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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… Continue Reading Governor Visits to Sign Cheese Bill
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… Continue Reading Track Earns All-Conference Honors
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!… Continue Reading Track Reaches State Podium
Softball Holds Awards Banquet
The Mineral Point High School Softball program held its awards banquet Tuesday, June 6 at Soldiers Memorial Park. The Varsity was honored for its 13-13 overall record, 9-5 in the SWAL Conference, which was good for 3rd place. The JV went a perfect 15-0 this season. Earning awards were: Captains: Elise Ames and Destinee Kruser… Continue Reading Softball Holds Awards Banquet
Four Pointers Earn All-Conference Softball Honors
2017 SWAL All-Conference Softball School ~ Record ~ Coach Iowa Grant 13 – 1 Deanna Fulton Southwestern 11 – 3 John Costello Mineral Point 9 – 5 Quinn Schultz Boscobel 8 – 6 Russ Atkinson Cuba City 5 – 9 Steve Kaiser Fennimore 6 – 8 Jim Prochaska Darlington 4 – 10 Karen Bennett Riverdale 0 –… Continue Reading Four Pointers Earn All-Conference Softball Honors
Class of 2017 Awarded with Scholarships
Mineral Point High School held its annual Senior Scholarship Night Thursday, May 18 at the Opera House. Earning scholarships and awards were as follows: Elise Ames: Alumni Foundation $300, Key Club $500, Kiwanis $500, PEP Good Citizen $500. Emma Baker: Skills USA $400. Cassandra Bossert: Alumni Foundation $300, Future Business Leaders of America $250, Key… Continue Reading Class of 2017 Awarded with Scholarships
Musicians Awarded
The Mineral Point High School Music Department held its annual awards night Sunday, May 14 at the Opera House. Photos from the event can be found in this album: https://www.facebook.com/pg/MineralPointSchoolDistrict/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1529469937064635 Awards were presented as follows: Seniors Music Booster Award-Ethan Dickler. Band: Most Enthusiastic-Grant Rose; Most Improved-Jack Neal; Most Outstanding-Cole Howard; Louis Armstrong Jazz Award-Addy Chambers; John… Continue Reading Musicians Awarded
Board Installs New Officers
The Mineral Point School Board met Monday for its regular May meeting. This was the first regular meeting for the 2017-18 school board, and therefore, officer elections were held (Scroll past the video for more article text) Officers will be: Larry Steffes, President; Lisa Hay, Vice President; Larry Dolphin, Clerk; and Kelly Gundlach, Treasurer. Committees… Continue Reading Board Installs New Officers
Matching Gift Creates Opportunity to Support Mineral Point Students
Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, Mineral Point students with negative lunch balances have the opportunity to end the school year in the black. In order to achieve this goal, the donor will match up to $750 of additional monies generated by the community to support this effort by Friday, May 19. Children… Continue Reading Matching Gift Creates Opportunity to Support Mineral Point Students