The Mount Pleasant Junior High School Cheerleaders attended a National Cheer Association (NCA) home camp in the junior high gym on June 1-3. The squad learned cheers and chants for the 2026 football season. Four cheerleaders earned individual accolades. NCA All American Cheerleaders included Kinlee Castro, Maggie Godfrey, and Addi Limbock. Godfrey and Camilla Nova [...]
Mount Pleasant Junior High School eighth grader, Karli Lowry, has qualified for the National Junior High Finals Rodeo in Guthrie, Ok in June. Lowry, a member of the MPISD rodeo team, competed against 101 of the top junior high barrel racers in the state at the Texas Junior High Rodeo Association State Finals in Gonzalez, [...]
Members of the MPISD Winter Guards closed out the season at the Four States Performing Arts Association Solo and Ensemble Championships at on Saturday, April 18 at Tyler Junior College. Nineteen MPISD students from Mount Pleasant Junior High and Mount Pleasant High School competed with their solos and duets with fourteen placing in the top [...]
Twelve Mount Pleasant Junior High 8th graders recently completed the requirements to be accepted into high school Art II for the upcoming school year, a significant accomplishment as they will begin Art II as freshmen. Requirements include taking two years of junior high art, competing in multiple art contests throughout their 2nd year, and submission [...]
Calling all current 6th & 7th grade dancers! The Mt. Pleasant Junior High Advanced Dance Team (ADT) will hold tryouts beginning Friday, May 1. See the graphic for important dates and information. Questions? Email Coach D at [email protected]
The P.E. Wallace Middle School and Mount Pleasant Junior High UIL Academic teams competed in the district middle school UIL Academic Meet on Saturday, March 28 at Hallsville Junior High. Three academics placed 2nd as a team with numerous individuals bringing home medals. 6th grade Listening (2nd place team) Lillian Yoder, Aryana Knieriem, Melonie Davis [...]
Happy Administrative Appreciation Week to these amazing women who keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes! All of your hard work, organization, and dedication do not go unnoticed. Each of you are truly the backbone of it all. Thank you for everything you do each and every day!
The Mount Pleasant Junior High School Advanced Dance Team (ADT) competed at the Marching Auxiliaries Dance Nationals at College Park Center on the campus of The University of Texas at Arlington on Saturday, March 28. The team competed in the large Junior High/Middle School division with a novelty, a hip hop, and a pom routine [...]
Seventeen Mount Pleasant Junior High School art students entered 18 pieces in the Region 8 Junior Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) competition on Saturday, March 14 at Redwater Junior High. Of the 18 pieces entered, 14 received division 1 medals. And one MPJH student was chosen the overall winner. Eighth grader Mariangel Mora’s entry was [...]
The Mount Pleasant Junior High School Band participated in the UIL Region 4 Middle School Concert and Sightreading contest held on Friday, March 27 at New Boston High School. The band played 3 pieces on stage including “Forward March!” by Paul Murtha, “As Twilight Falls” by Robert Sheldon, and “Japanese Pictures” by Kevin Mixon, and had to [...]
