Mena staff participated in a Poverty Simulation presented by the DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative on Tuesday in the MHS cafeteria. During the simulation participants role-play a month in poverty and experience low income families’ lives. Just like real life, they need transportation to work or school and food on the table. They might struggle with a chronic illness and face daily stresses and challenges a person in poverty faces.
Thank you DMESC for this informative training for our staff and helping us understand poverty as it relates to our students and families..
Mena Jr High & Sr. High football will scrimmage Mansfield at Bob Carver Bearcats Stadium tonight at 5:30pm. This is a AAA Benefit Game and admission will be $5.00...
Mena golf plays at the Waldron Country Club today at 3:30pm.
GO BEARCATS!!!
Mena Middle School teachers, Sheli Chaney, Amy Martin, Alicia Farringer & Lynn Ashley spoke to the Mena School Board on Monday about their trip to the New Hampshire Literacy Institute this summer. Mrs. Chaney spoke in detail about how they learned to engage students and have already begun sharing what they learned with their coworkers. Martin concluded by thanking the board for the opportunity to attend.
https://cola.unh.edu/english/institutes/nh-literacy-institutes?fbclid=IwAR3DQJ_rM3x32fbZ4t2wbDw7yk_y1g0W_k0bBLmUyMI_ZvImUP7LrOWil6A
All employees of the Mena Public Schools began a week of training on Monday at Mena High School. The training is directly related to our district focus areas of trauma-informed education and the impact poverty has on learning; professional ethics and responsibilities; school safety and security; and our new Mission and Vision.
Tune in Mena Public Schools Radio for info from all four campuses. Plus Bearcat News begins August 22nd and can be heard each school day on your way to school, over the lunch hour & on your way home after school.
Listen on your radio and look for the link to the FM101 stream on our social media and at www.menaschools.org . You can also download the Mena Public Schools App which includes a link as well.
The Jr, Bearcats got in a quality practice on Thursday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. Mena will scrimmage Mansfield on Tuesday, August 16th at BCBS & the season opener is September 1st at Centerpoint.
Good times for MHS and MMS students at the annual band pool party on Thursday!
Proud to have the Mena Star on board as a Community Partner!
If you own or manage a business and want to be included send an Email to bridget.buckley@menaschools.org . The deadline is August 15th.
https://www.menaschools.org/page/one-school-one-book
The 7th grade Bearcats getting some final instructions from Coach Bentley at the end of Thursday's practice at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. The team will play the season opener on September 1st at Centerpoint! GO BEARCATS!!!!
Proud to have the Union Bank of Mena on board as a Community Partner!
If you own or manage a business and want to be included send an Email to bridget.buckley@menaschools.org . The deadline is August 15th.
https://www.menaschools.org/page/one-school-one-book
Mary Alice at the Shop is a "One District, One Book" Community Partner!
https://www.facebook.com/theshopmena
A new app is up and running for Mena Public Schools & it includes a link to the FM101 stream. Get ready for the new school year by downloading the new app asap !!!!
The Bearcat Band Pool Party has been moved to Thursday, August 11th from 5:30-7:30pm at the McMillan Pool. The band pool party is open to all middle school, high school, and beginner band members. Pizza and drinks will be provided.
The Mena Public Schools are placing a renewed emphasis on security in 2022/2023. Mena SROs and the School Security Team spent time at the range on Tuesday. Our students safety is of the utmost importance,
The Junior High Band will begin preparations for 2022/2023 on Monday.
August 8th 5:00pm-6:30pm: School Owned Instrument Checkout
August 9th & 10th 6:00pm-8:00pm: Junior High Band rehearsals.
Want to know more about "Summer of the Monkeys" and the "One District, One Book" community reading event? Just follow the link.
https://www.menaschools.org/page/one-school-one-book?fbclid=IwAR2sjC5pTH78UFkV4h8GaG0GYGrM6zXxSHDg3yOjJRwR5dmQIJ-TUupusaM
Special education teachers and para professionals continue preparation for 2022/2023. Mena hosted Dalene Magsam and Debbie Ware with Easter seals who presented the SpED update on Thursday in the Mena High School library.
https://eastersealsopts.org/
A new app is up and running for Mena Public Schools & it includes a link to the FM101 stream. Get ready for the new school year by downloading the new app asap !!!!
Literacy instructors Lynn Ashley, Sheli Chaney, Alicia Faringer, and Amy Martin from Mena Middle School attended New Hampshire Literacy Institute to work on writing and reading engagement with experts in essential literacy practices. Our teachers continue to prepare for the 2022/2023 school year which begins on Monday, August 22nd.
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