Mena High School

Mena Ladycat Volleyball is in Branson Missouri for the Licking Team Camp this week. On day one they found time for a little team bonding at Fritz's Adventure. GO LADYCATS!!!

The Mena Public Schools are well represented at the 46th Annual Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators Summer Conference in Little Rock. In the Photo: Amy Montgomery - MHS Assistant Principal David Maxwell - MHS Principal Dr. Lee Smith - Superintendent Bridget Buckley - Assistant Superintendent Christy Harrison - SPED Supervisor Teresa Warner - MMS Assistant Principal Pete Rose - LDE Building Manager

Attention Mena FFA and Mena Public Schools 4-H Livestock Exhibitors: This Saturday registration for the County Fair will open. Use the link below to register. Also remember if you are showing at AYE you have to get registered by Saturday! https://polkar.fairwire.com/?fbclid=IwAR1q7S4Su6Q9_CjjhRlf_94-W7kvaw56fUKdHuVLezFCywftgqP5UD0Ej2g

The 2021 Open House is just around the corner!

Add this to the list of jobs you wouldn’t want. Painting the eyebrow red on the main entrance at Mena High School.

Mena hosted another team camp at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Thursday. DeQueen, Hackett & Mansfield participated & the Bearcats were clicking. See the 2021 schedule on our website at https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=19617

The Mena Bearcat golf season tees off one week from Monday ! https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=20088

The Mena shooting sports team worked in some practice time on Wednesday afternoon. This is the first year for the program & these Bearcats can really sling the lead.

Michelle Finn, an educational consultant with Marzanos Research, will spend the day with Mena School District faculty on Thursday, August 12th. She will focus on The New Art and Science of Teaching. Student engagement and the district instructional model will be highlights of the day. Finn is the a coauthor of A Handbook for Personalized, Competency-Based Education. Michelle recently received notoriety as a cast member on the tv show "Alone" on the History Channel. https://www.history.com/shows/alone/cast/michelle-finn

Congratulations to the Mena Ladycats on their 5th place finish at the 501 Volley Team Camp. After day one Mena was 2nd based on their point percentage formula. 16 teams competed in 3 rounds of pool play and then bracket play. Those teams included 🏐Benton-1 🏐Little Rock Christian 🏐Bryant 🏐Mount St. Mary 🏐Paris 🏐Mena 🏐Baptist Prep 🏐Episcopal Collegiate 🏐Fountain Lake 🏐Cabot 🏐Beebe 🏐Brookland 1 🏐Benton 2 🏐Brookland 2 🏐Little Rock Central 🏐Greenbrier Mena will play a benefit game on August 19th at Van Buren & the season opener will be on August 23rd when the Ladycats host Waldron. https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=19738

*** WAY BACK WEDNESDAY *** 2008 was not so long ago for some of us but 13 years qualifies for WBW ! JEREMY DERAMUS & MYCAH WAGNER back in the day !

Mena Public Schools Transportation Supervisor James Davis would like to remind you that the bus driver in service will be Monday, July 26th. This will be for all bus drivers from 9am-noon & Mena drivers will continue from 1pm-3pm. All happening in the MHS Performing Arts Center.

The Mena Bearcats hosted a team camp at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Tuesday. Teams from Horatio & Dierks participated.. Mena will host another team camp on Thursday 7/22 & the annual parent meeting & family night will be Thursday at 6pm. Thge Bearcats will play a scrimmage game at Mansfield on August 17th & the season opener is on August 27th when they host DeQueen. GO BEARCATS!!! https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics?filter_ids=19617

Congratulations to 2021 graduate SAM EFIRD ! Sam will be attending Ouachita Baptist University & on Monday he signed his letter of intent to play baseball for the Tigers. Efird was an all conference performer for the Bearcats in baseball, football & basketball.

The 2021 Mena Ladycat volleyball schedule has been released. The first game is a benefit game that will be played at Van Buren on August 19th. GO LADYCATS!!!!! https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics...

This isn't the cover you will find in the stores but inside this year's Hooten's Arkansas Football you will find JAKE BROTHERTON on the 4-4A Conference cover page & LOGAN YANG on the pre season 4A All Super Sonic Team! Pick up a copy today.

Bearcat coaches were "Tipping The Tank" at the Mena Wal-Mart on Saturday. TTT is a fundraiser for the Arkansas Children's Hospital. Coaches Randy Peters, Isaac Minton, Tommy Johnson & Craig Bentley looked right at home & had obviously been practicing for weeks. GO BEARCATS!!!!

The Math department at Mena High School will have a new face included in 2021/2022. We are excited to have KATHY SMITH on board. My name is Kathy Smith. I hold a Bachelor of Science in applied mathematics and a minor in German from the University of Iowa and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Southern Arkansas University. I learned to call the Hogs in Nepal where I served as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1991-1993. I have worked in the finance, biotechnology, and logistics industries. After homeschooling my 5 children for several years, I returned to public education.

Join us in welcoming AMY MONTGOMERY to the Mena High School crew!!! Hi, my name is Amy Montgomery and I am excited to be joining Mena Public Schools as the new Assistant Principal at Mena High School and AE Director. I obtained my Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Henderson State University and my Master of Science in Education from Arkansas State University. I just finished 20 years in education with 14 years spent teaching mathematics, 3 years as a K-12 Mathematics Instructional Facilitator, and 3 years as a Curriculum Director. I enjoy spending time with my two children, Luke and Avery.

Good day of work at Pottsville today for the Junior High Bearcats! A lot of reps against a lot of different teams! We are proud of this group!