The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team competed in the Region II 5A UIL Academic Meet on April 22 at the University of Texas at Arlington. Overall, 6 MPHS students have advanced to the State Meet.

Team members advancing to State include:

Social Studies (1st place team)—Vanessajane Bayna 1st place, Estven Perez 4th place, Yahir Garcia, and Jeisy Munoz

Spelling—Isabel Gonzales 2nd place

Calculator Applications—Nathaniel Martinez 3rd place

Also placing at Regionals were Anthony Orellana (6th place Persuasive Speaking), Madeline Tumey-Simmons (6th place Poetry), the Spelling team of Isabel Gonzales, Sophie Greco, Angelina Hernandez, and Natalie Crockett (3rd place team), and the Calculator Applications team of Nathaniel Martinez, Param Poudel (4th place), Devin Castaneda, and Isaac Hernandez (2nd place team).

Advancing teams and individuals will compete at the UIL State Academic Meet to be held May 17-18 at The University of Texas at Austin. State qualifying coaches are Gina Crouch (Spelling), Leanne Blalock (Social Studies), and Osias Hernandez (Calculator Applications).

Photos:

1: MPHS UIL Academic Regional medalists

2: UIL Regional champion and State qualifying Social Studies team

(L to R) Vanessajane Bayna, Jeisy Munoz, coach LeAnne Blalock, Yahir Garcia, Estven Perez

3: UIL State Spelling coach Gina Crouch (left) and Isabel Gonzales (right)

4: UIL State Calculator Applications coach Osias Hernandez (left) and Nathaniel Martinez (right)