The Mount Pleasant High School Theatre department competed in the District 15-5A UIL One Act play competition on Wednesday, March 6 at Texas High in Texarkana. The cast and crew placed 4th, narrowly missing advancing to the bi-district round of competition, their highest placement in One Act in many years. In addition to their alternate [...]
Seventeen individual MPHS Powerlifters qualified and competed in Regional Powerlifting, the Lady Tigers at Pine Tree on February 29 and the Tigers at Tyler Chapel Hill on March 6. Five lifters have qualified for their respective state meets. Senior Araceli Landaverde placed 1st in her weight class. This will be her second trip to State. [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School chapter of the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) attended the 40th annual Teach Tomorrow Summit at the Kalahari Resort in Round Rock, on February 27-March 1. Five members attended the state competition after qualifying at area in December. Over 300 schools were represented by more than 2400 competitors at [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) chose to donate $2000 to two local groups, Rhute Haven and Titus County Cares, at their monthly meeting on Thursday, March 7. Rhute Haven's mission is to help people overcome homelessness, trauma, addiction, and hunger. They achieve this through a number of programs [...]
The Tiger and Lady Tiger golf teams continued their push toward district, playing in three different tournaments recently trying to improve their scores. The Tigers played in the Twisted 54 tournament on Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2. The Twisted 54 is a two-day tournament, with team members playing 36 holes at Wood Hollow [...]
These 3 Tigers broke school records this season: Senior Kai Price broke the single season FG % with 65.1% and broke the career FG% with 57% Junior Reggie Webster broke the FT% in a single season 100% (11/11). He also tied the most FT makes in single season with 125. Sophomore Carter Chism broke the [...]
The MPHS Varsity and JVA Winter Guards accepted a challenge to compete at the Winter Guard International (WGI) Austin Regional at Glenn High School in Leader on March 4-5. The competition featured 40 teams in the Scholastic A division with most coming from large 6A programs from the Austin, Houston, and San Antonio area. Both [...]
Mount Pleasant High School Engineering program seniors participated in an Engineering Roundtable on February 23 at Northeast Texas Community College. NTCC invited engineers currently working in the industry to rotate among the students and discuss education, careers, and engineering opportunities in Northeast Texas. Students had the opportunity to hear the perspectives of those currently working [...]
The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Math and Science teams competed in the East Texas Showdown at Sabine High School on Saturday, March 2 earning a 2nd place team award in one event and several individual medals. Full results are as follows: Calculator Applications (2nd place team) 9th grade: Karen Sandate 3rd 10th grade: Julian [...]
Congratulations to our Tigers who earned All-District honors this season! District MVP Carter Chism 1st team Kai Price Reggie Webster 2nd team A’Shad Smith Jordyn Hurndon Tre Williams Honorable Mention De Corian Thompson Zeke Hargrave Academic All District Tanner Marshall Tre Williams Top 5 Charges in District Chris Williams
