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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
How to Fail
by Superintendent Luke Francois Fifteen years ago, I read an Ann Landers column on advice for graduates that I cut out and kept. James Jackowski wrote the article for The Sun newspaper in Holyoke, Mass. and submitted the piece to Landers. Every year, several friends ask him to reprint it at graduation time and now… Continue Reading How to Fail
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
Don Hawkins Day – April 24, 2017
As you may know, Don Hawkins passed away this spring. Mr. Hawkins was a long time educator in Mineral Point. He led the development of multiple oak savannahs on district grounds. These savannahs have become teaching tools for our students. Mr. Hawkins continued to teach students after his retirement, coming into classrooms and leading students… Continue Reading Don Hawkins Day – April 24, 2017
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
State Skills USA Produces National Qualifiers
Mineral Point High School sent a large contingent to the State Skills USA competition in Madison April 25 and 26 and emerged with a National Qualifying Entrepreneurship Team. Representing Mineral Point were: Emma Baker, Danielle Blum, Madison Bowers, Abigail Callaway, Caden Carey, Curtis Cox, Addison Dailey, Brandon Dolphin, Nick DuBois, Paige Goodweiler, Grady Gorgen, Jake… Continue Reading State Skills USA Produces National Qualifiers