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Elementary School Family Event – Popcorn and a Movie
One of our district’s new strategic plan goals is community engagement. According to Wikipedia, community engagement can be defined as “the practice of moving communities toward change.” One of our efforts at the elementary level is to provide opportunities for families to engage in fun and/or educational activities with their children and each other. Building… Continue Reading Elementary School Family Event – Popcorn and a Movie
District Wins Five State Awards for Communication
The Mineral Point Unified School District was honored by the Wisconsin School Public Relations Association (WSPRA) with five awards for its work in school communications during the 2016-17 school year. WSPRA showcased the Spectrum Awards at its annual fall conference, this year held in Elkhart Lake November 8-10 with the theme of “Relationships Matter.” The… Continue Reading District Wins Five State Awards for Communication
A Dozen Pointers Earn All-Conference Football Honors
2017 SWAL ALL-CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEAM School-Record-Coach Cuba City 5-1 Guy Kopp Mineral Point 5-1 Andy Palzkill Fennimore 4-2 Boone Tollefson Darlington 3-3 Scott Zwicki Iowa-Grant 3-3 Gary Allen Boscobel 1-5 Joey Martin Southwestern 0-6 Solomon Taylor FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Player-Position-School-Year-Height-Weight Isaac Lindsey QB Mineral Point 10 6’3” 155 Brady Peat RB Iowa-Grant 12… Continue Reading A Dozen Pointers Earn All-Conference Football Honors
Volleyball Team Honored
The Mineral Point Volleyball Team was honored for its 2017 season at a banquet Sunday, November 5 in the cafetorium. Varsity Awards Best Attitude: Miranda Oellerich Best Effort: Alayna McCarville Most Respectful: Miranda Oellerich Team MVP: Kyla Lindsey Most Assists: McKenna Reichling Most Blocks: Kyla Lindsey Most Digs: Alayna McCarville Most Kills: Kyla Lindsey… Continue Reading Volleyball Team Honored
Two Pointers Earn SWC All-Conference Soccer Honors
2017 SWC BOYS SOCCER ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS DEFENDERS 1st Team Jacob Wedig Senior Dodgeville/Mineral Point Ben Trewin Junior Platteville/Lancaster Jeron Johnson Junior Richland Center Noah Zumm Freshman River Valley 2nd Team Landon McKinlay Senior Dodgeville/Mineral Point Everett LaBudda Junior Platteville/Lancaster Blake Garcia Senior Prairie du Chien Jesse Wolk Senior River Valley Honorable Mention Ryan Walczak… Continue Reading Two Pointers Earn SWC All-Conference Soccer Honors
The Driver’s Seat
With a year under my belt and feeling more comfortable each day in my position as principal here, I am starting to find more time to engage in fun activities. One thing I enjoy is producing digital media of my family’s life captured on camera. Right now I am putting together images and video in… Continue Reading The Driver’s Seat
Two Pointers Earn SWAL All-Conference Volleyball Honors
2017-18 SWAL ALL-LEAGUE TEAM VOLLEYBALL Team-Record-Coach Cuba City 12 – 0 Keri Lawson Darlington 10 – 2 Jennifer Schwartz Southwestern 9 – 3 Dierdre Neis Iowa-Grant 6 – 6 Marla Simon Boscobel 4 – 8 Cassandra Kirschbaum Mineral Point 3 – 9 Nicole Henke Riverdale 2 – 10 Leah Boebel Fennimore 1 – 11… Continue Reading Two Pointers Earn SWAL All-Conference Volleyball Honors
Board Hires Elementary Phy Ed Teacher
The Mineral Point School Board gathered for a special meeting Monday night to vote on the hiring of the new Elementary Physical Education Teacher, whom will start at the beginning of the 2nd Semester in January. (Scroll past the video for more article text) Prior to voting on the hiring, the Board discussed the Hiring… Continue Reading Board Hires Elementary Phy Ed Teacher
Couldn’t Be Prouder
On Monday, the Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance held a luncheon in Wisconsin Dells and awarded a teacher, community member, school board member, administrator, and support staff person from around the state the Rural School’s Person of the Year Award. I was humbled to learn that I was selected as the Rural School District Administrator of… Continue Reading Couldn’t Be Prouder
Francois Named WI Rural Administrator of the Year
Mineral Point Superintendent Luke Francois, Ed.D. was honored by the Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance (WiRSA) as the Administrator of the Year at the annual Rural Schools Conference Monday, October 30 in Wisconsin Dells. The WiRSA Board of Directors established the Rural Administrator of the Year Award to recognize a school administrator/principal/director who has made significant… Continue Reading Francois Named WI Rural Administrator of the Year