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MPHS Cross Country Teams Place 1st & 2nd at Meet

Congratulations to the MPHS Cross Country Teams that placed at the Titus County Fair Invitational this past weekend! Boys Varsity took 1st place out of 7 teams while the Boys JV placed 2nd out of 9 teams. The Girls Varsity placed 2nd out of 6 teams and the Girls JV placed 2nd out of 9 [...]

2018-10-02T11:40:09-05:00

Tiger Debate Team Members Qualify for National and State Tournaments

Three members of the Mount Pleasant High School Speech and Debate Team have qualified to participate in National and State level tournaments. Speech team member Ja’Quacy Minter has qualified for the University of Kentucky National Tournament of Champions in Oral Interpretation. He is the first in MPHS school history to do so. Ja’Quacy will travel [...]

2018-09-25T16:27:26-05:00

Mount Pleasant High School Seniors Named National Hispanic Scholars

Two Mount Pleasant High School seniors, David Barboza and Jose Liera, have been named National Hispanic Scholars.  In order to be considered, students had to score in the top 2.5% among Hispanic and Latino PSAT/NMSQT test takers and have a qualifying GPA of a 3.5 or higher. Barboza is the son of Rosa Rojas and [...]

2018-09-27T11:53:08-05:00

MPHS Homecoming Court

The members of the 2018 MPHS Homecoming Court have been announced.  Homecoming Queen nominees are Kyeondria Ellison, Nikki Emory, Bailey Sisk, Leslie Villalva and Rebecca Yox. Nominees for Homecoming King include Jorge Banda, Dorian Glinton, Jose Liera, Tyrese Milton and Diego Molina.  The Homecoming King and Queen will be announced during Pregame at the MPHS [...]

2018-09-21T13:41:06-05:00

MPHS Electrical Project on Display at Lowe’s

MPHS Electrical Technology students Eliab Monroy and Giovanni Hipolito built an Electrical Display project last year that won multiple awards at the District and State levels.  Their project is currently on display at Lowe’s in Mount Pleasant.  Lowe’s, with the help of Manager Ricky Jones and Assistant Manager Tina Roberts, donated multiple items for the [...]

2018-09-20T12:14:31-05:00

MPHS Students Named to All-Region Jazz Band

Eight members of the Mount Pleasant High School Jazz Band were named to the All-Region Jazz Band after auditions at Texas High School on Tuesday, September 18.  In order to audition, students had to prepare three short technical pieces in the Jazz style, and improvise with a rhythm section. Having only a few short weeks [...]

2018-09-20T12:05:33-05:00

MPHS Speech and Debate Places Second at All Saints Tourney

The Mount Pleasant High School Speech and Debate team opened their season this past weekend at the All Saints Tournament in Tyler.  The team placed 2nd as a whole out of 21 teams competing. Individually, the team of Connelly Cowan and Taryn Thurman placed 2nd in the Varsity CX Division and the team of Jacob [...]

2018-09-18T09:59:47-05:00

MPHS Health Science Has So Much To Offer

In the Health Science program at Mount Pleasant High School, students begin learning how to take blood pressure and vital signs during their sophomore year. Blood pressure is a complicated skill that takes a lot of practice to master. In these photos, junior students are practicing to become competent in this skill. These students attend [...]

2018-09-18T11:09:43-05:00