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SWAL All-Conference Golf
SWAL Golf All-Conference 2023 SCHOOL TOTAL POINTS COACH Mineral Point 63 Cory Sokol Barneveld 48.5 Nate Wood Cuba City/Benton/Southwestern 40 Dustin Hamm Fennimore 37.5 Tom Needham Argyle/Pecatonica 30 Chuck Chandler Darlington 21 Tom Curry Iowa-Grant 10 Art Pronschinske First Team School Year Alex Ross Mineral Point Junior Ryan Gust Barneveld Senior Carson Kroll Mineral Point… Continue Reading SWAL All-Conference Golf
Middle School Relay Team Wins State Title
STATE CHAMPS! Our Mineral Point Middle School Track & Field Team had a very successful State competition Saturday at Waupun! Congrats to all! (Placings below are for their respective divisions) — 1st Place: 4×200 m relay – Bree Swenson, Ava Ingwell, Lilly Houtakker, Payton Christopher (Alternate Faye Schuette) — 2nd Place: Discus – Lillian Heisner… Continue Reading Middle School Relay Team Wins State Title
Pointers Compete at State Civics Games
Our Civics team competed at the 3rd annual Wisconsin Civics Games at the State Capitol in Madison! The team qualified for the State completion for the first time in school history. Comprising the team at State were Tyler Nordstrom, Abel Logue, Griffin Albaugh, and Bobby Allbright (Matthew Goninen was unable to compete due to conflicts).… Continue Reading Pointers Compete at State Civics Games
Elementary Update, May 2023: Step Back; Summer School Registration; Intruder Drill Practice
Step Back Over spring break, my family and I went to the Indiana Sand Dunes off of Lake Michigan. While walking along the beach, I took some steps back to take a picture of our kids against the background of the lake and the dunes. That’s when I noticed the small rocks. They formed long… Continue Reading Elementary Update, May 2023: Step Back; Summer School Registration; Intruder Drill Practice
A Lot to Be Proud Of
by Superintendent Mitch Wainwright Now that we are in the final month of the current school year, we can look back at all of the accomplishments our students took part in. Mineral Point students have been involved in musicals and plays, they have competed at the state and national levels, and many have played instruments, spoken in… Continue Reading A Lot to Be Proud Of
Dunn Again Elected Board President
At the School Board’s regular monthly meeting Monday, the Board held its annual organizational meeting. (Go to the 19 minute mark of the video) Video link: https://youtu.be/Zi3touaT3YI The following officers were elected unanimously: Aaron Dunn, President; Joni Heisner, Vice President; Will Harris, Clerk; and Justin Skelding, Treasurer. Committees were named as follows: — Operation: Skelding,… Continue Reading Dunn Again Elected Board President
Pelton is Region 3 Paraprofessional of the Year
#PointerNation is proud to announce that Mrs. Judy Pelton has been selected as the WCASS (Wisconsin Council of Administrators of Special Services) Region 3 Paraprofessional of the Year! Judy has been a fixture in the Mineral Point Unified School District for 45 years. Over the decades, Judy has impacted thousands of students. She goes above… Continue Reading Pelton is Region 3 Paraprofessional of the Year
FFA Career Development Events Do Well At State
Let’s hear it for our Mineral Point FFA Chapter State Career Development Event placings! 2nd Place in the State: Meats Evaluation — Luke Schubert 7th individually in the State — Cameron Patterson 9th — Michael Edgington 11th — Trent Culver 21st 6th Place in the State: Livestock Judging — Johnny Robinson 10th individually in the… Continue Reading FFA Career Development Events Do Well At State
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 second year in a row we have earned this prestigious accolade and… Continue Reading Excellence in Speech Award Earned at State Forensics
Lee, Wenger are Students of the Month
The Mineral Point Kiwanis Club honored its May Students of the Month at its meeting Tuesday, May 2. 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. These are the final Students of… Continue Reading Lee, Wenger are Students of the Month