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MPMS 4th Quarter Honor Roll
Mineral Point Middle School is proud to announce its 4th Quarter Honor Roll for the 2016-17 school year. HIGH HONORS 6th Grade: Ava Burnham, Jackson Busch, Genevieve Byrnes, Katelyn Cox, Jenna Dailey, Alana DuBois, Emma Federman, Cole Ferrell, Teona Hansen, Maddix Jackson, Kendall Kilpatrick, Carson Kroll, Brody Lee, Abel Logueflower, Max Murphy, MacKenzie Ripp, Joey … Read More
Big Awards Earned at State FFA Convention
Loken Wins State FFA Prepared Speaking Contest Tommie Loken of the Mineral Point FFA Chapter was selected as the state winner of the FFA Prepared Speaking Contest with her speech titled: GMO. The Prepared Speaking Contest recognizes outstanding FFA members for their ability to present factual information on agricultural topics in a well thought-out and … Read More
Board Votes to Add Mental Health Services for MP Students
Mineral Point students needing mental health services will now have resources right at school beginning in the fall. (Scroll past the video for more article text) At Monday night’s meeting, the Board unanimously approved (with member Lisa Hay absent) CWM Counseling, a mental health agency based out of Platteville, to offer services in each school … Read More
Five Pointers Earn Baseball All-Conference Honors
SWAL ALL-CONFERENCE BASEBALL 2017 SCHOOL ~ RECORD ~ COACH Darlington 12 – 2 Brad Solberg Fennimore 11 – 3 Brent Sheckler Mineral Point 9 – 5 Jordan Tibbits Iowa-Grant 7 – 7 Aaron Zimmer Cuba City 6 – 8 Steve Graber Riverdale 5 – 8 Curt Thompson Southwestern 4 – 9 Nick Budden Boscobel 1 – … Read More
Pointers Make All-Conference Soccer List
Southwest Wisconsin Conference 2017 Girls’ Soccer All-Conference First Team Goalie Katie Valeria, Senior, Dodgeville/Mineral Point First Team Defenders Megan Berg, Sophomore, Dodgeville/Mineral Point Brooke Pagliaro, Senior, Platteville/Lancaster Kristen Palmer, Sophomore, Dodgeville/Mineral Point Abby Whitford, Sophomore, Platteville/Lancaster First Team Midfielders Samara Breuer, Sophomore, Dodgeville/Mineral Point Cassara Carey, Senior, Dodgeville/Mineral Point Carly Fleming, Senior, River … Read More
Trap Team is 3rd in State
Another Spring Trap Season has wrapped up with the Pointers placing well. The State Meet was held Saturday, June 10 at Rome. The Pointers placed 3rd as a team (out of 52 teams) behind Boscobel and Denmark. For high gun in the Varsity Male category, Braden Abney and Larry Steffes placed 8th, Garrett Faull 42nd, … Read More
Retirees Recognized
At the end of the 2016-17 school year, the Mineral Point School District honored its retiring staff members including: Pam Anderson, elementary teacher (three decades of service) Tom Heins, bus driver (46 years) Bruce Suddeth, bus driver (35 years)
Governor Visits to Sign Cheese Bill
Governor Scott Walker traveled to Mineral Point Elementary School Thursday, June 1 to sign Assembly Bill 73, which designates cheese as Wisconsin’s official dairy product. Cheese joins a list of state symbols, including the dairy cow, which was designated the state’s domestic animal in 1971, and milk, which has been Wisconsin’s official state beverage since … Read More
Track Earns All-Conference Honors
2017 SWC All-Conference Girls Track First Team 200 m dash: Jalissa Weier 4×100 m relay: Jaynie Gorgen, Jaycie Runde, Jalissa Weier 4×200 m relay: Jaynie Gorgen, Malorie Johnson Long jump: Sydney Staver Second Team 100 m dash: Jaynie Gorgen 4×400 m relay: Malorie Johnson, Nicole Johnson 4×800 m relay: Kylie Sullivan Third Team 400 m … Read More
Track Reaches State Podium
The Dodge-Point Track & Field Team had another successful season with many Pointers leading the way. Congrats to the following: State Track Qualifiers and their State placings: 4×200 team of Pointers Sydney Staver, Jaynie Gorgen, Jalissa Weier & Dodger Madison Stumpf on their 6th place finish, which earned them a spot on the awards podium! … Read More