#PointerNation Welcomes Kari Kabat

Kari Kabat Middle School Math Teacher Hometown:  Montfort  High school graduated from: Iowa-Grant College: Kari graduated from UW-Platteville in 2004 with a degree in Industrial Engineering. In 2008, she earned her Middle Level Education Math Degree, also from UW-Platteville. She earned her Library Administration Certification from UW-Whitewater. In 2020, she earned her Masters from UW-Whitewater… Continue Reading #PointerNation Welcomes Kari Kabat

Math Team Success

High School On Thursday, March 5, Mineral Point’s High School Math Team traveled to Riverdale High School for the annual SWAL Math Contest. Five students from each division compete both individually and as a team. Students take three individual tests as well as one team test. For the team contest, an individual average is calculated… Continue Reading Math Team Success

Math Teams Bring Home Gold

On Monday, March 18, Mineral Point Middle and High School mathletes hosted the annual SWAL Math Team Contest. The schools participating this year were Boscobel, Cuba City, Darlington, Fennimore, Iowa-Grant, Mineral Point, Riverdale, and Southwestern. For the high school, one gold, silver, and bronze are awarded in each division (unless there is a tie). Team… Continue Reading Math Teams Bring Home Gold

SWAL Math Teams Earn Gold

On Monday, March 12, Mineral Point Middle and High School mathletes traveled to Iowa-Grant for the annual SWAL Math Team Contest. For the high school, one gold, silver, and bronze are awarded in each division (unless there is a tie). Team Award: Gold: Pre-Calculus (Karsten Bakken, Maddie Faull, Owen Stephenson, Nick DuBois, Brady Palzkill) Individual… Continue Reading SWAL Math Teams Earn Gold

#PointerNation Welcomes Erin Leonard

First in the 2017-18 New Staff series   Erin Leonard Options in Education Teacher/Math Interventionist   Hometown: Belmont High school graduated from: Belmont College: Erin earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in Elementary Education with a minor in Early Childhood. She then went on to obtain her Reading Teacher License from… Continue Reading #PointerNation Welcomes Erin Leonard

Coding builds engagement, excitement

“Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer…because it teaches you how to think.” Steve Jobs Mineral Point Middle and High School math and science students, and computer/business students, participated in the Hour of Code this past week, an introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can… Continue Reading Coding builds engagement, excitement