The Spotlight Singers will travel to UCA in Conway to compete in state choral performance assessment.
Area 14 Special Olympics 1:00pm Bearcat Stadium
FFA @ State FFA Contests @ UofA
Soccer vs DeQueen @ Mena 5:00pm
Softball vs Hackett @Mena 4:30pm
GAMEDAY!
The Mena High School Spotlight Singers have a composite GPA of 3.77.
The Bearcat Chorus has a composite GPA of 3.3. GO BEARCATS!
The Arkansas Choral Directors Association recognizes academic achievement as well as musical excellence. We have 16 Bearcat Chorus students who received distinguished honors (3.25-4.0 GPA) and 3 who received excellent honors (3.0-3.24 GPA). Twelve of the Spotlight Singers received distinguished honors. Both choirs received Distinguished group academic honors. The Bearcat Chorus has a composite GPA of 3.3 and the Spotlight Singers have a composite GPA of 3.77. Congratulations:
Annie Baker
Elizabeth Bill
Dawsen Breeden
Ashtan Carr
Devon Davis
Maddison Gunn
Alexyss Hilderbrand
Jack Hunter
Bella Jung
Misael Knight
Tabitha Levering
Alyssa Maddox
Abby McConnell
Avery Powell
Fisher Neufeld
Jasper Richmond
Sierra Taylor
Hannah Willis
Lillian Bowen
Prom dues are $30. Juniors pay $30 for both Junior and Senior year. If you did not attend prom last year, this year is $30.00. Mrs. Hendrix will be collecting prom dues through noon April 12. Prom will be April 13 from 8-11 at the Ouachita Center.
The Mena FFA teams participated at the State Career Development Events on April 4th and 5th in Fayettville. These teams qualified by placing in the top 8 at the District level. The top 24 teams in the state competed at the State Contest. Mena FFA teams placed as follows:
Nursery/Landscape- 2nd Place Team ,
Ivy Curtis 4th High Individual,
Emily Sorge 6th High Individual ,
Halie Standerfer 10th High Individual
Livestock- 6th ,
Kyntlie Wiles 10th High Individual
Meats- 6th place
Forestry- 7th
Ag Mechanics-10th
Electricity- 14th
Mark Hobson fills you in on a jam packed week at the Mena Public Schools!
https://www.facebook.com/MenaPublicSchools/videos/583875055449754/
Congratulations to the Mena Basscats on a great day at Lake Hamilton today in the Trader Bills Tournament..JARRET BURGER & TRENTON HEAD finished 2nd in the Jr. Division & AUSTIN ROSE & EVAN GRAVES finished 3rd... AUSTIN JOHNSTON & CASON CANNON finished 7th in the Dr. Division..
Working on choreography in Theatre I this week!
Kristi Wilson’s Orientation to Teaching students at Mena High School working with Mrs. Thompkin’s students, a “win win” situation for all involved.
Journalism I students spent 6th period taking pictures of the “MHS Campus in Spring,” where they were able to capture nature, school, and students in photos on a beautiful April afternoon.
The Mena Bearcat baseball team run ruled Hope 11-1 in a short game at Union Bank Park Friday afternoon... Mena will play at Waldron on Monday at 4:30pm.. GO BEARCATS!
The Mena softball team beat Hope Friday afternoon 11-3 at Union Bank Park. The Ladycats will plat at Malvern on Tuesday.. GO LADYCATS!
Congrats to the following students for placing as finalists in the 2019 AAIM Student Media Festival! This statewide competition for various categories in photography and multimedia is held each year by the Arkansas Association of Instructional Media through each school's library. Thank you to Mrs. Ashcraft for coordinating and facilitating our students' entries!
These students have placed as finalists for their work in EAST on the VR project of the Old Mena Middle School Redesign on Main Street. Their actual category is listed as "Interactive Multimedia Application."
Please feel free to stop by anytime during EAST to view their project on the Oculus Rift! It is very cool!!
Jaxom Hughes
Preston Clegg
Tilman Portwood
Sam Efird
Cara Driggers
Wednesday April 10th
MHS---Junior Day @ UA Rich Mountain
Soccer @ Centerpoint 5:00pm
Softball vs Murfreesboro @Mena 4:30pm
FIRST PITCH AT 4:30pm!
"MHS Academy students learned the art of leather working and bracelet making from Lynn Dilbeck this morning. Thank you, Ms. Dilbeck, for your time and artistic knowledge. Polk County has AMAZING artists".
Mrs. Hughes has been working with MHS Biology students this week as they do their pig dissection projects.
The Mena Sr. Track teams competed in the Scrapper Relays at Nashville yesterday... The girls finished 10th & the boys finished 9th as a team... Here are the Individual results beginning with the Sr. Girls.
100 Hurdles - Lauren SIkes 5th
High Jump - Emily Wagner 5th
4x400 - Mena 7th
4x800 - Mena 8th
Sr. Boy individual results
1600 - Logan Myers 4th
3200 - Logan Myers 4th & Robert Mcintyre 6th
800 - Devin Adams 4th
4x800 - Mena 4th
300 Hurdles - Iaza Ingoglia 8th
The senior track teams will be back in action at Waldron on Thursday 4/11/19..
https://ar.milesplit.com/meets/336563/results
