Amanda Jones, who has served as an Assistant Principal at Frances Corprew Elementary School for the last two years, has been named Principal of the School replacing Estelle Deloney who has retired. Karen Bogan, currently a teacher and coach at Mt. Pleasant High School, will replace Jones as Corprew Assistant Principal. Jones will begin her [...]
By 8:10 a.m. on Friday, May 12 everyone was on the bus: the MPHS pep band, cheerleaders, Tiger mascot and members of the Board of the MPISD Foundation. It was to be a memorable morning. They were off to award $36,365.15 in Educator Grants to 32 teachers on seven Mt. Pleasant ISD campuses. “We made [...]
The Mount Pleasant Independent School District announces the sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program. Free meals for children will be provided beginning Wednesday through Friday for May 31 – June 2, 2017 and then Monday through Thursday, beginning June 5, 2017 and continuing until June 22, 2017. The service dates, times and locations are [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Color Guard will hold a Color Guard camp for students ages 9 to 14 June 26-30 from 8:00am to 12:00pm in the MPHS Practice Gym. Cost for the camp is $60. The camp will include a flag class, a rifle or sabre class, a dance class and a performance and [...]
Mackenzie Lide, an incoming 8th grader at Mount Pleasant Junior High school, has earned a Bronze Presidential Volunteer Service Award. Lide, the daughter of Mike and Jennifer Lide, received the award for completing 74 volunteer hours during the past 12 months. Mackenzie was nominated for the award by MPHS teacher and Speech and Debate Coach [...]
Connelly Cowan, a 7th grade student at Mount Pleasant Junior High School, earned State Recognition from the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) by earning a score on the ACT that is approximately equal to the 50th national percentile rank for college-bound seniors taking that test. She was recognized at the Texas State Recognition [...]
The MPISD Employee Breakfast was held on May 26, 2017. Those honored at the breakfast were Teachers of the Year, Employees of the Year, Retirees, and Employees who have been with the district for 5 years, 10 years, 15 years and so on. We wish the best to our Retirees! We [...]
To be named Teacher of the Year. What a compliment! Especially when it comes from one’s peers, the people who see you daily. The people who see you on your best days and your worst days. The people who understand what you face and do daily because they face and do the same things. Each [...]
Each year, Mount Pleasant ISD campuses select Employees of the Year. Chosen by their peers, these employees were recognized by the MPISD Board of Trustees at their May 22 meeting and will be honored at the MPISD End-of-Year Breakfast on May 26, 2017. The Early Head Start Employee of the Year is Ruth Sustaita. She [...]
Eighteen Mount Pleasant Junior High School 7th Grade students were invited to participate in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) and took either the ACT or the SAT, both college-entrance exams. Three students chose to take the SAT while fifteen took the ACT. Taking the SAT were Taylor Hubbs, Katherine Ochoa, and Kurion Walker. [...]
