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Thanks for a Great Year

by Mitch Wainwright Where has the school year gone? It seems like yesterday when it was August and the teachers were coming back to school. Now, it is the last day of school for all students and staff. How is that possible? There have been so many things that have happened this year, and I… Continue Reading Thanks for a Great Year
Dodge-Point Athletes Earn All-Conference Honors

TRACK AND FIELD SWC ALL-CONFERENCE 2019 Boys 100 1st Team: Tyler Moss 12 Platteville 2nd Team: Osaze King 12 Platteville 3 Mason Hein 12 River Valley Boys 200 1st Team: Tyler Moss 12 Platteville 2nd Team: Osaze King 12 Platteville 3rd Team: Josh Maier 11 River Valley Boys 400 1st Team: Kevin Eisenzimmer 12 Dodgeville/Mineral… Continue Reading Dodge-Point Athletes Earn All-Conference Honors
Six Pointers Earn All-SWAL Softball Honors

2019 SWAL All-Conference Softball SCHOOL – RECORD – COACH Mineral Point 12 – 2 Quinn Schultz Cuba City 11 – 3 John Sturtz Iowa Grant 10 – 4 Deanna Fulton Fennimore 8 – 6 Jim Prochaska Southwestern 6 -8 Jeni Freiburger Riverdale 5 -9 B.J. Hinkle Boscobel 4 – 10 Claire Waltz-Uren Darlington 0 –… Continue Reading Six Pointers Earn All-SWAL Softball Honors
Four Golfers Earn All-SWAL Honors

SWAL Golf All-Conference 2019 SCHOOL – TOTAL – POINTS – COACH Mineral Point 61 Cory Sokol Barneveld 49 Nate Wood Argyle/Pecatonica 48 Chris Holcomb Cuba City/Southwestern 39 Dustin Hamm Fennimore 21 Tom Needham Darlington 19 Brent Tuescher Iowa-Grant 15 Michael Hubbard FIRST TEAM – SCHOOL – YEAR Simon Mitchell Mineral Point Junior Owen Pechan Barneveld… Continue Reading Four Golfers Earn All-SWAL Honors
Board Approves Open Enrollments, Staffing Update

The Mineral Point School Board held a brief meeting Thursday morning. The following items were unanimously approved with Everett Lindsey, Jeff Basting, Nate Chambers, and Larry Steffes present and Tony Dahl, Aaron Dunn, and Andy Busch absent. Open Enrollments in and out for the 2019-20 school year as recommended by administration. Resignation of Janis Needham,… Continue Reading Board Approves Open Enrollments, Staffing Update
Scholarships Awarded to Seniors
Mineral Point High School held its annual Senior Scholarship Night Thursday, May 16 at the Opera House. Earning scholarships and awards were as follows: Michaela Acherman: Alumni Foundation $300, Chamber of Commerce $500, John N. Graber $20000, Key Club $250, Kiwanis $250, Marian Moreland Award, Music Boosters $500, UW-Platteville Alumni $1000, UW-Platteville Alumni Legacy $500,… Continue Reading Scholarships Awarded to Seniors
Austin Hired as High School Principal
At the regular monthly meeting of the School Board Monday night, following closed session, the Board unanimously approved the hiring of Matt Austin to be the next Mineral Point High School Principal, commencing with the 2019-20 school year. (Scroll past the video for more article text) Mr. Austin has been a science teacher at Mineral… Continue Reading Austin Hired as High School Principal
Elementary School Renovation: Six Design Strategies for Modern Learning Spaces
Later this May, professionals from HSR Design (our architecture firm) will be available during the school day to take questions and collect feedback from staff about the building renovation. Time is yet to be determined, but they should be available long enough for everyone to have an opportunity to speak with them. As educators, we… Continue Reading Elementary School Renovation: Six Design Strategies for Modern Learning Spaces
State Skills USA
Congratulations to our Skills USA members who competed at State at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison April 30 and May 1. Chandler Workman – Team Engineering Challenge Rita Wilson -Television (Video) Production Jared Wedig – Team Engineering Challenge Harlie Voseberg – Welding Sculpture Keira Schrank – Television (Video) Production Logan Schmitz – Team Engineering… Continue Reading State Skills USA
Deutsch, Oellerich are Students of the Month

The Mineral Point Kiwanis Club honored its May Students of the Month at its meeting Tuesday, May 7 at the Pointer Cafe. These are the final Students of the Month for the 2018-19 school year. The students, who are members of the senior class, are selected for this honor through a voting process by staff… Continue Reading Deutsch, Oellerich are Students of the Month