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MPHS Electrical Trades Students Headed to State

Photo: (l-r) Sergio Flores, Brandon Steinmetz and Hugo Valdez with their “Best of Show” Electrical Exhibit. Anthony Tejeda, 1st place in Action Skills Chris Memije, 1st place in Construction Wiring Nicholas Ramirez, 4th place in Construction Wiring Eloy Castillo and Giovanni Hipolito with their Blue Ribbon [...]

2019-05-02T12:47:03-05:00

MPHS UIL Academic Team Takes Top Places at Meet

Pictured:  Members of the MPHS UIL Academic Team CurrentEvents: Audrey Courreges, Clarissa Santos, coach Regina Crouch, Jacob Baker, Enrique Martinez SpeechDebate: Back row- Coach Cody Morris, Yaritza Romero, Seth Robertson, Dani Bernal, Tripp Hinton Front Row - Nancy Ibarra, Aslin Barrientos, Audrey Courreges, Caroline Rose, Anthony Preciado Spelling: [...]

2019-05-02T12:47:04-05:00

MPHS Student Council Wins Sweepstakes at Forum

The Mount Pleasant High School Student Council was a part of the StuCo Spring Forum hosted at Texas High Monday, February 13 and was recognized with the Sweepstakes Award.  The MPHS Student Council had all committees recognized: DASH, Pride & Patriotism, Energy & Environment, Community Service and Outstanding Activities. With the Sweepstakes Award, the Student [...]

2017-02-14T14:28:09-06:00

MPHS FCCLA Team Advances to State

Pictured above: The state-bound Entrepreneurship Team Jacquelin Vazquez, Andrea Beles and Andrea Flores with Chapter Advisor Margaret Bradley. Culinary Arts students Jocelyn Mendoza, Mariela Canada and Yalitza Mendoza with Chef Jamie Hudman Three members of the Mount Pleasant High School chapter of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) will be [...]

2019-05-02T12:47:04-05:00

MPHS and MPJHS Students Build Temporary Shelters

The Mount Pleasant High School Wildlife and the Mt. Pleasant Junior High School Outdoor Adventure classes got together to learn how to build emergency lean-to’s in the woods between the two campuses. “This is part of our survival unit,” said Van Bowen, who teaches both classes.  “It’s goal is to teach our students what to [...]

2017-02-08T12:13:42-06:00

MPHS Athletes Sign on National Signing Day

Four Mount Pleasant High School Tigers signed letters of intent to play college football on Wednesday afternoon – National Signing Day. Before an audience of family members, coaches, teammates and fellow students, the four committed to continuing their athletic careers at the next level of play. Caleb Johnson and Thomas Spann each signed a letter [...]

2017-02-06T22:45:08-06:00

MPHS Senior Receives Athletic Trainer Award

AshLynn Burns, Mt. Pleasant High School Senior Student Athletic Trainer, has received the Texas State Athletic Trainers Association (TSATA) Academic All-State award. To receive the award, students must be a graduating senior and must have attained at least a 92 grade average on the 100-point scale in all high school classes. AshLynn, the daughter of [...]

2017-02-06T17:33:05-06:00

MPHS UIL Academic Team Takes Top Place at Meet

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 [...]

2017-02-06T15:37:07-06:00

Interested in joining the 12th ranked cheer team in the state of Texas?

Cheerleader and cheer manager tryouts will be held on Friday, March 10th. If you are interested in trying out for cheerleader or cheer manager, you and a parent must attend the mandatory meeting on Thursday, February 9th at 6:00 in the MPHS Cafeteria. To sign up and receive more information, please stop by room 104 [...]

2017-02-06T15:12:06-06:00

Mount Pleasant Debate is Headed to State!

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 [...]

2017-02-02T22:55:36-06:00