Sixty-five Mount Pleasant High School students were presented Academic Blanket Awards for having the highest overall average in his or her respective subject in a ceremony in the newly renovated MPHS auditorium on Thursday May 11. Those 65 students make up only about 4% of the population of MPHS. The Academic Blanket Awards have been sponsored by the Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce for many years, with businesses vying for the chance to sponsor and purchase a blanket for a student. Representatives from each of those businesses were in attendance that afternoon to present the awards to the students.

Those awarded Academic Blankets and the sponsoring businesses included:

Wendy Alarcon—Accounting (McGuire-Dyke CPAs)

Chloe Carter—Advanced Quantitative Reasoning (American National Bank)

Ethan Easley—Ag Mechanics (Priefert)

Emma Sellers—Agriscience (Titus County Fair Association)

Margarita Salinas—Algebra I (Cypress Bank)

Luke Thurman—Algebra II (Thurman’s Pro-Med Pharmacy)

Kimberly Pina—Anatomy & Physiology (Titus Dental Care)

Wendy Carrillo—Animal Science (Mt. Pleasant Pet Resort)

Silvia Sustaita—Art (Phil and Jennifer Scudder)

Orion Senence—Band (US Pet Foods)

Alberto Avila—Biology (Pleasant Smiles Dental)

Camdon Johnson—AP Biology (Titus Regional Medical Center)

Evelyn Monreal—Business Information Management (Patrick Redfearn Realty)

Ethan Harbour—Calculus (Denney Land Surveying)

Jacqueline Rodriguez—Career Preparation (Hampton Inn and Suites)

Gopi Amin—Chemistry (Manish Amin Enterprises)

Litzy Gonzalez—Choir (Greater Hope Church of God in Christ)

Alejandro Castro—Communications (Republic Services)

Samuel Molina—Construction Technology (Stansell Construction)

Pilar Gonzalez—Cosmetology (Emma Flores Insurance)

Micah Shepherd—Culinary Arts (Luigi’s Fine Italian)

Alexis Agnew—Dance (CrossFit Tico)

Lizeth Navarro—Education & Training (AA Treehouse Learning Center)

Brian Ayala—Electrical Technology (Marmon Industrial Energy and Infrastructure)

Carlos Buitron—Engineering (Stephenson Dirt Contracting)

Audrey Fisher—English I (Sisk Motors)

Samuel Chappell—English II (MP Pack N’ Mail)

Sophie Greco—English III (Medical and Surgery Dermatology Center of Northeast Texas)

Fernanda Salazar—AP English IV (Pilot Club)

Anthony Orellana—Dual Credit English IV (Rotary Club of Mount Pleasant)

Natalie Crockett—Environmental Science (Guaranty Bank)

Mason McMinn—Environmental Systems (Cowan Inspection)

Jillian Jetton—Fashion Design (Mayben Realty)

Stephanie Hernandez—Forensic Science (Tumey Mortuary)

Julian Chancellor—Geometry (Shumate Floor Covering)

Perla Guzman—Government & Economics (Lions Club of Mount Pleasant)

Elizabeth Buck—Health Science Theory (The Pediatric Clinic)

Araceli Landaverde—Instructional Practice in Education (East Texas Professional Credit Union)

Nathali Rojas—Journalism Newspaper (Brookshire’s)

Mary Reeve—Journalism Yearbook (Redfearn Real Estate)

Tawnny Swanson—Law Enforcement (Vera Bank)

Kit Thompson—Marketing Education (East Texas Children’s Dentistry)

Michael Carrero Villanueva—Math Models (1st Texas Financial Services)

Mauricio Farias—Music Theory (MP Rentals)

Kylie Humber—Patient Care Tech (Robert Sikes DDS)

Vanessajane Bayna—Physics (Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce)

Param Poudel—Physics C (Diamond C Trailers)

Suhey Lopez—Piano (Higginbotham Insurance)

Tisha Patel—Practicum in Health Science Technology I (Cypress Basin Hospice)

Madeline Plascencia—Practicum in Health Science Technology II (Arnold Walker Arnold)

Nathaniel Martinez—Pre-Calculus (Warrior Tax)

Paris Beard—Scientific Research & Design (Elliott Auto Group)

Dylan Ramirez—Spanish I Bilingual (Suzie Castillo, Realtor Lighthouse Realty)

Kayleigh Martin—Spanish I Monolingual (Texas A&M Texarkana)

Diego Ugalde—Spanish II Bilingual (Pilgrim Bank)

John Freeman—Spanish II Monolingual (Sandlin Motors)

Yahaira Pina—Spanish III Monolingual (Northeast Texas Community College)

Jose Fuentes—AP Spanish Language (Baker and Johnson CPA)

Noemy Dorantes–AP Spanish Literature (Diamond C Trailers)

Raegan Houchin—Sports Medicine (Texas Bragg Trailers)

Clinton Debord—Statistics (NETX Blinds and More)

Daniela Palomo—Theatre (Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce)

Ella Cross—US History (Texas Best Realty)

Brissia Alvarez—World Geography (Stephenson Dirt Contracting)

Amir Martinez—World History (Elliott Auto Group)

Photos:

MPHS Academic Blanket Award recipients

8249: Camdon Johnson (right) receives the academic blanket for AP Biology sponsored by TRMC and presented by Will Hooks.

8257: Gopi Amin (right) accepts the blanket for Chemistry sponsored and presented by her dad, Manish Amin of Manish Amin Enterprises

8281: Sophie Greco (right) receives the academic blanket for English III sponsored by Medical and Surgery Dermatology Center of Northeast Texas and presented by her dad, Dr. Anthony Greco