Recent MPHS graduates Lauren Southerland and Ashley Rodriguez achieved the last of their high school goals—to win a national award for their K-3 Children’s book. Southerland and Rodriguez earned their trip to Nationals by placing in the Top 5 at the state competition earlier in March. They attended the Educators Rising National Conference at the [...]
Four members of the Mount Pleasant High School Speech and Debate team competed at the NSDA National Speech and Debate Tournament in Dallas, June 17-20 at the Sheraton Hotel downtown. The tournament featured competitors from over 1300 schools representing 53 states and US International schools. Over 7500 students qualified to compete in 23 categories. Recent [...]
Five Mount Pleasant High School students earned recognition at the HOSA 42nd annual International Leadership Conference. The conference was held June 19-22, 2019 in Orlando, Florida and featured 11,500 students, advisors, and chaperones from across the United States as well as China, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Those receiving awards include Abby Mason in Healthcare Issues [...]
Recent Mount Pleasant High School graduate Rustyn Goolsby has signed a letter of intent to play golf for Texas Wesleyan University. Texas Wesleyan is a private school in the NAIA Division located in Ft. Worth, Tx. The Rams won their seventh NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship in 2019. “It's so exciting seeing all the hard [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Cheerleaders attended UCA camp at Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine from June 9-12. While at camp, the team received the spirit stick all 3 days, 3rd place in the varsity division for their Rally routine, and MPHS cheer was named Superior Squad of the week for receiving a blue ribbon [...]
Eight Mount Pleasant High School Choir members competed at the State UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest at the University of Texas at Austin on June 1-3. Three soloists and one Madrigal earned State medals. Freshman Abril Ramirez earned a division 1 state gold medal for her solo “I Love All Graceful Things.” Earning division 2 [...]
The 2019-2020 Tiger Doll Officers and Sergeants attended an American Dance/Drill Team officer camp June 3-5 at the Hilton Dallas/Rockwall to prepare for the coming year. The officers were voted the Gussie Nell Davis Dance Officers of the Day, received the Officers Diamond Sweepstakes award and were named the Grand Champion Dance Officers. The sergeants [...]
Mount Pleasant High School senior Jose Liera has received The Gates Scholarship from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Gates Scholarship is a highly selective, full scholarship for exceptional, Pell-eligible, minority, high school seniors. Starting in 2018, the scholarship will be awarded to only 300 top student leaders each year with the intent of [...]
The end of May was a series of firsts for the Mount Pleasant High School Speech and Debate team…the first time to qualify for state in speech events, the first time to medal in those events, and the first time to claim a state championship. Team members Ja’Quacy Minter and Connelly Cowan travelled to Austin [...]
Congratulations to the Mount Pleasant High School Teacher of the Year, Tim Davis, and the Employee of the Year, Kaye Serafin! Mr. Davis was also named the District Secondary Teacher of the Year!
