#PointerNation News

Yet once again this school year, we put the MP in chaMPs! #PointerNation caps off a historic season with our first-ever gold team trophy in Golf at the WIAA State Championships in Kohler Tuesday.

After finishing second last year, and third the two years prior, the Pointers broke through and claimed first place in Division 3 by a dominating 20 strokes over runner-up Chetek-Weyerhaeuser.

Individually, Drew Aschliman also received a medal as the top Pointer in 5th, Alex Ross finished 7th, Eli Lindsey 13th, Reid Acherman 16th, and Spencer Workman 38th.

We are so proud of you, not only for your efforts on the course but for the fine young people you are. You have outdone yourselves with this amazing accomplishment!

(Graphic uses a photo by Rob Hernandez)

The Mineral Point MS/HS Trap Team competed at the Wisconsin State High School Clay Target League State Tournament in Rome Sunday in the 2A Division. The Pointers placed 22nd as a team for JV and 32nd as a team for Varsity.

-- Byron Buroker received an award for shooting 25 in a row at State!

-- Our top Pointers in the Varsity Female category were Kylie Bennett and Erica Rose Ludlum, tying for 38th

-- Our top Pointer in the Novice Male category was Clayton Nothem placing 40th

-- Our top Pointer in the JV Male category was Colton Dochnahl placing 41st

-- Our top Pointer in the Novice Female category was Autumn Robb placing 46th

-- Our top Pointer in the Varsity Male category was Mason Runde placing 104th

Great job, all! Check out results here: https://wi.usaclaytarget.com/trap-shooting-tournament-leaderboard/

Libby Dunn and Finn Renwick received their Overture's Jerry Awards this past Sunday at the Overture Center in Madison! The duo is being honored with the Spirit Award for their performances in our fall musical "Into the Woods."

We were so excited to celebrate our 8th Graders at graduation, as well as our retirees! Take pride in your accomplishments thus far and best wishes for your high school adventures. Check out more photos of all the grads: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=MineralPointSchoolDistrict&set=a.960094872759062

One chapter ends and another begins -- congrats to our 5th graders on completing elementary school! We are so excited to see what you accomplish in middle school! Check out photos of all the grads: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=MineralPointSchoolDistrict&set=a.960749019360314

Congrats to our newest 5th grade DARE Graduates, pledging to be drug free! Special kudos to Olive Lindsey on being named the Stephanie Wallace Memorial recipient, as well as the essay winners Arlo Gieseke, Brynn Gossens, Shania Sigg, Avery Tupper, Ned Weaver, and Ezra Wilson. Also thanks to our high school role models MacClain Busser, Breanna Goninen, Erica Rose Ludlum, and Brady Radtke. Thank you to Officer Ottoway for instructing the class!. Check out more photos: https://www.facebook.com/MineralPointSchoolDistrict/posts/pfbid02uUjGgX36KUbL8vYbV5K4e76dzn7teyxMEuvJggYEM4AajDkY1h4aCsYBNu5UQ2Nal

We are excited and grateful to receive an aviation simulator donation courtesy of Students In Aviation (SIA) last week from Joe Canepa. This will be a welcome addition to our Tech Ed classes for students interested in aviation as we continue to expand our career-readiness options! SIA is based at the Baraboo-Dells Airport and was founded in 2016. SIA is a non-profit organization that supports students, school districts, and companies by creating the conditions for successful training and career development in aviation. Check out more info: https://studentsinaviation.org/

Field Day was full of friendship and fun! Elementary students enjoyed a beautiful day outside and had a blast engaging in activities that promoted teamwork and collaboration. Thank you to everyone who made this such a success! Check out more photos here: https://www.facebook.com/MineralPointSchoolDistrict/posts/pfbid02hNcmCLCuzVnvFqz1dqiaA6ahUqsKx7tJoZvp8t6uyeT4QJsxpLNDaevjFfkgw3nzl

Mineral Point FFA Chapter members Cameron Patterson, Izzy Dannenberg, Johnny Robinson, and Luke Schubert had a great time at the Washington Leadership Conference last week! WLC inspires FFA members to become changemakers in their communities. Each day of the conference focuses on a different principle taught through the context of our nation’s capital. These principles include exploration, encouragement, advocacy, and service. At the end of the week, members leave with a Living to Serve Plan they can implement in their communities.

1st grade held a year-end celebration with a glow party -- their future is so bright!

A group of our Sources of Strength Peer Leaders had the honor of presenting at the Community Wellness Mental Health Summit held at Southwest Tech in Fennimore last week!

