Eighty Mount Pleasant High School students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) at a candlelight ceremony October 16.  This is the largest class of inductees to NTHS in the past ten years.

To be a member of NTHS, a student must be enrolled in a Career and Technical Education (CTE) class, must maintain a cumulative GPA of 90, must be a member of a CATE organization (FBLA, HOSA, SkillsUSA, FFA, FCCLA, TPSA), must complete service hours and must maintain a clean discipline record. The 80 juniors and seniors join the 23 returning senior members.

New members for 2017-2018 are: Matthew Armstrong, Averie Ayers, Aner Baltazar, Irene Baltazar, Aslin Barrientos, Nohemi Barboza, Cinthia Bernal, Hailyn Blackstone, Ashley Blalock, Antolin Blanca, Adrienne Bradley, Mallory Campbell, Keily Castanon, Natalie Castillo, Marisol Castro, Makenzie Cota, Kayla Cuellar, Harper Davis, Elizabeth DelCarmen, Jordan Dickerson, Taylor Dillard, Kody Escobar, Sergio Flores, Gustavo Galindo, Gisel Garcia, Abigail Gonzalez, Cessia Gonzalez, Joshua Harris, Carl Hinton, Suzannah Hutchings, Tessa Land, Annie Le, Verania Leyva, Karla Lopez, Katherine Lopez, Bryana Martinez, Javier Martinez, Linda Martinez, Marvy Martinez, Keren Mendoza, Joshua Menhennett, Ali Grace Merritt, Tyrese Milton, Alexis Morales, Guadalupe Palacios, Maritza Quinones, Cesar Ramirez, Martina Ramirez, Natalia Ramirez, Jessica Robles, Karina Regalado, Alyssa Reynolds, Erica Salazar, Alexus Sampson, Luke Scoggin, Sanum Shahid, Shelby Shaw, Alexandra Vargas, Itzamari Vargas and Jaquelin Vazquez.

The returning senior members are Gustavo Alvarado, Ximena Alvarado, Leslie Damian – Vice President, Tatum Dungan, Grasiela Gaona, Tonita Graniel, Hunter Grant – Treasurer, Stacey Henderson, Nancy Ibarra – President, Katelyn Kimbrough, Daniel Landaverde, Peyton McClendon, Chris Memije, Emmanuel Moreno, Edher Oviedo – Secretary, Connor Reese, Melissa Rodrigue, Haydee Roman, Harison Russell, Payton Tyler, Erika Vargas – Officer-at-Large, Itzel Vargas, Janelle Wright, Tristan Zuniga
Sponsors for the organization are MPHS teachers Donna Davis and Victoria McLendon.

Picture: NTHS Officers Erika Vargas (Officer-at-Large), Nancy Ibarra (President), Leslie Damian (Vice President), and Hunter Grant (Treasurer) and new members at recent induction ceremony.