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Jan. 21st MLK Jr. Day-Mix it up day at lunch-Wear your empathy shirt

Feb. 22nd No Classes; Professional Development day

We were very fortunate to welcome Patricia Polacco to our school. Patricia shared a bit about her life as a student growing up and was an inspiration to all who heard her message. She spoke to the students about the importance of being kind and empathetic toward one another.

To help make our end of day dismissal/pick up run smoothly please see our suggested traffic plan for the lower parking lot.

Our school is proud to partner with the American Heart Association again this year!

Last year, we participated in Jump Rope For Heart and this year we’re kicking off Kids Heart Challenge! We’re excited to continue JUMPING ROPE to help those with special hearts! Throughout our event, I will teach students how the heart works and that exercise can be fun! We also ask them to raise money to support the American Heart Association's research and education initiatives that save lives in our community. Additionally, the school earns money for PE equipment, so we can keep our kids MOVING!

1. Go to www.heart.org/kidsheartchallenge.
2. Search for our school and select it.
3. Choose Option 1- Yes! You participated last year.

This year, all of your Heart Heroes will come to life! Make sure to take a few seconds to download the FREE Mobile app for iPhone or Android by searching for Kids Heart Challenge and see your heroes come to life, take selfies with your heroes and fundraise on the go.

Thank you so much for supporting our school and the American Heart Association. You are making a big difference in the fight against heart disease and stroke by supporting families just like Finn's.

Links to use:
How to register online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2QfIFvIaqE&feature=youtu.be

Great Informational video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o906ma__Gww&feature=youtu.be

BIG NEWS!!!! The American Heart Association is partnering with the Milwaukee Bucks!

1.) Every student that raises $10 will earn a FREE Milwaukee Bucks Ticket. The certificate that I provide you will have an online link that parents can go to and order tickets. If the 7th does not work for families there will be several different game options to choose from.

2.) Top Two Fundraising Students at our school will get a certificate for a FREE Ticket AND invite to attend the VIP clinic. Once the student goes online to claim their free offer, the Milwaukee Bucks will give them the clinic details for the day of.

Thank you,

Mr. Ingwell

Click here to visit my personal page.
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Click here to view the team page for Mineral Point Elementary Mineral Point, WI
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Click here to view the company page for Mineral Point Elementary
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If you no longer wish to receive email messages sent from your friends on behalf of this organization, please click here or paste this URL into your browser: http://www2.heart.org/site/TellFriendOpt?action=optout&toe=ca825a05a3b3f6b1f344cfbd659a6fb5e9b3f3b0f5954290

FAST Again?

We are considering holding another eight week FAST program before spring break. The first FAST session held in the fall of 2017 had eight families participate and the session held in the fall of 2018 had six families participate. The results obtained from the fall of 2017 program were very positive with 78% reporting improved family cohesiveness and 89% reporting improved relationships with their FAST child. We do not yet have the results from our fall 2018 session.

If there is enough interest we will hold another program yet this school year. Anyone who wishes to improve family communication, cohesiveness, problem solving and wants to strengthen their school and community connectedness is welcome to participate. We need to have five graduating families per session to keep our credentials. Graduating families attend six of the eight nights.

If you wish to have more information on the FAST program or view our evaluation report from 2017 contact me at any time.

Carla Rand

School Counselor

FAST Coordinator

What is FAST?

FAST® is an 8 week program for your entire family

In 8 weeks, FAST®:

• changes children’s lives

• empowers parents

• helps schools succeed

• strengthens communities

Weekly prizes, a free family meal AND free childcare

*To sign up for the next FAST program or learn more contact Carla Rand at: 608-987-0739 Ext. 115, carla.rand@mp.k12.wi.us or Paula Schuette at: paula.schuette@gmail.com

Kwik Trip is discontinuing their milk moola program. Any milk caps/bag labels need to be turned in to school by March 15th so we can make our final submission.

When it is necessary to call off school because of inclement weather, bad driving conditions, or other emergency conditions, radio stations WDMP and WPVL are advised and school closing announcements are made on those stations between 6:30-8:00 a.m. On questionable mornings you are urged to listen to either WDMP or WPVL for any such announcements. You will also receive a message via phone and email. Please read detailed information about School Messenger below. We strongly urge that you do not call either the school, radio station, or the principal's home to ask if school will be held. This only ties up the telephone lines at a time when important emergency calls must be made.

At other times it may be necessary to dismiss school before the end of the regular school day because of bad weather conditions or other emergency reasons. Parents should plan for such emergencies and have definite plans with their children as to getting into their homes or going to a neighbor or relatives in the event the parent might not be home. Emergency early school dismissals can be a hazard to students, especially the younger children, if parents have not planned ahead for them. Also, if the weather looks questionable, please do not call the school. If we are having an early dismissal we need every phone line. Skylert messages will be sent, and radio stations, Radio WDMP 99.3 fm WPVL 107.1 fm as well as TV channels WISC 3, WMTV 15 and WKOW 27

Lunch Express is a payment program that allows for online payments for school lunches. This is made possible by using e-funds.

The student ID number for e-funds is the "Other ID" in the general information of Skyward Family Access. This ID is located under your childs picture. Skyward Family Access is located under the "Quick links" tab on our school website .

The family number in e-funds is NOT the “Family ID” in Skyward, but is your “Phone” number in the contact information of Skyward Family Access (without area code or dashes). For example, if the families phone number in Skyward is (608) 987-1234, then the family number is 9871234.

As always, you are welcome to send meal payments to the office with your child. If you have any questions please call 987-0710.

Email: jane.barr@mp.k12.wi.us
Website: http://mineralpointschools.org/
Location: 611 Cothern Street, Mineral Point, WI, United States
Phone: 608-987-0710
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MineralPointSchoolDistrict/

The Mineral Point Unified School District, in accordance with Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 and other Federal and State regulations, hereby declares that it is committed to the principle of equal education and employment opportunity and, accordingly, does not discriminate as to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability. Any inquiries or complaints alleging non-compliance with Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 or other Federal and State civil rights or nondiscrimination regulations shall be referred to the Title IX Coordinator of the Mineral Point Unified School District.