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MPHS National Honor Society Inducts Honorary Members

The Mount Pleasant High School National Honor Society inducted three new members Thursday morning.  MPHS is hosting several foreign exchange students this year and three met the criteria for honorary membership. Honorary inductees included Amanda Andersson from Sweden who is hosted by the Webb family; Linnea Lindeblad from Sweden who is hosted by the Rose [...]

2019-02-07T12:56:37-06:00

MPHS Tigers Sign to Play College Football

Mount Pleasant High School seniors Jashon Pogue, Josh Morris, and Dorian Glinton signed letters of intent to continue their football careers on National Signing Day, February 6, 2019. Pogue, the son of Jason and Krista Pogue, will play for the Falcons of UT Permian Basin, a public division II school in the Lone Star Conference [...]

2019-02-06T14:20:38-06:00

Come Out and Support Your Lady Tigers in the Playoffs

The Lady Tigers basketball team finished the regular season Tuesday with senior night, honoring senior Kayla Brown. The Lady Tigers will play their first playoff game vs. Lufkin at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb 11th in Wagstaff Gym at Tyler Junior College. Gametime could shift to 6:00 p.m. pending scheduling with TJC so get there [...]

2019-02-06T13:57:30-06:00

MPHS Fishing Teams Strive for State Tournament

The Mount Pleasant High School Fishing Team has been active since this fall with the ultimate goal of qualifying for the state tournament.  Most recently, the team of seniors Blake Denson and Rance White placed 2nd at Lake Bob Sandlin on February 2, 2019.  Denson and White were just 0.72 pounds behind the 1st place [...]

2019-02-06T14:33:22-06:00

Tigers Dolls Compete at Showtime International Championship

The Tiger Dolls competed again on Saturday at the Showtime International DFW Area Championship held at Eaton High School and brought back the following awards: Solo Finalist and Runner-Up: Madyson Arzate Officers: Sweepstakes Judges Award Best in Category Jazz Best in Category Lyrical Best in Category Hip Hop High Point for Officer Hip Hop Officer [...]

2019-02-05T13:11:15-06:00

MPHS Claims District CX Debate Tournament Championship

The Mount Pleasant High School Speech and Debate Team went to the District 15-AAAAA UIL Cross Examination Debate Tournament on Tuesday, January 29th with one purpose in mind – to qualify for the State Meet. All 3 MPHS teams medaled in the top 6. The duo of freshman Connelly Cowan and sophomore Taryn Thurman took [...]

2019-02-01T12:45:45-06:00

More Than 30 MPHS FBLA Students Qualify for State

The Mount Pleasant High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) students competed in the Area VI FBLA Leadership Conference on Friday, Jan. 18 at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens and had a very successful day. Nineteen students placed first and more than thirty qualified for state. They will compete at the FBLA State [...]

2019-01-30T17:44:41-06:00