P.E. Wallace Middle School held their annual Gifted and Talented (GT) cardboard boat races on Friday, May 12 at Town Lake in Mount Pleasant. The students had about 3 hours that morning to design and construct their boats. Students in the 5th grade GT program could use cardboard, black plastic tarps, and duct tape. The [...]
The Wallace Dance Team competed at the American Dance/Drill Team National Championship at The University of North Texas on March 28 and 29. The team competed in the Elementary School division with a jazz, lyrical, and hip routine and brought home 6 awards. They were named 1st runner up Academic Champions for a team GPA [...]
Mount Pleasant ISD Destination Imagination (DI) continued their award-winning year as five MPISD teams competed against over 400 teams at Lonestar Finals, the largest single day Destination Imagination Tournament in the world, on March 28-29 at the University of Texas at Arlington. The awards ceremony was held at Maverick Stadium at UTA and two MPISD [...]
We are looking for current 5th graders who want to be a part of the 2025-2026 Wallace Dance Team! There is a MANDATORY parent meeting on May 5th at 6:00 p.m. so mark your calendars now. See the graphic for all the important dates and Mrs. Harmon’s email address if you have questions.
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 [...]
The P.E. Wallace Middle School fifth and sixth grade UIL Academic team competed in the district middle school UIL Academic Meet on Saturday, February 1 at Hallsville Junior High. Wallace won overall 2nd place in fifth grade and brought home multiple medals and ribbons including four 1st place teams, a 2nd place team, and seven [...]
Five MPISD robotics teams representing P.E. Wallace Middle School and Mount Pleasant Junior High competed in the Texas Youth Robotics Alliance (TYRA) VEX IQ competition on Saturday, February 8 at Sulphur Springs Middle School. The competition featured 49 teams from the surrounding area. At the end of six qualification matches, the top 20 teams advanced [...]
On Thursday, January 30, twelve students representing E.C. Brice, Frances Corprew, Vivian Fowler, Annie Sims, and P.E. Wallace competed in the Region VIII ESC Science and Invention Fair. Students conducted research and created their displays on their own time and had five minutes to explain their projects and findings to the judges. Projects could be [...]
We had a whale of a time at the Wallace Middle School production of Finding Nemo, Jr. last weekend! Bravo to Mrs. Diane Swiger, the cast, and crew...you were "fin"tastic!
The art of crochet has seen a surge in popularity, particularly with young people, since the pandemic. Due to videos on social media sites like Instagram and Tik Tok, members of Gen Z and Gen Alpha have expressed an interest in learning to crochet because it is sustainable, inexpensive, creative, and even therapeutic. Students at [...]
