Mena High School

The Mena Bearcats defeated Dardanelle 2-1 today & will advance to the AAAA State Tournament Semi-Finals... Mena will face Valley View on Saturday at 4pm... The winner of this game will play in the State Championship... GO BEARCATS!

Scotty Jenkins, our set builder for Oz, came today to talk about set building, acting, and directing comedies. He starred in his first play at 17 and has been involved in community theatre since. Thanks for coming to speak for our Spotlight on the Theatre Artist Series.

Congratulations to the 2019-2020 Spotlight Singers!!!! Miranda Burt Ali Ogden Cloey Massey Christina Gragg Cassidy Ashcraft Cassidy Delaney Zoe McPherson Kendall Posey Hope Egger Nalu Pruitt

Check out the Mena Schools Weather Bug! https://www.weatherbug.com/weather-forecast/now/mena-ar-71953?location=mena-ar-71953

Mena High School student Renesa Khanijow has passed all the required Microsoft Office Specialist tests (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Word Expert, and Excel Expert) to become a Microsoft Office Master!

We will have the annual free physicals on Tuesday, May 14. All coaches will hand out the physical forms. Ladycats will be at 5:30 PM in the UBC and Bearcats will follow. This is the only opportunity to provide free physicals.

Mena High School student Renesa Khanijow has passed all the required Microsoft Office Specialist tests (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Word Expert, and Excel Expert) to become a Microsoft Office Master!

MHS May 10th, 2019 The Bearcat soccer team will play Dardanelle today at 4 against Dardanelle at Batesville Southside in the 4A State Soccer Tournament. If you have a pig displayed in the library, please go by and pick it up to take home. Ms. Hoyle wants to say thank you to all the artists for the amazing art and for sharing it with the school! If you want a copy of the Lip Sync DVD, you must pay $10 to Ms. Kropp by today. The Scholarship/Completer Assembly will be May 17th at 8:30 (Not May 10th). Graduation Practice will be after assembly at Bearcat Stadium. Seniors by today you need to make sure all fines and lunch dues are paid, that you have brought back books from on-line classes at RMCC, accept your Arkansas Challenge money, and sign up in the office for your final transcript to be sent. Teachers and students you have to have money in your account to eat. No more negative accounts allowed. We will have the annual free physicals on Tuesday, May 14. All coaches will hand out the physical forms. Ladycats will be at 5:30 PM in the UBC and Bearcats will follow. This is the only opportunity to provide free physicals. All cap and gowns that have been ordered and not paid for are in the office. Herf Jones is accepting cash only or you can pay on-line. Any FFA member who is interested in attending Arkansas FFA leadership conference June 24-27 needs to sign-up with Mr. Collins. Cost will be 40.00 per student. Sign-up with Money Deadline is today. Today is the last day you can purchase a Senior Brick for the Senior Walk. See Mr. Breedlove anytime during the day to purchase a brick. The cost is $20. Lunch: Crispitos with cheese sauce

On Wednesday May 9th, MHS Senior Tyra Dollarhyde received her D1.1 SMAW Welding Certification through the UARM Welding Program. This certification allows Tyra to work as a certified SMAW welder. We are so proud of Tyra and her accomplishments. Her future is bright!

MHS Yearbook students had the honor of giving copies of the 2019 MHS Yearbook to Mr. Torix and Mr. Breedlove this morning. Thank you for all the support, gentlemen!

The Mena High School Theatre Department had their annual play parties for Theatre I in second and sixth periods, which has been sponsored by Ginger Sterner of Edward Jones in Mena for many years! Thanks so much for supporting the arts! #pizzaforthewin #theatreclass #castparty

Your graduation speaker for 2019 is Chris Thompson! Congratulations!

The Mena Bearcat Soccer team won their opening game in the state tournament today 2-1 over Hamburg.. Mena will play the winner of the Dardanelle/Heber Springs game on Friday at 4pm at Southside High School in Batesville... GO BEARCATS!

Congratulations to Mena High School Senior Kyntlie Wiles... Recipient of the 2019 Polk County Farm Bureau Scholarship..

