#PointerNation News

Cooper's birthday was last Sunday and Monday at school, he was able to celebrate with his favorite students in Mrs. Gorgen's 2nd Grade Class! We hope you had a special day, Cooper!

Let's hear it for our bowlers! Mineral Point recently had several current and former students successfully participate in the Special Olympics Unified Bowling Tournament. The focus of Unified Sports is to develop athletic skills while forming friendships, fostering respect for each other, and becoming leaders on and off the field of play.

Our top Pointer finisher was 4th Grader Lincoln Terrill who claimed 1st Place in the State Singles Division 30!

Congrats to all!

Athletes: Caiti McGuire, Trevor MacGilvra, AJ Rury, Ryker Johnson, and Lincoln Terrill.

Unified Partners: Lindsey Terrill, Jacob Klein, and Eli Klein.

Our January Students of the Month for the 2024-25 school year were honored Tuesday at the Mineral Point Kiwanis meeting -- a big congrats to Lillianna Berget and Jadyn Swinehart! Read more about these star Seniors here: https://mineralpointschools.org/2025/01/berget-swinehart-are-students-of-the-month/

(Berget photo by Candace Dolan; Swinehart photo by Camae Blackburn)

All eyes on us! One last stat from 2024 -- our Facebook page had 2.8 million views for the year! Not too shabby for a district of 805 students. Thank you for caring about #PointerNation -- we look forward to continuing to share the stories about what makes this a great place to be in 2025.

The New Year resolutions keep rolling in, this time from Mrs. Doney's and Mrs. McDonald's Kindergarten classes!

Our Future Business Leaders of America competed online last week in the Regional competition!

- Agribusiness: Mallory Gould, Emily Heisner

- Business Communications: Olivia Wilson

- Business Ethics: Taitin Riley, Lila Thousand

- Business Law: Hudson Schroeder

- Cybersecurity: Ryley Reichling, Carson Schroeder

- Help Desk: Jackson Wiker

- Hospitality & Event Management: Aly Jones, Jaelyn Pete

- Human Resource Management: Addison Christopher

- Intro to Business Procedures: Violet Renwick

- Intro to Event Planning: Annison Goninen, Ava Ingwell, Kinlee Prust

- Intro to Financial Math: Henry Allbright, Boden Chambers

- Journalism: Austi Leigh

- Marketing: Lilli Berget, Ella Kroll, Laci Lindsey

- Networking Infrastructures: Lily Fox

- Organizational Leadership: Kalea Biddick

- Personal Finance: Dealya Collins

- Securities and Investments: Ally Baehler

- Sports & Entertainment Management: Tyce Sylvester

- Supply Chain Management: Brooke Paynter, Jaxson Wendhausen

- UX Design: Madison Nodolf

Although there is no snow outside, we are making snowflakes inside! The students love snipping out their own creations!

Mrs. Ingwell's young readers received a grant from the Green Bay Packers for their participation in Tundra Tales! The grant will be used to buy new books for their classroom! Congratulations, readers!

Congrats and good luck to Anthony Luu, Lilly Murn, Finn Renwick, and Taitin Riley who will be performing in the Luther College Dorian Vocal Festival Monday night (January 13) in Decorah, IA! The concert is set to begin at 5 pm and you are welcome to attend. If you can't make it, catch the livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqPfXwdnVj8

Snowflake, snowflake dance around! 4K students made snowflakes using marshmallows and toothpicks after they listened to the story "The Little Snowflake" by Steve Metzger.

You can put the I in kind! Thanks to our own Kit Finley for bringing more kindness to #PointerNation! Her sign encourages people to stop and remember the importance of being kind.

Liz Hoffman has had a fabulous high school career wearing our Blue and White and is now officially committed to play Softball at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and don their Blue and Orange!

The #PointerNation Senior, a two-time SWAL First Team All-Conference pitcher, signed her Letter of Intent to play at the NCAA Division 3 level Thursday morning with some of her family, Coach Quinn Schultz, and Athletic Director Chris Carr by her side.

Best wishes to Liz as she continues to pursue her academic and athletic dreams. Your family, coaches, friends, mentors, school, and community are very proud of all that you have and will accomplish!

We love sharing our talented students' artwork with you! Check out 3rd Grade's tints and shades silhouette projects!

Our high school choir members went on their Winter Goodwill Tour last week, brightening the day for those in nursing homes and local businesses!

Stops included: MPES 5th Grade, Hodan Center; Dodgeville - Sienna Crest, Crestridge, and Upland Hills.

Thank you for sharing your talents with others.

Early Childhood has been busy chilling with their snowmies!

1st Graders traveled to the North Pole! BRRR... They learned about the animals that live there and also performed some experiments to learn about the adaptations they have to survive such a cold climate.

Talent never graduates! Check out some familiar #PointerNation Alumni faces that joined us this past week at Pep Band! Keep on rocking!

Thank you to Upland Hills Health for the generous donation of snacks for our Care Cupboard here at school. Your support helps us provide for those in need and makes a positive impact in our community!

We are less than weeks out from the sixth annual Mineral Point Basketball Hall of Fame induction Saturday, January 25 during the home boys game vs. Belleville!

JV will begin at 1 pm and the ceremony will take place between the JV and Varsity contests.

Kudos to our inductees -- Carolyn (Kinch) Bossert, Matt Lindsey, Bill Mitchell, Claire Poad, and Scott Terrill: https://mineralpointschools.org/2024/04/sixth-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-selected/

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

Monday, January 13
-- School Board meeting 6 pm: https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/2067
-- Girls Basketball at Mount Horeb (JV 5:45 pm, Varsity to follow). Livestream: https://wiscoradio.com/listen-live/
-- Gymnastics at Platteville/Belmont/Lancaster 6 pm. Livestream: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/wi/platteville/organization/6494/platteville-high-school
-- MS Wrestling at Belmont 4:30 pm
-- Dorian Vocal Festival concert 5 pm at Luther College in Decorah, IA. Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqPfXwdnVj8

Tuesday, January 14
-- Boys Basketball vs. Iowa-Grant (JV 6 pm, Varsity to follow). Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@mptvpointers
Digital tickets (cash still accepted at door): https://gofan.co/app/school/WI13618
Digital program: bit.ly/mpdigitalprogram
-- MS Girls Basketball vs. Iowa-Grant 4 pm

Wednesday, January 15
-- Early Release 2 pm (every Wednesday)

Thursday, January 16
-- Wrestling vs. Prairie du Chien 6 pm. Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@mptvpointers
Digital tickets (cash still accepted at door): https://gofan.co/app/school/WI13618
Digital program: bit.ly/mpdigitalprogram
-- Girls Basketball at Iowa-Grant (JV 6 pm, Varsity to follow). Livestream: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/wi/livingston/organization/12683/iowa-grant-high-school
-- MS Girls Basketball at River Valley 4 pm

Friday, January 17
-- End of 2nd Quarter/1st Semester
-- Boys Basketball vs. Southwestern (JV 6 pm, Varsity to follow). Radio: 97.7 fm. Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@mptvpointers
Digital tickets (cash still accepted at door): https://gofan.co/app/school/WI13618
Digital program: bit.ly/mpdigitalprogram

Saturday, January 18
-- Girls Wrestling at Wausau West 9 am
-- JV Wrestling at Hillsboro 9:30 am
-- WCBA All-State Band concert at UW-Whitewater 7 pm

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.

"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