Sixty-four 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 MPHS auditorium on Thursday, May 9. Those 64 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 include:

Ana Garrett—Accounting (Pilgrim Bank)

Madison Cooper—Advanced Quantitative Reasoning (Titus Regional Medical Center)

Jonathan Dalby—Ag Mechanics (Priefert Manufacturing)

Genevieve Rubio—Agriscience (Higginbotham Insurance)

Rose Ponce—Algebra I (Guaranty Bank)

Julian Chancellor—Algebra II (Emma Flores Insurance)

Tisha Patel—Anatomy & Physiology (The Pediatric Clinic PA & Northeast Texas Pediatrics)

Lakyn Fortenberry—Animal Science (Titus County Fair Association)

Stephanie Hernandez—Art (MP Rentals)

Shpat Zeqaj—Band (Luigi’s)

Mackenzie Jaime—Biology (American National Bank)

Clinton DeBord—AP Biology (First Federal Community Bank)

Katherine Thompson—Business Information Management (East Texas Children’s Dentistry)

Yahir Garcia—Calculus (Vera Bank)

Addison Amerson—Career Preparation (Lion’s Club)

Audrey Fisher—Chemistry (Mayben Realty)

Hope Powell—Choir (Brookshire’s)

Alejandro Castro—Communications (MP Pack N’ Mail)

Luis Emilio Reyes Jr.—Construction Technology (Stansell Construction)

McKinsee Oviedo—Cosmetology (Glossy Nail Lounge)

Michelle Zelaya—Culinary Arts (Hampton Inn & Suites)

Caroline Currey—Dance (Texas A&M-Texarkana)

Sidney Beles—Education & Training (AA’s Treehouse Learning Center)

Ethan Sanchez—Electrical Technology (Marmon Industrial Energy & Infrastructure)

Joel Palacios—Engineering (CadVibe)

Mary Beth Snyder—English I (Pilot Club)

Brissia Alvarez—English II (Rotary Club)

Samuel Chappell—English III NETX Blinds and More)

Sophie Greco—English IV (Dermatology Center of Northeast Texas)

John David Freeman—Environmental Science (Denney Land Surveying)

Jennifer Meeks—Environmental Systems (Republic Services)

Jillian Jetton—Fashion Design (Mid America Pet Foods)

Yalit Mata—Forensic Science (Tumey Mortuary)

Stephanie Barrientos—Geometry (Baker & Johnson CPA)

Diana Vargas—Government & Economics (H&R Block)

Esther Gonzalez—Health Science Theory (Mount Pleasant Dental Assistant School)

Jasmine Landaverde—Instructional Practice in Education (NTCC)

Idania Castanon—Newspaper (Phil & Jennifer Scudder)

Joseline Almazan—Yearbook (Texas Best Real Estate – Amy Hinton)

Kiara Rundles—Law Enforcement (Greater Hope Church of God in Christ)

Valerie Pina—Marketing Education (Cypress Bank)

Alfred Anderson—Math Models (East Texas Professional Credit Union)

Zoë Newman—AP Music Theory (Elliott Auto Group)

Jocelyn Marroquin—Patient Care Tech (Cypress Basin Hospice)

Jose Gonzalez—Physics (Stephenson Dirt Contracting)

Nathaniel Martinez—AP Physics C (JB Elite Contracting)

Zachary Smallwood—Piano (Patrick Redfearn Realty)

Amir Martinez—Practicum in Health Science I (Robert C Sikes DDS)

Cecilia Phan—Practicum in Health Science II (Pleasant Smiles Dental)

Luke Thurman—Pre-Calculus (Thurman’s Pro-Med Pharmacy)

Katelyn Tejedas—Scientific Research & Design (Next Level Pet Foods)

Miguel Angel Guzman Julio—Spanish I (Castillo Real Estate)

Yaimari Gutierrez—Spanish I (Shumate Flooring)

Arielys Dennise Brito—Spanish II (Mount Pleasant Pet Resort)

Jannely Aguilar—Spanish II (Cowan Inspection)

Alondra Santos—Spanish III (Elliott Auto Group)

Sandy Farias—Spanish IV (Diamond C Trailers)

Jose Fuentes—AP Spanish Literature (Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce)

Kurt Alipao—Sports Medicine (Bates Cooper Sloan Funeral Home)

Ella Cross—Statistics (Super 1 Foods)

Emma Sanders—Theatre (Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce)

Gopi Amin—U.S. History (Manish Enterprises)

Gisel Ramirez—World Geography (McGuire Dyke CPA’s)

Alessandro Greco—World History (Dermatology Center of Northeast Texas)

Photo: Mount Pleasant High School 2024 Academic Blanket recipients