FFA Officer application deadline is May 9 Thursday. There will be a FFA officer candidate meeting on May 9 Thursday during enrichment. Any FFA member who is interested in attending Arkansas FFA leadership conference June 24-27 needs to sign-up this week with Mr. Collins.

Friday, May 10th is the last day you can purchase a Senior Brick for the Senior Walk. See Mr. Breedlove anytime during the day to purchase a brick. The cost is $20.

Mena Soccer near the top of Max Preps Class AAAA Rankings.. State Tournament begins Thursday & the opponent is Hamburg...

Ruby K came today for our second day of the Spotlight Series on Theatre artists. She has worked with us at the high school on costumes many times and is much beloved by my students. They got to hear about how she dreamed to meet and work with all the people in the movies and then accomplished that goal! #theatreartist #theatreclass

MHS May 8th, 2019 The final FBLA meeting of the year will be held in Mrs. Torix's room today during Enrichment. We will conduct our new officer installation during this meeting. All members are encouraged to attend, but check in with your Enrichment teacher first, then come to Mrs. Torix's room. The 2019 Yearbook Distribution Assembly will be this afternoon. There are still 12 yearbooks available for purchase, and they can be bought and reserved by paying $60 cash or check to Mr. Philpot in Room 205 prior to the distributions assembly. Any remaining yearbooks will be sold during the assembly on a first come first serve basis. If you want a copy of the Lip Sync DVD, you must pay $10 to Ms. Kropp by this Friday, May 10th. The Scholarship/Completer Assembly will be May 17th at 8:30 (Not May 10th). Graduation Practice will be after assembly at Bearcat Stadium. Seniors before Friday you need to make sure all fines and lunch dues are paid, that you have brought back books from on-line classes at RMCC, accept your Arkansas Challenge money, and sign up in the office for your final transcript to be sent. FFA Officer application deadline is May 9 Thursday. Also, there will be a FFA officer candidate meeting on May 9 Thursday during enrichment. All FFA members who turned in an officer application are required to attend this meeting. Teachers and students you have to have money in your account to eat. No more negative accounts allowed. We will have the annual free physicals on Tuesday, May 14. All coaches will hand out the physical forms. Ladycats will be at 5:30 PM in the UBC and Bearcats will follow. This is the only opportunity to provide free physicals. All cap and gowns that have been ordered and not paid for are in the office. Herf Jones is accepting cash only or you can pay on-line. Any FFA member who is interested in attending Arkansas FFA leadership conference June 24-27 needs to sign-up this week with Mr. Collins. Cost will be 40.00 per student. Sign-up with Money Deadline is May 9th. Friday, May 10th is the last day you can purchase a Senior Brick for the Senior Walk. See Mr. Breedlove anytime during the day to purchase a brick. The cost is $20. Lunch: Chicken Nugget Bowl.

The Mena Future Farmers of America Banquet was held Monday night at the Ouchita Center. A large crowd was on hand to see FFA members recieve their awards... GREENHANDS Jake Short, Dustin Poor, Drey Ozanich, Breezy Hendrix, Evan Graves, Austin Rose, Navya Morris,Jakelyn Goodner, Cassidy Ashcraft, Taylor Thacker &Allison Bates.. STAR GREENHAND AWARD Taylor Thacker, Breezie Hendricks & Drey Ozanich. CHAPTER FARMER AWARDS Jaycee Allen, Cooper Anderle, Madison Blair, Shane Brown, Sam Cude, Ivy Curtis, Skyler Head, Tori Hilton, Makori Gabriel, Hope Lott, Kylee Woody & Kinley Ruskin. STAR CHAPTER FARMER AWARD Halie Standifer HONORARY CHAPTER FARMER AWARD Shane Torix STATE FARMER RECIPIENT Mikayla Evans ALLBAUGH LEADERSHIP AWARD Morgan Miller & Brenden Catlett CRESS MEMORIAL AWARD Mikala Evans & Simeon Fields CHRIS JONES SCHOLARSSHIP Halie Standifer NRCS SCHOLARSHIP Emily Sorge FARM CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP Halie Standifer PHILLIP SPEER FAMILY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Emily Sorge CONNORS STATE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP Kyntlie Wiles