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Excellence in Speech Award Earned at State Forensics
Hip hip hooray! A big congratulations to our #PointerNation Forensics Team for earning the Excellence in Speech Award from the Wisconsin Interscholastic Speech & Dramatic Arts Association, placing us in the top 5% of all schools at the state meet! This is the third year in a row we have earned this prestigious accolade and… Continue Reading Excellence in Speech Award Earned at State Forensics
Allbright is Presidential Scholar Candidate
We are ecstatic to share that Robert Allbright has been named a Presidential Scholar Candidate by the US Department of Education! The program was established in 1964, by executive order of the President, to recognize and honor some of our nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. This is one of the nation’s highest honors… Continue Reading Allbright is Presidential Scholar Candidate
Burreson is WBCA State Coach of the Year
Let’s hear it for #PointerNation‘s own Dan Burreson, who has been named our State’s High School Boys Basketball Coach of the Year by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association! Read more here on this amazing accomplishment: https://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/1308702-dan-burreson-of-mineral-point-and-jim-reuter-of-pewaukee-named-coaches-of-the-year-as-part-of-wbca-awards
FFA CDE National Qualifiers
State Champs — results are in from last Thursday’s competition! Let’s hear it for our Wisconsin FFA State Meats Evaluation Champions! The team has also qualified for the National FFA Competition to be held in October in Indianapolis. Individually: Luke Schubert placed 3rd, Cameron Patterson 4th, Michael Edgington 8th, Aiden Patterson 9th. Other State Career… Continue Reading FFA CDE National Qualifiers
Gold at State Solo & Ensemble and Exemplary Performances
Mineral Point Middle and High School Musicians culminated their Solo & Ensemble competition season with the State Festival at UW-Platteville Saturday, April 27. Congratulations to our instrumentalists and vocalists on another fine competition season! We’d like to give a special shout out to our students who achieved elite status at the recent Wisconsin School Music Association… Continue Reading Gold at State Solo & Ensemble and Exemplary Performances
Sixth Basketball Hall of Fame Class Selected
The 6th Mineral Point Basketball Hall of Fame Class was recently selected. They will be inducted into Saturday, January 25, 2025 when the Pointer Boys host the Belleville Wildcats for an afternoon contest. CAROLYN (KINCH) BOSSERT – CLASS OF 1989 Carolyn was a four year varsity player at Mineral Point. She was second team All-Conference… Continue Reading Sixth Basketball Hall of Fame Class Selected
All-State & All-American Gymnast
We are very excited to share that Pointer Gymnast Ally Baehler, a member of the Dodgeville/Mineral Point/Iowa-Grant/Highland Co-op, has received recognition from the Wisconsin High School Gymnastics Association and National High School Gymnastics Association! — All-American awards are very difficult to achieve and are a great honor to receive. Ally earned this honor on the… Continue Reading All-State & All-American Gymnast
Skills USA National Qualifier
Hip hip hooray for our State Skills USA competitors in Madison this week! NATIONAL QUALIFIER (Nationals will be held in Atlanta, GA June 24-28) — State 1st Place – Cosmetology (Joss James) NATIONAL ALTERNATES — State 2nd Place – Television Video Production (Madisyn Heim & Ellery Massey) Also a big congratulations to all of our… Continue Reading Skills USA National Qualifier
Academic All-State Wrestling
Let’s hear it for our two #PointerNation Wrestlers who earned Academic All-State Honors from the Wisconsin Wrestling Coaches Association! Congrats to: Roen Carey (First Team) and Mac Busser (Honorable Mention). Read more: https://www.wwca.org/page/show/6244514-academic-all-state
National Qualifiers for FBLA
Three cheers for our amazing Future Business Leaders of America at the State competition in Green Bay this past weekend! NATIONAL QUALIFIERS (Nationals will be held in Orlando, FL June 29-July 2) — State 1st Place – Broadcast Journalism (Matthew Goninen, Madisyn Heim & Eli Lindsey) — State 2nd Place – Community Service Project (Kalea… Continue Reading National Qualifiers for FBLA