Mount Pleasant Junior High School 7th and 8th graders competed in the annual Middle School District UIL Academic Meet on Saturday, January 27 in Sulphur Springs and brought home multiple medals and ribbons. In Chess Puzzle Solving, Elijah Flanagan (8th grade) placed 1st and Heymar Rivera (7th grade) was 5th. In Ready Writing, Maisy Mathews [...]
The Mount Pleasant Junior High School Cheerleaders participated in their final competition of the year at NCA Nationals in Dallas on January 20-21. MPJH Cheer competed against 14 other squads in the Game Day Junior High/Middle School – Medium division. They scored an 86.0833 on day one and an 87.2667 on day two, bringing their [...]
Mount Pleasant Junior High School art students recently participated in the annual Peace Poster Contest sponsored by the Mount Pleasant Lions’ Club. The contest was open to students ages 11-13 and the theme for 2023-2024 was “Dare to Dream.” Forty-five MPJH art students submitted pieces to be judged in an interschool contest, with ten of [...]
The Mount Pleasant Junior High School Cheerleaders participated in their first competition of the season at Crandall Middle School on Saturday, December 2. In the Junior High division, MPJH defeated 7 schools to claim the team championship, a full 8 points ahead of 2nd place. In addition, they won Best Band Chant and Best Fight [...]
Friday, December 15 is an Early Release Day and the last day of the semester in MPISD! Classes will resume for students on Thursday, January 4.
Fifty-three Mount Pleasant Junior High School students are now members of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) following the official induction ceremony on Tuesday, November 28 in the Mount Pleasant High School auditorium. The new members join the 42 returning eighth-grade members bringing the total membership to 95. The new NJHS officers discussed the qualities [...]
Twenty-two Mount Pleasant Junior High School band students traveled to Sulphur Springs Middle School on Saturday, November 11 to audition for the TMEA Region IV MS/JH All-Region Band. Sixteen were selected for the All-Region Band, six in the Symphonic Band and ten in the Concert Band. MPJH boasted five 1st chair placements including Maria Beltran, [...]
Thirteen Mount Pleasant Junior High School choir students auditioned for places in the UIL Junior High All-Region Choir, with six making the cut and two chosen as first alternates. 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 for [...]
Congratulations to the Mount Pleasant Junior High Boys Cross Country team that won the District Championship this past weekend! The girls team also boasted some great placements and times. Junior High Boys (District Champions) Individual places out of 64 runners 4 Nerick Moreno 5 Oskar Nieto 10 Oscar Gomez 11 Bryan Carbajal 22 Stoney Lampard [...]
