MPHS Art Students Continue to Excel
Congratulations to the Mount Pleasant
High School art students who all received the Top Score of Four at
the 15th State Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) at the
University of Houston at Clearlake near Galveston. The students are
Nicole Fipps, sophomore, Morgan Luedke, sophomore, Alejandro
Martinez, senior, and Keziah Sanchez, sophomore. Each of these
students has earned a letter jacket and a State letter.
This is the ninth year in a row that MPHS
art students have won at state VASE competition. Their teacher is
MPHS Art teacher Jerry Boyd.
Pictured are Kneeling Martinez; Standing
(l-r) Luedke, Sanchez, Fipps
Mr. Gilbert Turrieta, this year’s President of the Star of Texas organization, purchased his work of horses in a pasture at the auction for $600.
“I am extremely proud of Alejandro for this,” said his MPHS art teacher Jerry Boyd. “The piece of artwork that won 1st place at the fair only brought in $650 at auction. And to have the president of the organization buy Alejandro’s work speaks to his artistic talent. Alejandro will be adding this $600 scholarship to others he was won to attend NTCC in the fall.”
Pictured with the artwork are Mr. Turrieta and Alejandro
