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Feb. 28-No Classes

March 9-5th Grade Musical

March 23-27-Spring Break

Parent and Child Engagement Opportunity at the Mineral Point Elementary School Library, Room 109

February 27, 2020, 5:15-6:15pm

Move and Grove!

Come and play a variety of games with your child to develop gross motor skills (whole body movement) and fine motor skills (coordination of small muscle movement). Let’s get active and moving, even indoors, when it’s cold outside!

Additional information:

• Maximum group size: 25 children

• Participant grade: 4K & K students

• We ask that no more than 2 adults per child attend

• Snacks will be provided

To register please complete this form, or for more information please contact Alex Driftmier, School Counselor alexdriftmier@mp.k12.wi.us 608-987-0739, ext: 115

Please note: there are a limited amount of seats, registration will be on a first come-first serve basis.

Community Coordinated Child Care, Inc. (4-C) is part of a network of accredited, non-profit Wisconsin Child Care Resource & Referral agencies providing advocacy and support services for child care in Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Jefferson, Rock, Sauk, and Walworth Counties. The agency strives to ensure that every child has access to high quality early care and education through integrated support and expertise.

MPES is offering an after school session at HIgh Barre. Follow this link to sign up.

Who: Grades 3-5

When: March 4, 11, 18

Time: 2:30-3:30

Learn about the martial art Tai Chi and the mind-body connection with instructor Chris Taw

Location: High Barre, 26 High Street

NOTE : Mrs. Ingwell will be attending this session as well. She will assure all who sign up get there safely. Please have your child picked up at High Barre by 3:30.

Celebrate poetry and the joy of sharing a good book during the Mineral Point Big Read in April. Together with the Mineral Point Public Library, Mineral Point School District libraries, and MultiCultural Outreach Center, Shake Rage Alley Center for the Arts is celebrating National Poetry Month with a month of activities focused on "Citizen: An American Lyric" by Claudia Rankine. Get a free copy of "Citizen" when the Mineral Point Big Read kicks off April 4 at the Mineral Point Opera House, and join us April 25 at a free keynote session featuring Rankine and Wisconsin Poet Laureate Margaret Rozga at the Mineral Point Opera House. For more information about upcoming events including book discussions, lectures, a companion film series, and art-making activities, see https://shakeragalley.org/big-read/.

Wisconsin's Open Enrollment period begins February 3 for the 2020-21 school year and runs through April 30 -- we look forward to welcoming you in #PointerNation! Please read more information here: https://mineralpointschools.org/2020-21-open-enrollment/

Yearbook order forms have been sent home. You can fill out the form and return it to your child's teacher or you can place your order online by following this link. The deadline to order is February 28th.

The Mineral Point Unified School District Wellness Committee is asking you to donate your gently used shoes to our shoe drive. The drive will end on March 6th.

Proceeds from the event will go to the Wellness Committee to increase awareness and factors contributing to physical and mental well-being, and to encourage others to make healthier lifestyle choices.

Shoes will be given to those in need in other countries.

How can I help?

• Go into closets, storage, garages, and around the house looking for shoes that can be given away.

• Make sure you have permission to give the shoes away.

• Place them in a bag, but don’t forget to keep the pairs together by tying the laces, or rubber banding them together.

• The gently worn, used, and new shoes should be in good condition with the soles intact, dry, clean, no holes, and still have life left in them. If you wouldn’t give them to a friend, then they are not worthy to submit.

• Drop off at:

  Point Foods

  Ivey's Pharmacy

  MPHS

  MP Elementary

  
  

In the US alone, over 600 million pairs of shoes are thrown away per year. The materials

used to manufacture a pair of shoes are created from chemical compounds that will create health hazards if left to disintegrate openly or in landfills. By donating your gently worn, used and new shoes, your shoes are given a second chance to make a difference.

Throughout the month of February, students will be focusing on the word "Love", more specifically focusing on the idea of loving yourself for who you are. Guidance lessons will include activities that promote what students love about themselves. We will also be incorporating our theme of self-love into "Tuesday Tunes" where we will play a song briefly over the announcements that encourages self-love.

Who: Kindergarten - 2nd grade

When: April 1st, 8th and 15th

What: Mrs. Ingwell will be going through a yoga sequence and social-emotional learning skills. What is social emotional learning? Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. (casel.org)

Where: In the gym from 2:00-3:30 (please pick your child up at the front of the school at 3:30)

NOTE : This is different from session one, so please feel free to sign your child up for one of the sessions even if they have already participated.

If you have any questions please contact Danielle Swenson at danielle.swenson@mp.k12.wi.us

Follow this link to sign up.

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.

We've been busy sampling many varieties of cheese donated From Maple Leaf Cheese in Monroe. Thank you Mr. Ingwell for organizing these events for our students.