High School
State Solo & Ensemble Participants Earn Gold
Mineral Point Middle and High School Musicians culminated their Solo/Ensemble competition season with the State Festival at UW-Platteville Saturday, April 28. All instrumental students at Mineral Point received 1st place ratings. Those instrumentalists were: Haakon Schriefer: Trombone Solo Cody Pierce: Trombone Solo Owen Stephenson: French Horn Solo Haakon Schriefer, Brady Palzkill, Cody Pierce, and Daniel… Continue Reading State Solo & Ensemble Participants Earn Gold
FFA Livestock Judging Team Qualifies for Nationals
Congratulations to the Mineral Point FFA Livestock Judging team of Brady Palzkill, Danny Pittz, Logan Schmitz, and Morgan Vondra for winning the State FFA Livestock Judging contest on Friday, April 27th. Brady placed 1st, Danny 5th, Logan 9th, and Morgan 25th as individuals. They will move on to National competition in October at the National… Continue Reading FFA Livestock Judging Team Qualifies for Nationals
#PointerNation Welcomes Angela Klein
Angela Klein Director of Special Education & Pupil Services Hometown: Born and raised in Marshall, Wisconsin; currently lives in Belmont, Wisconsin High school graduated from: Marshall High School College: Angela earned her Bachelor of Science in Education from Winona State University in 2001, her Master of Education in Special Education-Early Childhood from the University of… Continue Reading #PointerNation Welcomes Angela Klein
State Forensics Success
The competitive public speaking season wrapped up Friday night April 20 at UW-Madison. Congratulations to our state forensics participants! Earning a perfect score of 25 and gold medals were: Alexis Berget – Prose Amelia Mitchell – Four Minute Jenna Wedig – Prose Silver (24-23 points): Michaela Acherman – Prose Danielle Blum – Farrago Henry Dailey,… Continue Reading State Forensics Success
MPHS 3rd Quarter Honor Roll
Mineral Point High School is proud to announce its 3rd Quarter Honor Roll for the 2017-18 school year. HIGH HONORS Freshmen: Macy Aschliman, Alexis Berget, Emily Cody, Brayden Dailey, Grant Lee, Skylar Martin, Haily Murphy, Daniel Nordstrom, Tatum Novak, Chloe Oberhauser, William Straka, Liam Stumpf, Rita Wilson. Sophomores: Benjamin Basting, Wesley Berget, Sammi Bossert,… Continue Reading MPHS 3rd Quarter Honor Roll
Fitzsimmons, Steffes are Students of the Month
The Mineral Point Kiwanis Club honored its April Students of the Month at its meeting Tuesday, April 17 at the Pointer Cafe. The students, who are members of the senior class, are selected for this honor through a voting process by staff at the high school, and their biographies are written by themselves. Katie Fitzsimmons… Continue Reading Fitzsimmons, Steffes are Students of the Month
Wrestlers Honored at Banquet
The Mineral Point High School Wrestling Team held its annual awards banquet Sunday, April 15 at Dodge-Point Country Club. Wrestlers earning awards were, left to right: Riley Workman – Captain, Most Valuable, Most Wins (38), Most Takedowns (67), Most Pins (23) Danny Pittz – Captain, Most Dedicated Logan Schmitz – Most Near Falls (35), Most… Continue Reading Wrestlers Honored at Banquet
Francois to Receive WBCA Tribute Award
Mineral Point Superintendent Luke Francois, Ed.D. has been named a recipient of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Tribute Award. He will receive this honor at the Hall of Fame banquet Saturday, September 29 at The Wilderness in Wisconsin Dells. The Tribute Award is presented to “someone who has done a great deal of work for… Continue Reading Francois to Receive WBCA Tribute Award
State FBLA Conference Produces National Qualifiers
by Kip Bakken, FBLA Advisor Mineral Point Future Business Leaders of America members, along with 2500 FBLA members from around the state, attended FBLA State Leadership Conference April 9 -10 in La Crosse at the La Crosse Center and Radisson Convention Center. Keynote speaker Harriet Turk kicked off the event as she shared how we… Continue Reading State FBLA Conference Produces National Qualifiers
FFA Career Development Events Qualify for State
At the FFA District Career Development Events held at UW-Platteville, Mineral Point had several teams compete with two of the teams qualifying for state competition to be held on April 27th at UW-Madison. The Wildlife team of Brady Roberts, Jacob Moellers, Larry Steffes, and Blake Wendhausen placed 1st and will head to state. Individual highlights for Wildlife… Continue Reading FFA Career Development Events Qualify for State