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MPJHS 8th Grader Earns Presidential Volunteer Award

Mackenzie Lide, an incoming 8th grader at Mount Pleasant Junior High school, has earned a Bronze Presidential Volunteer Service Award. Lide, the daughter of Mike and Jennifer Lide, received the award for completing 74 volunteer hours during the past 12 months. Mackenzie was nominated for the award by MPHS teacher and Speech and Debate Coach [...]

2017-06-13T11:28:30-05:00

MPISD Foundation Awards Educator Grants

By 8:10 a.m. on Friday, May 12 everyone was on the bus: the MPHS pep band, cheerleaders, Tiger mascot and members of the Board of the MPISD Foundation. It was to be a memorable morning. They were off to award $36,365.15 in Educator Grants to 32 teachers on seven Mt. Pleasant ISD campuses. “We made [...]

2019-05-02T15:46:39-05:00

Heather Brown Named 2017 District Secondary Teacher of the Year

Heather Brown was born in Mt. Pleasant and grew up in Omaha.  She graduated from Paul Pewitt High School and earned her Bachelor’s of Applied Arts – Liberal Arts from Texas A&M Texarkana. She worked at the Region 8 Education Service Center in school operations for five years before joining the District three years ago. [...]

2017-06-02T15:26:56-05:00

Connelly Cowan Honored for Exceptional Academic Success

Connelly Cowan, a 7th grade student at Mount Pleasant Junior High School, earned State Recognition from the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) by earning a score on the ACT that is approximately equal to the 50th national percentile rank for college-bound seniors taking that test. She was recognized at the Texas State Recognition [...]

2017-06-01T10:55:02-05:00

MPJHS Students Qualify for Duke Talent Identification Program

Eighteen Mount Pleasant Junior High School 7th Grade students were invited to participate in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) and took either the ACT or the SAT, both college-entrance exams. Three students chose to take the SAT while fifteen took the ACT. Taking the SAT were Taylor Hubbs, Katherine Ochoa, and Kurion Walker. [...]

2017-06-01T10:42:20-05:00

MPISD Schools to Release Early On May 25th

Mount Pleasant ISD schools will release early on Thursday, May 25, the last day of classes for the 2016-2017 school year. Schools will release and buses will run on the following schedule: 12:00 pm: Annie Sims Elementary School E.C. Brice Elementary School Frances Corprew Elementary School Vivian Fowler Elementary School 12:30 pm: P.E. Wallace Middle [...]

2017-05-18T14:34:12-05:00