#PointerNation News
August 4, 2025
WIAC SCHOLASTIC HONOR ROLL
Alumni Alert! Congrats to our seven Pointer grads who have earned placement on the WIAC Conference Scholastic Honor Roll for their performance in the classroom and in athletics during the 2024-25 school year!
- Grant Bossert, UW-Platteville Baseball
- Leyten Bowers, UW-Stout Baseball
- Grant Lee, UW-Eau Claire Swimming & Diving
- Mallory Lindsey, UW-Oshkosh Basketball
- Dominik McVay, UW-Whitewater Baseball
- Alex Ross, UW-Stevens Point Golf
- Kennedy Wenger, UW-Platteville Volleyball
SUPPLY LISTS
School supplies are starting to hit store shelves! Lists are available for the 2025-26 school year at this link.
Please remember that if your family needs help with supplies, we have many community partners that have generously provided donations to the district. Regardless of the grades of your children, please reach out to Jane Barr at jane.barr@mp.k12.wi.us or 608-987-0710 if you need help obtaining supplies.
WE ARE HIRING
The Mineral Point Unified School District has job openings. Come join the great place that is #PointerNation where our mission is inspiring students for a bright future in a big world!
2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR OPENINGS:
-- Full Time High School Math Teacher: https://wecan.waspa.org/Vacancy/241745
-- Two Full Time Instructional Assistants: https://wecan.waspa.org/Vacancy/242147
Mineral Point Elementary is searching for staff for our Pointer Kids Club (Before and After School Program) for the 2025-26 school year.
-- Part Time Director
-- Part Time Assistant
Contact Superintendent Mitch Wainwright at mitch.wainwright@mp.k12.wi.us or 608-987-0740 with interest.
Pointer Kids Club is designed to provide a safe, interactive, and fun environment for 4K-5th Grade MP students by offering a variety of open-ended, play-based and physical activities before and after school, outside the traditional school day. Morning care will start at 7 am. After school care is from dismissal time until 6 pm.
Standing open positions include:
-- Substitutes for Food Service
-- Substitutes for Custodians
-- Substitutes for Teachers & Instructional Assistants
-- Substitutes for Office Administrative Assistants
To inquire about the standing open positions, contact Angie Schubert at 608-987-0740 or angie.schubert@mp.k12.wi.us
Anna Robinson
- MP Alumni Foundation Scholarship
- Anonymous Agriculture Scholarship
- Compeer Financial Scholarship
- Farmers Appreciation Day Scholarship
- Mineral Point FFA Chapter Scholarship
- Iowa County Cattleman's Association Scholarship
- Iowa County Farm Bureau Scholarship
- National FFA Organization Foundation Scholarship
- Premier Cooperative Scholarship
- MP Skills USA Scholarship
- Youth Apprenticeship Award
- South Dakota State University Academic Scholarship
- South Dakota State Jackrabbits Athletic Scholarship
Ellen Robinson
- MP Alumni Foundation Scholarship
- Anonymous Agriculture Scholarship
- Compeer Financial Scholarship
- Farmers Appreciation Day Scholarship
- Mineral Point FFA Chapter Scholarship
- Iowa County Cattleman's Association Scholarship
- Iowa County Farm Bureau Scholarship
- Premier Cooperative Scholarship
- MP Skills USA Scholarship
- Uplands Garden Club Scholarship
- Youth Apprenticeship Award
- Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) Scholar Athlete Award Winner
- WIAA Scholar Athlete We Energies Foundation Scholarship
- South Dakota State University Jackrabbit Guarantee Scholarship
- South Dakota State Jackrabbits Athletic Scholarship
Cambrian Rowe
- MP Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary Scholarship
- Youth Apprenticeship Award
Kade Rule
- Youth Apprenticeship Award
- Next "Point" Scholarship
- Chattanooga Athletics Department Wrestling Scholarship
Leah Sargent
- Youth Apprenticeship Award
- Bill & Rosalie Logue Memorial Scholarship
- Dual Enrollment Award
Carter Schilling
- Youth Apprenticeship Award
- Dual Enrollment Award
Luke Schubert
- State of Wisconsin Technical Excellence Scholarship
- Youth Apprenticeship Award
- Badger State Ethanol, LLC Scholarship
- Compeer Financial Scholarship
- Mineral Point FFA Alumni Scholarship
- Iowa County Cattleman's Association Scholarship
- Lafayette County Farm Bureau Scholarship
- Dual Enrollment Award
- Governor's Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction Scholarship
Where in the world is #PointerNation?
Hallie Brant ventured to Hutchinson, MN for the 34th annual Orange Day Spectacular to accept a $1000 scholarship. She also received $2000 from Nutrien Ag Solutions. Congrats!
Where in the world is #PointerNation?
The Heiring boys took a road trip to Texas to visit family, making memorable stops along the way at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the Fantastic Caverns in Missouri, and at the Houston Interactive Aquarium!
Where in the world is #PointerNation?
Lily Fox spent 24 days on trail backpacking in the Selway-Bitterroot wilderness in Idaho!
Send your Summer Break adventures to joelle.doye@mp.k12.wi.us
Merrill Brunson
7/30: Merrill Brunson (6th Grade Teacher)
Kris McCoy
8/4: Kris McCoy (Middle/High School Librarian)
Mineral Point Unified School District
"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