The Mount Pleasant High School math team competed in the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association (TMSCA) State Meet during Spring Break. The meet was held at the University of Texas at San Antonio on March 16, 2019. In Mathematics, the team of Jose Liera, David Barboza, Shelby Courreges, and Miguel Segura placed 3rd out [...]
Four MPHS Speech and Debate team members competed in the Texas Forensics Association (TFA) State Tournament during Spring Break. The tournament was held at Alief Taylor High School in Alief, a suburb of Houston, on March 14-16, 2019. Those competing included Tripp Hinton in Poetry, Ja’Quacy Minter in Program of Oral Interpretation (POI), and the [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter had five students qualify for Nationals at the recent State Leadership Conference held March 7-9 in Houston. Grace Whitten, Bailey Sisk, Averie Ayers, Rebecca Yox and Tripp Hinton all qualified in the top four of their respective events to earn a trip to [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Chapter of the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) attended the Teach Tomorrow Summit in Allen, TX on February 28-March 2. Sixteen MPHS TAFE members competed in eight events and brought home eleven awards, including 2 National Qualifiers. Seniors Ashley Rodriguez and Lauren Southerland competed in Children’s Literature K-3. They [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team was on the road at Belton High School on Saturday, March 2 at the Belton Spring Finale Academic Tournament. Even with just a limited amount of team members making the trip, MPHS took 2nd place overall as a team. In Spelling, the team of Rocio Hernandez, Taryn [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Tiger Dolls attended their final competition of the year at the American Dance/Drill Team Galveston Island Festival at Moody Gardens Hotel and Convention Center on March 1st and 2nd. The Tiger Doll team earned a 1st Place Best in Class Award for being the highest scoring team in the Super [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Winter Guard attended two competitions on Saturday, March 2nd: the North Texas Colorguard Association (NTCA) competition in Saginaw, TX, and the Marching Auxiliaries DFW Area contest at Birdville High School. In the first competition in Saginaw, the Varsity Winter Guard placed 1st in their division, receiving a 1st place ranking [...]
Eight senior members of the Mount Pleasant High School Colorguard were awarded scholarships totaling $62,000 to The University of Arkansas at Monticello. The scholarships would cover part of the tuition and fees at UAM and the students would perform as members of the UAM Colorguard. Those receiving scholarships include Jorge Banda, Liz-Anel Bello, Leslie Caamal, [...]
Mount Pleasant High School freshman Mackenzie Lide has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was granted by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program. MPHS [...]
After three long days competing against thirty-three East Texas teams at the UIL NSDA District Tournament, four MPHS Speech and Debate team members have advanced to the national tournament while numerous others are alternates. The National Qualifying tournament was held February 21-23 on the Northeast Texas Community College campus. In Dramatic Interpretation (DI), senior Ja’Quacy [...]
