Fifty-seven Mount Pleasant High School students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) at a candlelight ceremony on Thursday, November 16 in the MPHS auditorium. To be a member of NTHS, a student must be enrolled in a Career and Technical Education (CTE) class, meet a set cumulative weighted GPA, be a member of a CTE organization (FBLA, HOSA, SkillsUSA, FFA, FCCLA, TPSA), complete service hours, and maintain a clean discipline record. The 57 new members join the 28 returning senior members bringing the total membership to 85 juniors and seniors.

NTHS officers for 2023-2024 are President Jose Fuentes, Vice President Genesis Aguilar, Secretary Cheyenne King, Treasurer Lakyn Fortenberry, Historian Andri Price, and Officer at Large Jason Barrientos, Reporter Cecilia Phan, Sergeant at Arms Hope Powell, Project Officer Joseline Almazan, and Parliamentarian Estefani Garcia.

New members for 2023-2024 are Rachel Albin, Gema Amaro, Gopi Amin, Natalia Aspeitia, Melanie Barraza, Veronica Bernardino, Karson Brown, Elizabeth Buck, Ariana Cruz, Diya Desai, Maleah Duenez, Drew Dyke, Steffanie Espiritu, Ke’Aundra Evans, Briana Gonzales, Patricia Gonzalez, Jessica Hang, Madison Hargrove, Addison Heeren, Kelsey Howard, Eli Hernandez, Karen Hernandez, Jasmine Landaverde, Kaira Leija, Melanie Logue, Andres Lopez, Jocelyn Marroquin, Gracie Martinez, Raquel Martinez, Kennady Mayben, Daimarie Memije, Kevin Mendoza, Braiden Merryman, Clayton Miller, Jesus Moreno, Allison Nieto, Jake Noble, Kimberly Victoria Pantoja, Ashley Pena, Daniela Pina, Mat Potter, Bianca Quistian, Cinthya Ramirez, Kimberly Ramirez, Manuel Ramirez, Kaylee Ramos, Abigail Retana, Francisco Rodriguez, Guadalupe Rubio, Xitlaly Sanchez, Michelle Sandoval, Amy Santillan, Araceli Solis, Christopher Sorto, Katherine Thompson, Harrison Wall, and Daniela Zuniga.

The returning senior members are Shirlyn Cardona, Idania Castanon, Oscar Castellanos, Nathanial Cates, Nicholas Cates, Perla Ferretiz Dominguez, Isabel Garza Aguirre, Rocio Herrera, Araceli Landaverde, Silvia Lopez, Harley Martin, Annie Munoz, Joel Palacios, Andrew Perez, Charis Ramirez, Nathali Rojas, Emilia Vega, and Shpat Zeqaj.

Advisors for the organization are CTE teachers Donna Davis and Jackie Scoggins with CTE Director, Karl Whitehurst.

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8255: The 2023-2024 Mount Pleasant High School National Technical Honor Society officers (L to R) Lakyn Fortenberry, Jason Barrientos, Genesis Aguilar, Cecilia Phan, Jose Fuentes, Estefani Garcia, Cheyenne King, Joseline Almazan, Andri Price, Hope Powell

8256: The new members of the Mount Pleasant High School chapter of NTHS