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Nothem and Pierce are Kohl Award Winners
The selection committee for the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Scholarship, Fellowship, and Leadership Program announced Wednesday, April 6 the recipients of the 2022 Herb Kohl Foundation awards for students, teachers, and principals. Each student will receive a $10,000 scholarship, and each teacher and principal will receive a $6,000 award. A matching $6,000 award will be… Continue Reading Nothem and Pierce are Kohl Award Winners
Harris, Johnston Earn School Board Seats
Results are in for the Mineral Point School Board election April 5, 2022. These are unofficial and have not been canvassed at this time. The canvass will take place Monday, April 11 at 1 pm in the District Office. Two seats were available on the Board, each for a three-year term. Earning a three-year term… Continue Reading Harris, Johnston Earn School Board Seats
School Board Election Results
A reminder, the annual Mineral Point School Board election will take place Tuesday, April 5. Polls will be open from 7 am – 8 pm. There are four candidates for two seats. The top two vote recipients will each receive a three year term on the Board. Voters will be instructed to vote for not… Continue Reading School Board Election Results
State Forensics Qualifiers
Congratulations to our Mineral Point High School Forensics Team members who have qualified for the State competition to be held Friday, April 8 at DeForest! Students needed to score a 20 (or better) out of 25 possible points in a minimum of two of the three rounds in order to advance to State. The students… Continue Reading State Forensics Qualifiers
National FBLA Qualifiers
The Mineral Point High School Chapter of Future Business Leaders of America attended the State Leadership Conference held in Madison at the Alliant Energy Center on March 28-29, along with 2600 FBLA members from around the state. The two day conference had workshops and tours for members to attend to increase their business knowledge, as… Continue Reading National FBLA Qualifiers
Perspective
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
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
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
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
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