Sources of Strength is a best practice youth mental health promotion and suicide prevention program designed to harness the power of peer social networks to create healthy norms and culture, ultimately preventing suicide, violence, bullying, and substance misuse. The mission of Sources of Strength is to prevent adverse outcomes by increasing wellbeing, help-seeking, resiliency, healthy coping, and belonging. Sources of Strength moves beyond a singular focus on risk factors by utilizing an upstream approach for youth suicide prevention. This upstream model strengthens multiple sources of support, or protective factors, for young people so that when times get hard, they have strengths to rely on.

We are so grateful for the support of Mineral Point Kiwanis throughout the school year! Members stopped by for a great annual tradition -- reading books and then donating them to elementary classrooms. Thank you to this year's special Kiwanis readers: Kanndie Basting, Joelle Doye, Linda Hurley, Dick Josh, Fr. Christian Maxfield, Diane Palzkill, Tom Schraeder, Ashley Tibbits, and Chausti Weinbrenner.

High schoolers enjoyed the annual Spring Fling, an afternoon filled with fun games, food, and friends! Thanks to the Student Council for organizing.

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Congrats to the Mineral Point MS/HS Trap Team for a fun Spring Conference Season in the Wisconsin State High School Clay Target League! The team finished 4th in their conference. A special shout out to the following for their performances in the conference:

50 Straight Club:

-- Mac Busser (Week 5)

-- Mason Runde (Week 2)

25 Straight Club:

-- Mac Busser (Weeks 5 & 4)

-- Mason Runde (Weeks 2 & 1)

-- Kasen Knight (Weeks 2 & 1)

-- Trent Culver (Week 4)

-- Gaige Godfrey (Week 4)

-- Lucas Miller (Week 5)

-- Collin Palzkill (Week 2)

Now that our golf season has concluded, we'd like to honor our State Champion #PointerNation Seniors -- your accomplishments are legendary and will live in Pointer lore forever! Thank you for the memories!

(Graphic uses a photo taken by ann gorgen photography)

With the Trap Team season concluding at State this weekend, we'd be remiss if we didn't take a moment to say thank you to our Seniors for a fabulous four years!

(Graphic uses a photo taken by ann gorgen photography)

Hello 2024-25 High School Families --

If you couldn't make last week's All-Sports Code of Conduct meeting for the 2024-25 school year, please take a few moments to review the slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GUrqlMiN4dGwl6aP0hvcgj_vl3aWpT96_n8N9XD_INE/edit?usp=sharing

If you have any questions, please reach out to Athletic Director Chris Carr at chris.carr@mp.k12.wi.us

Thank you.

The Mineral Point Unified School District is hiring for the 2024-25 school year. Come join the great place that is #PointerNation where our mission is educating and inspiring our students for a bright future in a big world!

-- Full-time Speech & Language (SLP) Teacher: https://wecan.waspa.org/Vacancy/207983

-- Part-time English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher: https://wecan.waspa.org/Vacancy/207987

-- The Musical Theatre Club is searching for a Master Builder! The Master Builder is responsible for the procuring and/or building of backdrops, furniture, and other large set pieces during the majority of the fall musical season. Two weeks before the show opens, they help to move these pieces into the venue, and are in charge of managing the backstage crew of students. At the end of the show season, they help to strike the pieces and move out of the venue. Because of these duties, the Master Builder should have their own power tools, have access to a space to build prior to move-in, be willing to collaborate creatively with the other directors as needed, and keep student safety a priority. For the Fall 2024 season, we are producing "Big Fish: School Edition" at the Mineral Point Opera House. Move-in takes place on Sunday 11/10, shows will take place on Friday 11/22 7pm, Saturday 11/23 7pm, and Sunday 11/24 1:30pm, and move-out takes place directly after the final show. Contracted amount: $1,197.13. For inquiries, please contact Mrs. Ashley Calderon-McHugh at ashley.mchugh@mp.k12.wi.us

#PointerNation events coming up this week -- join us! (Please note these schedules are always subject to change)

Monday, June 10

-- School Board meeting 6 pm: https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/2067

-- Summer Adventure & Sports Camps begin

-- State FFA Convention begins

Please be aware of other companies claiming to livestream our games, especially if there are links different than posted above and ask for credit card and personal information -- these are scams. We will update this pinned post as available livestream information is relayed to us.

If you have any questions regarding these items pictured above, please reach out to School Nurse Jayne Lindsey at jayne.lindsey@mp.k12.wi.us

"Grounded by our history as one of the oldest publicly supported schools in Wisconsin, Mineral Point Unified School District is the heart of a small community that educates and inspires our students for a bright future in a big world."

Email: joelle.doye@mp.k12.wi.us
Website: mineralpointschools.org
Location: 705 Ross Street, Mineral Point, WI, USA
Phone: (608) 987-0740
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MineralPointSchoolDistrict