratulations to the Bearcat Band for receiving a 1st division superior rating at region marching assessment for the 11th consecutive year. There will be an FFA Meeting during enrichment on Wednesday, October 30th. FFA Winter leadership ($20.00) money deadline is Tuesday, October 29 Pay Mr. Collins. Fourteen choir students earned positions in the Region 3 All Region Honors Choirs. Those students are: Misael Knight, Kendall Posey, Gabe Betz--Mixed Choir; Cassidy Ashcraft, Miranda Burt, Hope Egger, Christina Gragg, Cloey Massey, Zoe McPherson, Ali Ogden, Nalu Pruitt--Women's Choir; Jack Hunter, Devon Davis, Anthony Martinez--Men's Choir. Ethan Scott earned first alternate and Sierra Taylor earned 5th alternate. Congratulations to all!! CLUB MEETINGS & SPORTS THIS WEEK October 14-18 Friday, October 18, Art/Unified Champion Special Olympics Friday, October 18, Sr. Football at Elkins Seniors, there is a Senior Quotes Google Form available in the Class of 2020 Enrichment Site on Google Classroom for you to complete. The yearbook staff is gathering your senior quotes for the 2020 Yearbook, so please have your quotes submitted on this form by Friday, October 18. The 2019 SAU Creative Writing Festival will be on Friday, November 8, and Mr. Philpot will be taking a group of students to this event this year. The deadline to submit an entry for the judged competition will be Wednesday, October 23. The trip is open Creative Writing and NEHS students. See Mr. Philpot for information and to express an interest in attending. AE will be hosting a food drive for God’s Feeding Hands Ministry October 14-November 15. If your Enrichment class elects to participate, please bring a canned good to your Enrichment class. The class that donates the most, will receive a pizza party provided by AE. Girls can sign up for a Powder Puff Football Tournament in Ms.Hobson’s room. Each class will have a team and compete against each other on November 4th. The cost is $3 to play and all proceeds go to Relay for Life! The Mena Realtors will be having a fundraiser for Special Olympics on Saturday from 10-2 at Atwoods!!! Hot dogs and drinks...There will also be Special Olympic Shirts for $5.00 each… Art Club will be this Friday in the Art Room (Rm 404), please pay your dues as soon as possible to attend. Dues are $3.00. Any students wanting a free ticket to the Holly Springs Homestead Halloween Event on October 27th, see Mrs Gordon or Ms Alissa.

Shout out to 9th grade Basketball players, Trevin Plunkett, Silas McIntyre and Mason Dillard working concessions at the JR high Football game Thursday night

Bearcat Football welcomed LDE students to school Friday!

Bearcat football visited the book fair at Holly Harshman Elementary & reminisced about good times! Go Bearcats!

The Mena 7th Grade Bearcats defeated Trinity Christian 26-6 Thursday night & the Jr. High Bearcats won their first game of the season 38-14. The teams will host Waldron on Thursday 10/24.. GO BEARCATS!

Mena Volleyball welcomed Magnolia to the Union Bank Center Thursday night. The 7th grade team played an intrasquad scrimmage, the Sr. High JV won 2-0 & the Sr. Varsity won 3-0. The Ladycats will host Malvern on Tuesday 10/22.

Gameday Thursday!

