Mena Middle School

I am from Mountain Home, AR and graduated from Arkansas Tech University with my Bachelor’s in Agriculture Education. I am beyond excited to create a positive and engaging learning environment. I just recently moved to Mena and love everything about it so far! I also cannot wait to hike Queen Wilhelmina.

New employee orientation was held on Wednesday in the Mena High School Library. The district wide open house is Thursday, August 7th. The first day of school is Wednesday, August 13th.

Hi, I’m Amy Montgomery, Assistant Principal at Mena
Middle School. With 24 years of experience in education,
I’ve had the privilege of serving as a classroom teacher,
instructional facilitator, curriculum director, Mena High
School assistant principal/AE director, and novice
teacher mentor. I’m a proud mom of two, Luke, a 2022
MHS graduate, and Avery, a rising junior at MHS. I’m
excited to join the Mena Middle School community and
look forward to serving our students, staff, and families.
It’s a great day to be a Bearcat again!

Mena School Counselors are attending the Arkansas School Counselors Association Conference this week at the Hot Springs Convention Center.

The Jr. Ladycats spent Monday and Tuesday at the Morrilton Team Basketball Camp.

We’re gearing up to Stuff the Bus for all area schools, and we need your help! 🎉 📍 This Friday, June 20th 🕗 8 AM – 6 PM 📍 Mena Walmart Parking Lot We’ll be collecting school supplies for students across Polk County to help them start the school year prepared and confident. Let’s make a big impact together! 📝 Most needed items include: #2 Pencils ✏️ Crayons 🖍️ Glue & Glue Sticks Pencil Boxes & Zipper Bags Colored Pencils Plastic & Paper Folders Composition Notebooks 📓 Loose Leaf Paper (Wide & College Ruled) 📅 Can’t make it this Friday? Mark your calendar for our next Stuff the Bus date: July 18th! Let’s pack the bus and set our students up for success!

Welcome Leilani Day to the team at Mena Middle and Mena High School. I am so excited to be back home and have the opportunity to coach the sport I enjoy so much as well as teach the subject that made me want to become a teacher. I am excited for the school year and all the new beginnings it will bring.

Mena Public School Administrators have been attending the Leadership Institute hosted by the DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative at Degray Lake State Park this week. Mena staff continues preparations for the 2025-2026 school year which begins on August 13th. See the complete school calendar at the link below. https://www.menaschools.org/page/school-calendars

The Jr. Ladycats attended the Harding Team Basketball Camp on Sunday and Monday. The Jr. Ladycats will attend the Morrilton Team Camp on Monday, June 16th and Tuesday, June 17th.

The Mena Jr. High Cheer Team is preparing for the 2025-2026 season. The group attended the Varsity Stunt Clinic in Hot Springs on Monday.

Mena coaches & players helped area youngsters improve their basketball skills this week at the Little Cats Camp in the Union Bank Center. A busy week is ahead for the Bearcat basketball team beginning at the Southeast Oklahoma State Team Camp and followed by the NWA Shootout.

The Jr. Bearcats competed in the Greenwood Team Camp on Monday. The team will be at the Charleston Team Camp on June 11th.

The Little Ladycats Basketball Camp came to close on Wednesday. Thanks to all who attended and the parents for bringing them to the camp. We had a great time and learned a lot from each other.

8th Graders at Mena Middle School enjoyed Field Day on Wednesday!!!

The Class of 2025 participated in the Senior Walk at all four Mena campuses on Tuesday..

80 Mena Middle School students recently earned their Arkansas Hunters Education Certification. 53 scored between a 90-100 and 7 made perfect score. Thank you Coach Rose for teaching the course.

The Mena Public Schools are pleased to be hosting the Area 14 Special Olympics at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium!

From Computers to the Trails — A Journey of Creativity After conquering the NYX NoCode Hackathon, these Mena students took their victory to the great outdoors, joined by Sam and Lucas of Beeline MTB, Karen Kilroy of NyxNoCode, and Doug, Kenny, and Joe from the Matthew Mark Foundation. Beeline gifted the bikes to these students for more future fun on the trails! We also thank the Walmart Foundation for helping dreams ride even farther!

Mena Jr. High Track competed in the 4-4A Conference Meet on Monday in Clarksville. For the Ladycats Skylar Bahr won the Triple Jump & Long Jump. Brynlee Bahr won the Pole Vault. For the Bearcats Hank Rose had High Point and also won the Triple Jump & Long Jump. See complete results at the link below. https://milesplit.live/meets/665280

The DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative hosted Destination Science STEM Challenge on Wednesday. The 2025 Winners from Mena include: Balloon car: 2nd: Lainey Smart Blindfold cubing: 1st: Braylon Brandenburg and Keegan Stone Catapult: 1st: Larson Woods Earthquake: 1st: Raelyn Ashcraft and Haidyn Valdovinos 3rd: Jocelyn Cecil and Halia Peterson Egg drop: 2nd: Kinsey Mullen High school 1st: Gloria Roberts 2nd: Hadassah Torres Generator: 1st: Kaylee Cox and Jacie Kesterson 2nd: Wyeth Webber and Talen West Paper roller coast: 1st: Sophie Dowdy and Kambree Martin Mystery Challenge: 1st: Areana Alemeda, Kambree Martin, Annie Hughes and Melanie Cude Middle school Technology Competitions: Web presence 1st: Prachi Desai 2nd: Logan Chambers 3rd: Cooper Rowe Video competition 1st: Kenley Cochran 2nd: Camryn Stepp 3rd: Lynda Maechler High school Technology Competitions: Web presence 1st: Raelyn Ashcraft 2nd: Jaslynn Turner 3rd: Avery Cox Video competition 1st: Annabelle Sprague 2nd: Kinley Cox 3rd: Sason Walker Toothpick bridge: Middle school 2nd: Francesca Vacca and Makinley Vega 3rd: Angel Cecilio and Karsyn Baber High school 1st: Arean Alemeda Robotics-Lego Middle school 1st: Briar Robinson and Judius Steffler 2nd: Aiden Broach and Wesley Warren High school 1st: Talen West and Luke Rowland Robotics-vex Middle school 1st: Levi Lawrence 2nd: Dawson Anderson 3rd: Max Free Robotics-Sphero Middle school 1st: Peyton Quillin 2nd: Ronan Pettigrew 3rd: Gabe Elizalde and Tristan Garcia High school 1st: Willam Gorsuch Sailboat: 2nd: Peyton Quillin