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MPHS Art Students Earn State Medals and a Scholarship

Seven Mount Pleasant High School students advanced to the state level of the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) with five of those students earning state gold medals for their work. The VASE state competition was held at San Marcos Consolidated High School on April 25-26. Students from 30 regions in [...]

2025-05-27T17:53:51-05:00

MPHS UIL Spelling Advances to UIL State Academic Meet

The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team competed at the 5A Region 2 UIL Academic Meet on April 25-26 at Walnut Grove High School in Prosper. The MPHS Spelling team advanced to the State Meet with Calculator, Mathematics, and Journalism competitors placing in their events and every MPHS competitor coming home with at least [...]

2025-05-14T11:02:00-05:00

MPHS Tiger Baseball Playoff Game Information

Tiger Baseball is in the playoffs!  The best 2 out of 3 series starts this Thursday and information is below. Go Tigers!   Mt Pleasant HS vs Melissa HS ?Game 1 Thursday, May 1 @ Melissa 7:00pm Z-Plex Sports 4220 E Melissa Rd, Melissa, TX 75454 Buy Tickets at https://events.hometownticketing.com/boxoffice/melissaisd/L2VtYmVkL2V2ZW50Lzc2Nj9hY2Nlc3NfY29kZT1iZTAyYWFjMTIxNmYyYWIxYWFmOWMzNDg5MDg3YTE1N2IxNGIwYzlm ?Game 2 Saturday, May 3 [...]

2025-05-01T17:11:28-05:00

MPHS Jazz Band Earns Multiple Awards at Contest

The Mount Pleasant High School Jazz Band competed in the Music in the Park contest on Saturday, April 26 at Midlothian High School. The band played 2 pieces including “Spain” by Paul Jennings and “Cheesecake” by Rick Stitzel. At the awards ceremony at Six Flags, the band earned a 1st division and 1st place in [...]

2025-05-27T17:36:27-05:00

MPHS Angler Qualifies for State Tournament

Three Mount Pleasant High School boats competed at the Texas High School Bass Association (THSBA) Regional tournament on Lake Palestine on Saturday, April 26 with all three reeling in catches. Anglers in 212 boats were competing for the chance to go to the State tournament at the end of April. Logan Holderness caught 4 fish [...]

2025-06-08T19:04:08-05:00

MPHS FFA Members Qualify for State

Mount Pleasant High School FFA members competed in the Area 6 Career Development Events contests on April 14-15 at East Texas A&M University in Commerce. Four teams advanced to their state competitions including Nursery/Landscape, Livestock, Forestry, and Agronomy. The Nursery/Landscape team of Samuel Chappell, Jeseth Monreal, Michelle Ramirez, and Xitlaly Sanchez placed 4th at Area [...]

2025-05-01T14:04:17-05:00

Mount Pleasant High School Announces Top 10% Honor Graduates

Mount Pleasant High School announced its Class of 2025 Top 10% Honor Graduates at a private reception in the MPHS Library on Thursday, April 17. Senior Counselor, Todd Burns, made the announcements. The Valedictorian of the Class of 2025 is Luke Thurman and the Salutatorian is Gopi Amin. MPHS Honor Graduates in alphabetical order are [...]

2025-05-01T13:05:29-05:00

MPHS Receives East Texas Professional Credit Union Scholarship

Congratulations to senior, Amir Martinez, who was awarded the $2000 Presidential Scholarship from East Texas Professional Credit Union! In his application he wrote about his most influential teacher, MPHS Health Science teacher, Mandy Hutchings! pictured L to R: MPHS Principal Jason Adams, Amir Martinez, MPHS Health Science teacher Mandy Hutchings, MPHS Senior Counselor Todd Burns

2025-05-01T14:17:02-05:00

MPHS Students Become Certified Clinical Medical Assistants

Thirty Mount Pleasant High School Health Science students recently completed the requirements for the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) course with 28 of those becoming Certified Clinical Medical Assistants after taking the national exam. Students in the Medical Assistant program completed an in-person CCMA course and clinical rotations along with three dual-credit courses, Medical Terminology, [...]

2025-04-24T13:13:44-05:00