The Mount Pleasant High School Goin’ Gold Band set a new school record with 58 students earning 62 first division medals at the UIL Region IV Solo and Ensemble Contest and advancing to the State Solo and Ensemble contest to be held in Austin at the end of May. Students auditioned as a soloist and/or [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Theatre department will compete in the District UIL One Act play competition with their newly imagined version of Alice in Wonderland. Set in a steampunk dream world, we meet most of the characters we remember from the original Alice in Wonderland - with a few changes. Director of Theatre, Dr. [...]
The MPHS Lady Tigers golf team played in the Hallsville Invitational on Monday, February 27 and posted one of their best tournament rounds of the season. The team claimed the tournament championship with a score of 364, shaving 21 strokes off their score of 385 just two weeks prior. Leading the way for the Lady [...]
Mount Pleasant High School FFA members Christo Escalante and Ethan Easley won 1st place at the Area 6 FFA Convention Talent Contest on February 27. They will compete in the Talent Contest representing Area 6 at the 95th State FFA Convention on July 10-14 in Dallas. Photo:Â MPHS FFA members Christo Escalante (left) and Ethan [...]
Mount Pleasant High School Electrical Technology students competed in the SkillsUSA District competition on February 3-4 with five advancing to the state contest in April. In the National Electric Code Testing event, senior Angel Nava placed 1st and senior Humberto Ramirez came in 2nd. For this contest, students are evaluated on their ability to apply [...]
All four MPISD Winter Guard teams traveled to the North Texas Colorguard Association (NTCA) contest at Pine Tree High School in Longview on Saturday, February 25. Thirty-nine teams representing schools from all over the North Texas area competed in nine different divisions. The Varsity team placed first in the National A division, more than three [...]
After six meets, the Mount Pleasant High School Lady Tiger Powerlifting team has qualified 12 lifters for the Regional meet with 1 additional lifter named an alternate. MPHS competes in Region 3 Division 1 which encompasses all 5A and 6A high schools in the Northeast Texas area. To qualify for the Regional meet, a lifter [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School Tiger Dolls attended their final competition of the year at the American Dance/Drill Team Lone Star State Championship at East View High School in Georgetown, TX on Saturday, February 25. In total, the Dolls brought home 25 awards including state championships for both the team and officer squad. The Tiger [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Calculator, Math, Accounting, Current Events, and Spelling teams traveled to College Station for the A&M Consolidated UIL Invitational on February 24-25. Two teams including Calculator Applications and Accounting took 1st place team honors in their respective events. Full results include: -Calculator Applications (1st place team) Nathaniel Martinez 1st, Param [...]
Five members of the Mount Pleasant High School chapter of Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) attended the Region III Leadership Conference at the Waco Convention Center on February 16-18. Two chapter members advanced to the state level in Fashion Construction. Senior Christopher Escobar competed in Fashion Construction, Level 3 (11th & 12th [...]
