MPHS Speech and Debate Team Members Advance to Nationals
After three long days competing against eighteen East Texas teams at the National Speech and Debate Association District Tournament, four Mount Pleasant High School Speech and Debate team members have advanced to the national tournament while three others are alternates. The National Qualifying tournament was held February 20-22 on the campus of the University of [...]
MPHS Students Attend RYLA Camp
Congratulations to the Rotary Youth Leadership Award winners for Mount Pleasant High School, Peyton Hein and Alejandra Ramirez! Peyton and Alejandra attended RYLA camp this past weekend. RYLA (Rotary Leadership Youth Award) camp is a youth leadership camp for high school juniors hosted each February by Rotary District 5830. The camp focuses on building 8 [...]
Deadline to Purchase a Senior Ad is March 13!
The Mount Pleasant High School 2020 Yearbook is on sale for $50. You may pay by check, money order or with cash at the high school or by credit card online at www.balfour.com. Also, if you wish to purchase an ad to honor your senior student, the deadline to place the ad is March 13. [...]
MPHS Electrical Technology Students Advance to State
Thirteen Mount Pleasant High School Electrical Technology students competed in the SkillsUSA District competition on February 7-8 in Waco, TX. All thirteen have advanced to the Texas SkillsUSA State competition in Corpus Christi to be held April 2-5, 2020. In the Electrical Construction Wiring competition, Jacinto Barboza placed 1st and Francisco Pina placed 2nd. This [...]
Tiger Basketball Regional Quarterfinal Playoff Game Tuesday, March 3
The Tigers will take on Kaufman at UT Tyler on Tuesday in the third round of the UIL State Playoffs. Game time is set for 7:00pm. Come out and support your TIGERS! GO TIGERS!
MPHS Culinary Arts Students Advance to State
Mount Pleasant High School Culinary Arts competed at the SkillsUSA Region III meeting in Waco, TX on February 7-8 in the Commercial Baking Job Exhibit and the hands-on Baking and Cooking categories. Four students will move on to the State competition. The team of seniors Hailey Benyshek and Kenia Cuellar placed 1st for their 3-5 [...]
Mount Pleasant High School Senior Named National Merit Finalist
Mount Pleasant High School senior, Sam Pearson, has advanced to Finalist standing in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program, a distinction that places him in a group representing less than one percent of U.S. high school graduating seniors. Pearson now advances through the application phase and will compete for one of three types of National [...]
MPHS UIL Places First at Winter Tiger Invitational
The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team continued its season on Friday and Saturday, February 7-8 at the Winter Tiger Invitational held on the MPHS campus. Thirty-six schools competed in UIL academic events, ten in the large school and 26 in the small school division. Overall, Mount Pleasant High School took first place at [...]
MPHS Band Members Advance to State
Fifty-one Mount Pleasant High School Band Students earned first division medals at the UIL Region IV Solo and Ensemble Contest at First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs on February 6th. Forty-four of those earned first divisions on Class 1 musical selections and have advanced to the State Solo and Ensemble contest to be held in [...]