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MPHS Claims CX Debate District Championship

For the fourth year in a row, Mount Pleasant High School captured the district championship in Cross Examination debate and had all three teams medal in the top six. The tournament final round was an exact repeat of last year with MPHS and Lindale vying for the championship. The duo of sophomore Connelly Cowan and [...]

2020-01-29T12:38:35-06:00

MPHS Students Win Lions Club Contests

Three Mount Pleasant High School students competed at the Lion’s Club District 2-X2 Mid-Winter Cabinet meeting in Tyler on January 11, 2020. All three were awarded first place in their respective categories and have advanced to the State level of competition. They were each awarded $300 scholarships at the district level. Senior Caroline Rose won [...]

2020-01-29T12:18:18-06:00

Mount Pleasant High School FBLA Students Advance to State

The Mount Pleasant High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competed in the Area VI FBLA Leadership Conference on Wednesday, January 22 at Region 8. MPHS had a very successful day with a record 52 members qualifying for state. Fourteen of those earned 1st place at the area conference. Students advancing to [...]

2020-01-23T11:46:48-06:00

Mount Pleasant High School Swimmers Advance to Regionals

The Mount Pleasant High School Swim Team competed at the District meet in Texarkana on Saturday, January 18. The MPHS boys and girls teams each placed 3rd overall. MPHS will send twelve swimmers to the Regional meet in Lewisville on January 31-February 1. Advancing to regionals are boys team members Caleb Ball, Jacob Elliott, Ty [...]

2020-01-22T10:17:27-06:00

MPHS Congressional Debaters Bring Home State Awards

It was a historic trip to Austin for the Mount Pleasant High School Debate team. While MPHS had made the trip to Congress state before, no one had ever advanced to the finals and no one had ever brought home a state award in that event. On this trip, they would accomplish both of those [...]

2020-01-21T09:46:39-06:00

MPHS Students Named to High School All-Region Band

Ten members of the Mount Pleasant High School Goin’ Gold Band were named to the High School All-Region Band after auditions at North Lamar High School on Friday, December 13. Two have qualified for Area auditions. Those named to the High School All-Region Band include Aachal Amin, Manoa Bagsic (area qualifier), Isai Baltazar, Jordi Bello, [...]

2020-01-08T11:39:36-06:00

MPHS Students Named to Freshman All-Region Band

Fourteen members of the Mount Pleasant High School Goin’ Gold Band were named to the Freshman All-Region Band after auditions at MPHS on Monday, December 9. In order to audition, students had to prepare two short technical pieces. Those named to the Freshman All-Region Band include Manoa Bagsic, Sebastian Campos, Madison Carpenter, Ezequiel Castenada, Daniel [...]

2020-01-07T15:57:11-06:00