Mena Middle School

We Read Wednesday: Meet Brady! He is a 7th grader who visits the library quite often. He really loves fantasy and his favorite series is Wings of Fire. Brady is also creating a reading fair project to compete against other schools. We love to see our students find a love of reading!

The 7th Grade Bearcats played Clinton at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Thursday. 7th Bearcats-18 Clinton-22 The team is back in action on Thursday when they host Dardanelle.

Mena Middle School Theatre Students performed "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" for 8th grade English classes on Thursday.

Red Ribbon Week concluded on Friday at Mena Middle School! Drug Free Movie Duos! Mena Middle School Winners: 8th Grade: " Super Mario Bros" and " Walker, Texas Ranger" 7th Grade: "White Chicks" 6th Grade: "Alice in Wonderland" and "Despicable Me"

Holly Harshman Elementary and Mena Middle School students attended a Red Ribbon Week Pep Rally on Friday morning in Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium!

Red Ribbon Week continues at Mena Middle School. We are Bearcats "Ohana! We" Lei" off Drugs! Mena Middle School Winners: 8th Grade: Barrett Frost and Hayden Valdovinos 7th Grade: Skylar Bahr 6th Grade: Peyton Sanchez

Red Ribbon Week continues at Mena Middle School ! Western Wednesday! Give Drugs the Boot! Mena Middle School Winners: 8th Grade Nathaniel Fields 7th Grade Cord Gibbs 6th Grade Bo Starr

Red Ribbon Week Drug Free Movie Night Monday-Pajama Day Mena Middle School Winners: 8th Grade Kenley Cochran 7th Grade Cord Gibbs 6th Grade Kennedi Plunkett

The Mena Middle School Band performed at halftime of the Mena/Ozark game on Thursday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium.

The 7th Grade Bearcats played Ozark at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Thursday. 7th Bearcats-20 Ozark-38 Mena plays next on October 17th at Waldron.

Theatre Squared from Fayetteville performed "The Poe Show" for Mena Middle School students on Thursday afternoon in the Performing Arts Center. Another performance for MHS students is scheduled for Friday morning. https://www.facebook.com/TheatreSquared

We Read Wednesday: Ms. Holland, our 7th grade literacy teacher, is an avid reader. She loves fantasy and her favorite author is Sarah J Mass. Although we do not have that author in our library at this time, Mrs. Holland can recommend quite a few other great fantasy books that are similar. Ask her about them next time you see her!

Mena Middle School Project Prevent Team held the October meeting on Wednesday. The team planned the Red Ribbon Week Activities. Mena Public Schools will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week October 21-25. The National Theme for the week is Life is a Movie, Film Drug Free. We invite the entire community to join us as we commit to living a Drug and Tobacco Free. We will have a daily dress up theme for the students and community to participate in as well as activities at school.The team wrapped up today's meeting by having a campus clean up competition!

Mena Middle School FBLA Officers have been selected President - Francesca Vacca Vice President - Lexie Thomas Secretary - Annie Hughes Treasurer - Zahra Sofi Congratulations to all!

Middle school GT met this week, and they worked on teamwork as they were challenged to build the tallest free standing tower using only toothpicks and clay🗼I forgot a ruler, but the highest building was the height of 3 & 1/2 iPhone 14s

The Mena 7th Grade Played Pottsville on Thursday at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium. 7th Bearcats-16 Pottsville-26 Mena is back in action on October 3rd at Lamar.

Mena Middle School 7th graders discussed hydration on Wednesday. Thank you U of A Polk County Extension Office for the new water bottles.

The Mena 7th grade and Jr. Bearcats hosted Cossatot River at Bob Carver Bearcat Stadium on Thursdayl 7th Bearcats-22 Cossatot-14 Jr. Bearcats-52 Cossatot-0 The teams have a bye week coming up and will return to action on September 19th at Russelville.

Mena Volleyball played Waldron at Jim Rackley Gymnasium on Thursday. 7th Ladycats-0 Waldron-3 Jr. Ladycats-2 Waldron-1 Sr. Ladycats-3 Waldron-0 The Sr. Ladycats play in the Spikefest Tournament this Saturday and the Jr. and Sr. Ladycats play Arkadelphia on Tuesday.

The Mena Jr. Bearcats battled DeQueen at Bob Carver bearcat Stadium on Thursday. Jr. JV Bearcats-6 DeQueen-0 Jr. Bearcats-16 DeQueen-12 Mena is back in action on September 5th when they host Cossatot.