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Perspective

Posted March 22, 2022

by Superintendent Mitch Wainwright In twelve weeks, Mineral Point will once again honor a group of hard-working students.  We will hold a graduation ceremony and hand out diplomas to deserving young people.  Twelve weeks! How is this possible, and how did we get here?  I would suggest that our perspective when looking at how we… Continue Reading Perspective

FFA Celebrates with Annual Banquet

Posted March 18, 2022

The Mineral Point Chapter of the Future Farmers of America held its 93rd annual awards ceremony Tuesday, March 15 in the middle/high school cafetorium under the leadership of Advisor Mike Robinson. Awards were presented as follows — congrats to all! Discovery Degree The FFA Discovery Degree is awarded to 8th grade FFA members who have… Continue Reading FFA Celebrates with Annual Banquet

School Board Candidate Forum

Posted March 18, 2022

A big thank you to our Pointer Media students for moderating the annual School Board Candidate Forum event. A video of the candidates can be found here: https://youtu.be/s6u1QFWIfJc A reminder the election is Tuesday, April 5. Voters will be asked to select not more than two candidates. The top two vote recipients will each receive… Continue Reading School Board Candidate Forum

Board Honors Success

Posted March 16, 2022

The Mineral Point School Board held its regular monthly meeting Monday and recognized several successful winter state-level participants and winners. (This begins the meeting video) Video link: https://youtu.be/MJr9jydZqAw Katelyn Oellerich was honored for receiving the State School Psychologist of the Year Award by the Wisconsin School Psychologist Association.  Coach Curtis Fiedler spoke on the accomplishments… Continue Reading Board Honors Success

Girls Basketball Wins State Title

Posted March 14, 2022

STATE CHAMPS! #PointerNation capped off a perfect 30-0 season with a gold ball Saturday in the WIAA State Girls Basketball Championship game with a 53-42 victory over Laconia at the Resch Center in Green Bay. Thursday night, the Pointers downed Westfield 55-45 in the State Semifinal. This is the Pointers’ 2nd gold ball (first coming in… Continue Reading Girls Basketball Wins State Title

All-Conference Boys Basketball

Posted March 8, 2022

SWAL BOYS BASKETBALL 2021-2022 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM FINAL STANDINGS SCHOOL RECORD COACH Mineral Point 12 – 2 Dan Burreson Cuba City 12 – 2 Jerry Petitgoue Southwestern 10 – 4 Clint Nemitz Darlington 9 – 5 Tom Uppena Fennimore 7 – 7 Troy Larson Iowa-Grant 4 – 10 Nolan Krentz Boscobel 1 – 13 Rob Scherrer… Continue Reading All-Conference Boys Basketball

Forensics Team Advances to District

Posted March 8, 2022

The 2022 Mineral Point High School Forensics team traveled to Subdistrict competition at Mount Horeb Monday, February 28. Students needed to score a 16 (or better) out of 25 possible points in a minimum of two of the three rounds in order to advance to District. The students advancing, along with their categories, include: Demonstration: … Continue Reading Forensics Team Advances to District

Gymnasts Finish 9th at State Meet

Posted March 6, 2022

Congrats to the Dodgeville/Mineral Point/Iowa-Grant Gymnastics Team on its 9th place finish at the WIAA State Meet in Wisconsin Rapids! Kudos to our individual finishers as well: – Ashlie Baumgartner (18th on Bars) – Brooklyn Murphy (18th on Beam) – Elsa Nelson (21st on Vault) – Savannah Vivian (22nd on Vault) Congrats on an exciting… Continue Reading Gymnasts Finish 9th at State Meet

Oellerich is School Psychologist of the Year

Posted March 3, 2022

The Mineral Point Unified School District is proud to announce that School Psychologist, Katelyn Oellerich, Ed.S., has been named the 2022 School Psychologist of the Year by the Wisconsin School Psychologists Association (WSPA)! Mrs. Oellerich received this honor at a luncheon Thursday, March 3 at the organization’s Spring Conference at the Wintergreen Resort in Wisconsin… Continue Reading Oellerich is School Psychologist of the Year