Mena students - Luke Montgomery, Avery Montgomery, and Rylee Wiles assisted teachers with integrating STEM across the curriculum at the 2nd annual HOTT (Hands On Tech Tools) at DMESC - DeQueen-Mena education service cooperative...
Several Mena FFA and Polk County 4-H members are attending Victory Lamb and Goat Clinic in Idabel, Ok this week.
***** ATTENTION BEARCAT FOOTBALL PLAYERS*****
Coach Bentley will meet with the Jr. High Team after their workout on Thursday & the Sr. High Team at 1pm on Thursday in the team meeting room.. Please share & spread the word... GO BEARCATS!!!!!
The Holly Harshman gym & Jim Rackley Gymnasium @ Mena Middle School are receiving an LED light makeover this summer.
The June Meeting of the Mena School Board was held at the Administration building on Tuesday night....
The board voted to approve KYLE CANNON as it's representative to the Arkansas School Board Association.
The board also voted on it's annual restructuring. TODD AYNES will serve as President in 19/20. KYLE CANNON will serve as Vice President & EDD PUCKETT as Secretary.
A transfer of $300,000.00 was approved from the operating fund to the building fund. This transfer will bring the district into compliance with ACT 1105 which obligates the district to lower it's legal balance to meet the June 30th state required legal balance of 20% of net revenues.
The board approved the solicitation of bids on long term CD rates for $1 million currently in the disaster relief fund. These funds are currently in short term CD's to make them available should funds have been needed for the recently completed Louise Durham construction.
Building & property insurance was renewed thru the ASBA Risk Management Program with an $18,735.38 increase. The increase was mainly due to the new construction at LDE.
Rates for the Supplemental Student Accidental Insurance Policy remain unchanged at $33,868.00. The policy was renewed.
DANNY MINTON gave a report to the board on construction & summer upgrades. At LDE work on the floors, painting & the playground continues. At HHE new LED lights have been installed & a new wall has been constructed for better access to storage. At MMS new LED lights have been installed in Jim Rackley Gymnasium. A sidewalk connecting the high school & middle school, near the ag building, has been completed. Striping on the front parking lot have been repainted & sheet rock repair has been completed at the MMS gym. At MHS the boilers have been serviced. The #'s on the main parking lot have been painted & a concrete access ramp has been poured at the field house.
Several personnel changes were made. The board accepted the resignation of Tim Harper, Amanda Harper, Steve Breedlove, David Hampton, Aaron Pennington, Macklin Chermack,Melody Rowe, Thomas Powell, Hannah Powell & Lauren Quillin. Also approved was the transfer of Bridget Buckley to the position of Mena High School Assistant Principal & the hiring of Craig Bentley as Head Sr. High Football coach, Lauren Frost as High School Secretary & Sarah Bentley as 1st grade teacher
Mena Middle School Band 2019/2020 Calendar!
The Mena 2019 Cross Country Schedule is up on the website... Follow the link to check it out.... https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics…
Mena Middle School 6th Grade Band Students are off to Band Camp at Arkansas Tech University today... Go Band! Go Bearcats!
Ty Thacker and Lily Rowland, 7th grade MMS students, had a blast learning science at Arkansas Ecology camp. 5th and 6th grade students can apply. Hands on activities.
MMS teachers Lynn Ashley & Jessica Smith learned a lot at the Innovation Institute professional development in Springdale. Lots of new ideas for the upcoming school year!
Congratulations Sheli Chaney. Ms. Chaney won a Chromebook while attending the Innovation Institute in Springdale!
Kindergarten Open House is 1-6pm on August 1st.
PreK orientation is 1-6pm August 2nd.
2nd Grade Open House is 1-6pm August 6th.
11th & 12th Grade Open House is 4-7pm August 6th.
1st Grade Open House is 1-6pm August 7th.
Holly Harshman Open House is 1-6pm August 8th.
Mena Middle School Open House is 2-7pm August 8th.
9th & 10th Grade Open House is 4-7p, August 8th.
Mena Public Schools schedule for 2019/2020!
Mena School District Superintendent, Benny Weston, and a team of Mena administrators attended the annual Leadership Institute hosted by DMESC. Sessions included Exploring Our Leadership Intention, Section 504, Through the Eyes of Poverty, Suicide Prevention and Intervention, Tier 1 Training, and Legislative Updates-AAEA. Preparations continue for the 2019-2020 school year.
The 2019/2020 Mena Jr. High & Sr. High basketball schedules are now available on the website. Just follow the link.
https://www.menaschools.org/o/athletics/athletics…
Mena Middle school literacy teachers working on standards in preparation for the 2019/2020 school year.
Mena sports in the Mena Star!
http://www.menastar.com/sports/article_fd500018-87b8-11e9-90d5-570160141585.html?fbclid=IwAR3KCB9OIdY_3dlIfGW0kVUZKXAJPS8LBlrC-CWGrkHP5jIF4BUldnLysO0
Summer improvement projects are well underway. New storage is being added to the Mena Middle School cafeteria & a new walk in freezer will be built in the former storage area...
