The Mount Pleasant High School Chapter of the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) attended the Teach Tomorrow Summit in Allen, TX on February 28-March 2. Sixteen MPHS TAFE members competed in eight events and brought home eleven awards, including 2 National Qualifiers. Seniors Ashley Rodriguez and Lauren Southerland competed in Children’s Literature K-3. They [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team was on the road at Belton High School on Saturday, March 2 at the Belton Spring Finale Academic Tournament. Even with just a limited amount of team members making the trip, MPHS took 2nd place overall as a team. In Spelling, the team of Rocio Hernandez, Taryn [...]
P.E. Wallace Middle School 6th grader Tanner Marshall competed in the East Texas Regional Science Fair in Kilgore on Friday, March 1st. His project received a specialty award from Sudden Link Communications, through Altice, USA Incorporated which included a $100 cash prize. Marshall’s project, the “Esca-Ladder”, was a real-world invention of his, a ladder with [...]
Mount Pleasant High School freshman Mackenzie Lide has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was granted by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program. MPHS [...]
After three long days competing against thirty-three East Texas teams at the UIL NSDA District Tournament, four MPHS Speech and Debate team members have advanced to the national tournament while numerous others are alternates. The National Qualifying tournament was held February 21-23 on the Northeast Texas Community College campus. In Dramatic Interpretation (DI), senior Ja’Quacy [...]
Fifty-one Mount Pleasant High School Band Students earned first division medals at the UIL Region IV Solo and Ensemble Contest at First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs on February 7. They have advanced to the State Solo and Ensemble contest to be held in Austin in June. To earn a first division medal and advance [...]
The Child Development Center with Mt. Pleasant ISD is now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 school year. The CDC serves children 0-5 years old in high quality preschool classrooms, as well as pregnant mothers. Applications may be picked up at the Child Development Center at 1602 West Ferguson Road or printed at www.mpisd.net/cdc/. The CDC [...]
Twelve Mount Pleasant High School Electrical Technology students have advanced to the Texas SkillsUSA State competition in Corpus Christi April 4-7, 2019. In the Construction Wiring competition, Giovanni Hipolito placed 1st and Jacinto Barboza placed 2nd, advancing both to state. This “hands on” contest requires the students to follow a set of wiring instructions/plans for [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School chapter of HOSA: Future Health Professionals competed in the HOSA Area 3 Leadership Conference on February 1st and 2nd. The conference was held in Plano and hosted over 1800 students from 123 schools. Six Mount Pleasant High School students advanced to State. The team of Sashi Poudel and Tairelle Chong [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) students competed in the Area VI FBLA Leadership Conference on Friday, Jan. 18 at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens and had a very successful day. Nineteen students placed first and more than thirty qualified for state. They will compete at the FBLA State [...]
