Mount Pleasant Junior High School 7th and 8th graders competed in the annual Middle School District UIL Academic Meet earlier in the semester and brought home multiple medals and ribbons.

The 8th grade Music Memory Team of Sara Vanhoose, Lachlan Miles, and Avery Brown took 3rd place as a team.
And the 7th grade Chess team of Dakota Williams, Ryan Burg, and Elijah Flanagan placed 3rd as a team.
Numerous students earned individual medals:

7th Grade
*Editorial Writing: Charisma Crabtree—2nd place, Jayden Baker—5th place, Emily Crabb—6th place
*Ready Writing: Charisma Crabtree—6th place
*Art: Trisha Easley—2nd place
*Chess Puzzle Solving: Dakota Williams—2nd place
*Music Memory: Airyana Beckham—6th place
*Impromptu Speaking: Brody Smith—6th place
*Oral Reading: Tenley Marshall—3rd place, Emily Crabb—4th place
*Social Studies: Dakota Williams—3rd place

8th Grade
*Chess: Carson Dominguez—4th place, Lachlan Miles—6th place
*Ready Writing: Zoei Craig—5th place
*Social Studies: Bowdrie Priefert—2nd place, Charity Prater—6th place
*Editorial Writing: Zoei Craig—5th place
*Music Memory: Sara Vanhoose—3rd place

Photo: Mount Pleasant Junior High School UIL Meet participants
Front row L to R: Charity Prater, Sara Vanhoose, Charisma Crabtree, Jayden Baker, Emily Crabb, Tenley Marshall