Twelve Mount Pleasant Junior High School band students have qualified for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region IV Middle School All-Region Band. Seven students earned chairs in the Symphonic Band and five in the Concert Band. Students who qualified for the All-Region Bands include: Symphonic Band: Adriel Bagsic, 2nd chair Trumpet; Sebastian Contreras, 5th [...]
Fifty-one Mount Pleasant Junior High School students are now members of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) following the official induction ceremony on Monday, November 8 in the Mount Pleasant High School auditorium. The new members join the 46 returning eighth-grade members. The new NJHS officers discussed the qualities of a National Junior Honor Society [...]
The Tiger and Lady Tiger Junior High cross-country runners traveled to Hallsville last weekend to compete in the district meet which would be the last meet of the season. Both teams performed well with the boys finishing in third overall and the girls posting a fifth-place team finish. The boys team mustered 75 points finishing [...]
Mount Pleasant Junior High was awarded a school grant from the MPISD Foundation. We are so excited and appreciative to Mrs. Diane Ramsay, the writer of the grant and her vision for the library. The money will be used to update the technology and purchase flexible seating. Thank you again to the MPISD Foundation!
MPISD welcomes Kelly Kinney into the role of Assistant Principal at Mount Pleasant Junior High for the 2021-2022 school year! Mr. Kinney has 26 years of experience in education having taught Agriculture classes for 15 years. He has also served in administrative roles for the past 11 years. Welcome to our Tiger family Mr. Kinney! [...]
The Mount Pleasant Junior High School Cheerleaders attended UCA camp at The University of Texas at Austin from May 31-June 3. While at camp, the team received the Spirit Stick as well as the Junior High Band Chant Champion, Junior High Sideline Champion, Junior High Cheer Champion, and Overall Junior High Squad Champion awards. Four [...]
Eleven Mount Pleasant High School seniors have been awarded Theo Shavers Memorial Scholarships. Longtime friend Lisa Rider set up a GoFundMe drive in the hopes of raising $2000 for a scholarship to be awarded to a 2021 senior in his name. In the end, the account raised $8000, giving the family the opportunity to award [...]
Mount Pleasant Junior High School 7th and 8th graders competed in an online UIL Junior High Academic Meet at the beginning of February and brought home multiple medals and ribbons. Mount Pleasant Junior High earned 4 team awards. The 8th grade Music Memory Team of Tanner Marshall, Christian Johnson, Kate Ball, and Maleah Duenez took [...]
