Sixteen seniors and fifty-seven juniors were inducted into the Mount Pleasant High School chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) during a special ceremony on Monday, October 30 in the MPHS Auditorium. The new members join the fifty-seven returning senior members of the chapter bringing the total membership to 130.

To be inducted into NHS, a student must have earned a weighted cumulative GPA of 5.10 and must meet certain service and character standards, exemplified in behavior and personal conduct both on and off campus. The NHS inducts students who meet the criteria in their junior or senior year during the fall semester.

Officers of the MPHS Chapter are President Angelina Hernandez, Vice President Sophie Greco, Secretary Mea Banda, Treasurer Kiara Rundles, and Parliamentarian/Historian Jose Fuentes.

The 2023-2024 new members are:

Senior inductees: Trevor Broach, Alejandro Castro, Ana Ceballos, Kaylee Connally, Noemy Dorantes, Diego Flores, Isabela Garza, Andrew Guerette, Rocio Herrera, Andres Lopez, Jocelyn Marroquin, Christopher Moreno, Charis Ramirez, Abigail Retana, Genevieve Rubio, and Alicia Velasquez Molina.

Junior inductees: Jalyssa Aguilar, Rachel Albin, Jorge Almazan, Luis Alvarado, Jasmin Alvarez, Jaycee Alvarez, Gopi Amin, Natalia Aspeitia, Katherine Ball, Melanie Barraza, Veronica Bernardino, Elizabeth Buck, Samuel Chappell, Emely Chavelas, Selena Clark, Evan Cota, David Cumpian, Jonathan Dalby, Diya Desai, Daffne Garcia, Gabriella Garza, Jose Gonzalez, Patricia Gonzalez, Stephanie Guerrero, Jessica Hang, Sidney Harbour, Madison Hargrove, Addison Heeren, Dawson Hernandez, Eli Hernandez, Karen Hernandez, Hayden Hester, Kelsey Howard, Christian Johnson, Addyson Long, Tanner Marshall, Amir Martinez, Raquel Martinez, Marlyne Mendez, Trenton Milam, Jesus Moreno, Allison Nieto, Dollian Phan, Daniela Pina, Yahaira Pina, Cinthya Ramirez, Kaylee Ramos, Francisco Rodriguez, Michelle Sandoval, Amy Santillan, Araceli Solis, Christopher Sorto, Avanleigh Thomas, Katherine Thompson, Luke Thurman, Diego Ugalde, and Johnathan Ventura.

Returning senior members of the MPHS NHS Chapter are Genesis Aguilar, Joseline Almazan, Hannah Anderson, Mea Banda, Jason Barrientos, Sidney Beles, Shirlyn Cardona, Idania Castanon, Oscar Castellanos, Nathanial Cates, Nicholas Cates, Ella Cross, Caroline Currey, Brianne Davis, Clinton DeBord, Drew Dyke, Jose Escobar, Jarley Esguerra, Marlyn Estrada, John Freeman, Jose Fuentes, Estefani Garcia, Yahir Garcia, Ana Garrett, Briana Gonzales, Sophie Greco, Owen Green, Abigail Gutierrez, Angelina Hernandez, Stephanie Hernandez, Morgan Hill, Jillian Jetton, Araceli Landaverde, Erik Liera, Nathaniel Martinez, Rebeca Martinez, Yalit Mata, Kennady Mayben, Amariya Miller, Clayton Miller, Angel Munoz, Annie Munoz, Jeisy Munoz, Zoe Newman, McKinsee Oviedo, Joel Palacios, Andrew Perez, Estven Perez, Cecilia Phan, Kiara Rundles, Ethan Sanchez, Allie Sloan, Makayla Spigner, Harrison Wall, Jordan West, Conlee Zachry, and Shpat Zeqaj.

Members of the MPHS National Honor Society Faculty Council are LeAnne Blalock, Todd Burns, Gina Crouch, Jerilyn Goolsby, Kristi Houchin, Ann Jenkins, Ana Munoz, and Larry Russell. The MPHS National Honor Society Advisors are David Clark and Angela Priefert.

MPHS NHS is primarily a community service organization. They are currently conducting their 9th annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. They will also ring the bell for the Salvation Army in December and will hold a Pet Supply Drive in conjunction with all the MPISD Honor Societies in the Spring.

Photos:

1 – The new members of the MPHS National Honor Society

2 – The returning seniors of the MPHS National Honor Society

3 – The 2023-2024 NHS officers (L to R) Treasurer Kiara Rundles, Secretary Mea Banda, President Angelina Hernandez, Vice President Sophie Greco, Parliamentarian/Historian Jose Fuentes

4 – Senior Kaylee Connally receives her NHS pin from Vice President Sophie Greco

5 – Senior Abigail Retana is welcomed as a new member

6 – Junior Tanner Marshall is inducted as a new member of NHS