Thursday, October 17, 2019 Lunch Today: Mini Corn Dogs, Meatball Subs, Spicy Chicken Sandwich, Chicken Tenders, MTO Tortilla Line, Cheeseburger Pizza We have Gatorade, Water, Chips, Beef Jerky and Rice Krispy Treats that are available for purchase if you have money in your lunch account. Students you must get a juice and/or fruit at breakfast. Students, please remember, you have to have money in your account to buy extras. Do not get extras unless you pay for it first. Students are not to be in the hallways during Lunch A or Lunch B. The library, cafeteria, or patio are available areas during lunch. No English tutoring for the rest of the week? SIP students will need to go to math tutoring to get the rest of their minutes. Congratulations to the Bearcat Band for receiving a 1st division superior rating at region marching assessment for the 11th consecutive year. There will be an FFA Meeting during enrichment on Wednesday, October 30th. FFA Winter leadership ($20.00) money deadline is Tuesday, October 29 Pay Mr. Collins. Fourteen choir students earned positions in the Region 3 All Region Honors Choirs. Those students are: Misael Knight, Kendall Posey, Gabe Betz--Mixed Choir; Cassidy Ashcraft, Miranda Burt, Hope Egger, Christina Gragg, Cloey Massey, Zoe McPherson, Ali Ogden, Nalu Pruitt--Women's Choir; Jack Hunter, Devon Davis, Anthony Martinez--Men's Choir. Ethan Scott earned first alternate and Sierra Taylor earned 5th alternate. Congratulations to all!! CLUB MEETINGS & SPORTS THIS WEEK October 14-18 Thursday, October 17, NHS Thursday, October 17, Jr. High Football vs. Trinity Christian 5:30 Thursday, October 17, Volleyball vs. Magnolia 4:00 Friday, October 18, Art/Unified Champion Special Olympics Friday, October 18, Sr. Football at Elkins Seniors, there is a Senior Quotes Google Form available in the Class of 2020 Enrichment Site on Google Classroom for you to complete. The yearbook staff is gathering your senior quotes for the 2020 Yearbook, so please have your quotes submitted on this form by Friday, October 18. The 2019 SAU Creative Writing Festival will be on Friday, November 8, and Mr. Philpot will be taking a group of students to this event this year. The deadline to submit an entry for the judged competition will be Wednesday, October 23. The trip is open Creative Writing and NEHS students. See Mr. Philpot for information and to express an interest in attending. AE will be hosting a food drive for God’s Feeding Hands Ministry October 14-November 15. If your Enrichment class elects to participate, please bring a canned good to your Enrichment class. The class that donates the most, will receive a pizza party provided by AE. Girls can sign up for a Powder Puff Football Tournament in Ms.Hobson’s room. Each class will have a team and compete against each other on November 4th. The cost is $3 to play and all proceeds go to Relay for Life. Independent Living Class will have a Bake Sale on Friday -- Cake Balls and Brownies --- Come support our athletes and enjoy a treat before the 3 day weekend!!! The Mena Realtors will be having a fundraiser for Special Olympics on Saturday from 10-2 at Atwoods!!! Hot dogs and drinks...There will also be Special Olympic Shirts for $5.00 each… Art Club will be this Friday in the Art Room (Rm 404), please pay your dues as soon as possible to attend. Dues are $3.00. Any students wanting a free ticket to the Holly Springs Homestead Halloween Event on October 27th, see Mrs Gordon or Ms Alissa.

Congratulations to the Mena Bearcat Marching Band! They received a First Division Superior Rating at the Region VIII Marching Assessment in Fort Smith Tuesday!

The Mena School Board held their October meeting Tuesday evening at the district administration building. The lack of a quorum prevented the board from voting on items on the agenda & those were postponed until the November meeting. Mr. Benny Weston began the meeting with the superintendent's report. He mentioned that several district leaders, including himself, recently had a meeting with the state regarding minimum wage & new teacher pay requirements. The district now has specific guidelines to follow & Weston felt positive the district is in good shape regarding those changes. Weston also stated that the district has met with two phone companies & has a third scheduled to discuss a new phone system on each campus. Investigation also continues into the viability of a solar energy system & two solar companies have weighed in so far. The bulk of the meeting was taken up by the ESSA Report which was recently released by the Arkansas Department of Education. The Principal from each campus gave a report on their score & where they thought improvements could be made. Mr. Danny Minton gave an update on projects. The district recently completed an environmental safety & also the 3 year asbestos inspection. The district passed both & met state regulations. The floors at Jim Rackley & the Union Bank Center are scheduled to be resurfaced before the end of October. Construction on a visitors side press box at Bearcat Stadium should begin in two weeks. Menton gave an update on repair to a damaged section of the floor in the high school safe room & a quote of $7995.00 has been received on the addition of more handrails at the Union Bank Center. Finally the board was told of the resignation of Carol Sproles from the MMS Staff.

Mena volleyball played at Arkadelphia Tuesday. 7th grade won 3 to 0 Junior High JV won 3 to 0 Junior High Varsity won 2 to 0 & the Senior High Varsity won 3-0 Mena will play Magnolia in the UBC on Thursday. Go Ladycats!

Mena Middle School FCCLA and FBLA as well as Mena High School FCCLA attended CTSO leadership day at the Arkansas State Fair today.