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Four MPJH Art Students Win Awards at Junior VASE Competition

Mount Pleasant Junior High School art students entered 4 pieces in the Region 8 Junior Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) competition on Saturday, March 22 at Redwater Junior High School, competing against a total of 37 pieces in their division. Eighth grader Kaleigh Morris was the platinum medal winner. Her piece “Green” was chosen as [...]

2025-04-24T12:34:04-05:00

Mount Pleasant Junior High Honors Band Earns Sweepstakes

For just the second time in 28 years, the Mount Pleasant Junior High School Honors Band earned a Sweepstakes award at the UIL Region 4 Middle School Concert and Sightreading contest held on Friday, March 28 at New Boston High School. The band played 3 pieces on stage including “Union Station March” by Don Colquitt, [...]

2025-04-15T12:02:47-05:00

MPJH Advanced Dance Team Competes at Nationals

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 March 28 and 29. The team competed in the small Junior High/Middle School division with a novelty, a hip hop, and a pom [...]

2025-04-08T12:15:08-05:00

Mount Pleasant Junior High Students Qualify for State Rodeo

Three Mount Pleasant Junior High School students and members of the Mount Pleasant Rodeo Team have qualified for the Texas Junior High State Finals in June. To qualify, team members competed in Regional Rodeos and had to consistently be in the top 10 in their events over the course of 12 rodeos. Eighth grader Lucas [...]

2025-04-08T10:06:20-05:00

MPISD FBLA Middle Level Students Advance to Nationals

The Mount Pleasant ISD Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Middle Level, grades 5th - 8th, competed at the State Leadership Conference in Round Rock on February 23-25. Thirty-six MPISD middle level students representing Wallace Middle School and Mount Pleasant Junior High made the trip to the Kalahari Resort with all 36 placing in their [...]

2025-03-24T12:30:13-05:00

MPJH Winter Guards Compete in NTCA Championships

The Mount Pleasant Junior High School Winter Guards traveled to Mansfield High School for the North Texas Colorguard Association Cadet and Novice Championships on Saturday, March 8. The Junior Guard and Junior Guard JV both qualified to compete in the Championships based on their performances and scores from previous qualifying contests. The Mount Pleasant Junior [...]

2025-04-08T08:58:00-05:00

MPJH Eighth Grader Wins DAR Essay Contest

Mount Pleasant Junior High eighth grader, Ella Rosewell, recently won the Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest. Rosewell was presented a certificate at the awards banquet on Monday, February 10, at St. Andrew Methodist Church. Rosewell’s essay was titled Celebrating a New Kind of Tea Party! When asked what her essay was about, she [...]

2025-02-20T12:44:47-06:00

Mount Pleasant Junior Guard Wins Again at Naaman Forest

All five MPISD Winter Guard teams traveled to Naaman Forest High School in Garland for the North Texas Colorguard Association contest on Saturday, February 8. Mount Pleasant ISD has two Winter Guard teams at Mount Pleasant Junior High, the Junior Guard and the JV Junior Guard, and three at Mount Pleasant High School, the Varsity, [...]

2025-02-19T16:44:08-06:00

MPJH Competes in UIL Junior High Academic Meet

Mount Pleasant Junior High School 7th and 8th graders competed in the annual Middle School District UIL Academic Meet on Saturday, February 1 at Hallsville Junior High. MPJH had a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place team and brought home multiple individual medals. 7th grade results: Chess Puzzle Solving (1st place team) Yaden Villanueva 1st, Macon [...]

2025-02-19T16:32:00-06:00