Mount Pleasant High School junior Nathon Segovia has earned the Academic All American Award from the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA). The award recognized academic rigor, competitive success and personal excellence. According to NSDA Executive Director J. Scott Wunn, from the more than 141,000 student members of the NSDA, fewer than 500 earn this [...]
The Career Training Center hosted an Open House Thursday Feb. 23 at the center for Career and Technical Education Month. The staff and students showcased the different skill areas of the center. Upshur Shared Services attended and were very amazed and impressed at the opportunities available to the MPISD Life Skill students. MPISD staff and [...]
Photo: MPHS Aircraft Technology students Thomas Spann, Francisco Lopez, and Jason Alvarado. They are getting hands on experience on an airplane motor. Itzel Vargas and Ilse Vargas dissect a sheep’s eye. Ricky Guereca works on a wiring assignment. MPHS Senior Sam Gonzalez works on the 3-D printer in [...]
MPISD Child Development Center is scheduling enrollment appointments now for the 2017-2018 School Year. The Child Development Center offers a variety of options for children birth through five, including Early Head Start, Head Start, Pre-Kindergarten and Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities. Applications may be picked up at the CDC or printed online. For more [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic Team did it again! They beat out 39 other schools to take first place in the recent MPHS-hosted UIL Academic Meet. The MPHS Current Events Team was the first-place team. Spelling and Journalism each took second place overall. Eighteen students brought home medals. Two students earned medals in [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Cross Examination (CX) Debate team competed at the District CX Tournament Tuesday and ended the day with a 15 and 1 record. They also ended the day taking 1st and 2nd place at the meet and qualifying for State. This is the first time since 2003 that MPHS has had [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Speech and Debate team has received the highest team award possible from the National Speech and Debate Association. They have earned charter status in the Association. It shows that MPHS has demonstrated excellence in attaining new members and degrees in the Honor Society over the last three years. On learning [...]
It’s time once again for the annual Tigers Got Talent show. The Talent Show will be held this Thursday at 6:00pm in the high school auditorium with over 20 different acts performing, including singing, dance, color guard, playing piano and much more. Prizes are awarded to the top 3 student finishers. Cost to attend the [...]
Cody Morris, Mt. Pleasant High School Speech and Debate coach, has been awarded the National Speech and Debate Association’s Distinguished Service Key. Morris earned the Key because of his 20 citations reflecting, according to the Association’s Executive Director J. Scott Wunn, “an outstanding commitment to the service of others” and the betterment of the Speech [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders went to their first UIL Spirit Championship competition in Fort Worth Wednesday and Thursday and came back home ranked 12th out of the 112 5A teams in the state of Texas they competed against. “I am so proud of them,” said Cheer Coach Jaton Broach. “It was stiff competition [...]
