The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team competed in the District 15-5A UIL Academic Meet on March 24-25 at Whitehouse High School. Overall, 16 MPHS students advanced to the Regional Meet with 3 others placing in their events.

Team members advancing to Regionals include:

Social Studies (1st place team)—Vanessajane Bayna 1st place, Yahir Garcia 3rd place, Estven Perez 4th place, and Jeisy Munoz

Spelling (1st place team)—Izzy Gonzales 1st place (tie), Sophie Greco 1st place (tie), Angelina Hernandez, and Zoe Newman

Calculator Applications (2nd place team)—Nathaniel Martinez 3rd place, Isaac Hernandez 6th place, Param Poudel, and Luke Thurman

Mathematics (2nd place team)—Nathaniel Martinez 4th place, Isaac Hernandez 6th place, Param Poudel, and Perla Guzman

Ready Writing—Makayla Spigner 2nd place

Poetry—Madeline Tumey-Simmons 3rd place

Persuasive Extemp—Anthony Orellana 2nd place

Also placing in their events were Ethan Harbour 5th place in Science, Eli Rider 6th place in Current Events, and Gopi Amin 6th place in Lincoln Douglas Debate.

Advancing teams and individuals will compete at the Regional Meet to be held April 21-22 at The University of Texas at Arlington. Those placing in the top 3 in each event will qualify for the State meet in May. Regional qualifying coaches are Gina Crouch (Spelling), Leanne Blalock (Social Studies), Osias Hernandez (Calculator Applications and

Mathematics), Gabrielle Robbins (Ready Writing), Cindy Reed (Extemporaneous Speaking), and Angela Priefert (Poetry).

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MPHS District UIL Academic Meet medalists