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. [...]
On May 26, 320 Mount Pleasant High School seniors will walk across the stage at Sam Parker Field for the culmination of what, for most of them, will be 12 years of school. It was the end of an era and the beginning of another. It is a special occasion for them and their families. [...]
The P.E. Wallace Middle School Outdoor Education/Adventure Club and the Mt. Pleasant Boys and Girls Club banded together to build a wheelchair accessible garden bed. All the materials for the garden bed were donated by McCoy Building Supply and the soil was donated by Lowe’s. “We, at Wallace, would like to thank our local businesses [...]
Print Works of Paris and Mt. Pleasant presented a check for $11,448.00 to Mt. Pleasant ISD representing the proceeds from the sale of the “MP Strong” T-shirts. The shirts were designed and sold by Print Works to benefit MPHS students and coaches involved in the MPHS track team bus accident in March. The funds were [...]
Titus County Shared Services Association held their annual Track and Field Special Olympics Thursday, April 27 at MPISD’s Sam Parker Field on a sunshine filled day, so unlike last year when inclement weather forced the event indoors. Seven area school districts and two adult facilities sent close to 300 athletes to the event. Eighteen campuses [...]
