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Parents Needed for Elementary School Team
One of our two school district goals is community engagement. Engagement within the context of education can be defined as developing trust and building relationships between home, school, and community. Of these two tenets of engagement, trust is a prerequisite for creating a school culture that recognizes and embraces family involvement. A powerful way of… Continue Reading Parents Needed for Elementary School Team
FAST Ready to Start 2nd Year
Mineral Point Elementary is excited to embark on its second year of FAST, which stands for Families & Schools Together. FAST helps children thrive by building strong, supportive relationships at home. Built on evidence-based practices and rigorously tested, FAST consistently produces statistically significant improvements in children’s behavior, emotional well-being, and academic performance while building social… Continue Reading FAST Ready to Start 2nd Year
Austin to Succeed Wainwright as Girls Basketball Coach
Mineral Point High School is proud to announce its next Varsity Girls Basketball Coach, Mr. Matt Austin. Coach Austin will succeed Coach Mitch Wainwright, who has served in this capacity since 2010. Mr. Wainwright has taken on additional professional responsibilities this school year in Mineral Point. In addition to his duties of High School Principal,… Continue Reading Austin to Succeed Wainwright as Girls Basketball Coach
Luckiest Man Alive
by Interim Superintendent Mitch Wainwright I am Mitch Wainwright, and I couldn’t be more excited to be starting a new position! This is my eighth year in the Mineral Point Unified School District and the first as the Interim Superintendent. I have been in education for over 30 years and cannot remember being this excited… Continue Reading Luckiest Man Alive
Change is Constant
by Elementary Principal Matt Renwick The start of a school year is upon us. Many of us in education have been thinking about this new beginning for a while. For at least some of us, there is a mixed feeling of excitement and anxiety. My guess is the students have felt the same way. For… Continue Reading Change is Constant
School Board Holds Special Meeting
The Mineral Point School Board held a special meeting Monday, August 27 to finalize the exact legal language to be used for the November 6 referenda questions. (Scroll past the video for more article text) With regard to the elementary renovations, the resolution authorizing general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $11,920,000 was… Continue Reading School Board Holds Special Meeting
A Community of Readers
This post also served as part of my summer newsletter to staff. Our building goal this year is increase our collective knowledge around reading instruction; not to insinuate that we are lacking in this area, but rather to seek a common understanding about this discipline while continually advancing ourselves professionally. See you in September. When… Continue Reading A Community of Readers
A Fond Farewell for Dr. Francois
“My motivation for going into education was that I really wanted to help youngsters who didn’t have access to good values. By teaching math, and coaching them in football and wrestling, I could be a role model to look up to. I enjoy guiding kids, especially those that had a tough background as I always… Continue Reading A Fond Farewell for Dr. Francois
#PointerNation Welcomes Sam Riedel
“I am fairly new to Mineral Point. I have only lived here for a year, but I have worked in Dodgeville for three years now. (I drove an hour one way for two years!) I played volleyball, basketball, and softball in high school and continued to play volleyball and softball in college. I am… Continue Reading #PointerNation Welcomes Sam Riedel
#PointerNation Welcomes Micki Uppena
Micki Uppena Elementary Library Media Technology Specialist Hometown: Bloomington, Wisconsin High school graduated from: Bloomington High School College: Micki earned her Bachelor’s in Elementary Education (Pre K-6) with an Early Childhood Minor from UW-Platteville in 1997. From Viterbo University, she earned her Reading Teacher Certification in 2007, her Master’s in Education in 2008, and… Continue Reading #PointerNation Welcomes Micki Uppena