MPHS Debate Team Members Bring Home Medals
The MPHS Speech and Debate team hosted a Texas Forensics Association Individual Qualifying tournament on Saturday, November 16. The tournament featured competitors from fourteen schools including some 6A programs from the Dallas area. Several 8th and 9th grade members of MPJH and MPHS Speech and Debate competed in the Novice division and three earned medals [...]
MPJH Wins 3rd Place for One Act Play
The Mount Pleasant Junior High School Theatre Department presented their One Act play, “Small Actors,” at the Junior High One Act Play competition in Sulphur Springs on Saturday, November 16. The cast took 3rd place with four members earning individual honors: Clayton Miller was named to the All-Star Cast, Jeffrey Bond and Madison Zepeda earned [...]
MPJHS Students Inducted into NJHS
Fifty-nine Mount Pleasant Junior High School students are now members of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) following the official induction ceremony on Tuesday, November 12. The new members join the fifty returning eighth-grade members. The new NJHS officers discussed the qualities of a National Junior Honor Society member in the traditional candle lighting ceremony. [...]
NJHS Induction Ceremony Tuesday, November 12
The National Junior Honor Society will hold the Fall Induction Ceremony Tuesday, November 12th at 6:00 pm in the Main Gym at Mt. Pleasant Junior High.
MPJH Band Students Selected for All-Region Band
Fifteen Mount Pleasant Junior High School band students have qualified for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region IV Middle School All-Region Band. Eleven students earned chairs in the Symphonic Band and four in the Concert Band. Four students earned 1st chair, essentially 1st place in their category, in the Symphonic Band: Shpat Zeqaj on [...]
MPJH Students Selected for All-Region Choir
Seven Mount Pleasant Junior High School choir students have earned places in the Junior High All-Region Choir. Auditions were held at Sulphur Springs Middle School on Saturday, October 26. To earn a place in the choir, each singer had to learn three selections and sing parts of each in a blind audition. Those selected include [...]