Melrose Area Public Schools

On Saturday, Melrose Speech Team hosted their annual Extravaganza, welcoming over 850 individuals! Our team truly stepped up to set up the entire school to accommodate all categories and unique activities, such as our Serious Interpretation of Dance, which was a big success! Results: ✨Finals✨(1st-7th place) Creative: Ella Erdmann - 2nd Discussion: Aidan Kluempke - 3rd Ex. Reading: Esther Kapsner - 1st! 🥇 Emily Sand - 4th Ex. Speaking: Teague Dusha - 3rd Great Speeches: Teague Dusha - 2nd Humorous: Isaiah Gilk - 4th Improv: Jada Rausch - 3rd Isaiah Gilk - 4th Zoe Hoeschen - 5th Ella Erdmann - 7th Prose: Annabelle Lester - 4th ✨Next-In Finals✨(8th-14th place) Creative: Ava Wensmann - 3rd Summer Schaefer - 5th Discussion: Mara Larson - 4th Drama: Lola Dusha - 1st Alex Moscho - 3rd Duo: Ella Erdmann & Zoe Hoeschen - 1st Ex. Speaking: Aidan Kluempke - 2nd Ramona Lurken Tvrdik - 3rd Humorous: Jada Rausch - 1st Improv: Teague Dusha - 2nd Informative: Brinley Ritter - 2nd Abby Herkenhoff - 3rd Storytelling: Zoe Hoeschen - 2nd ✨Merit Finals✨(15th-20th) Creative: Hailey Hammond - 6th Improv: Lola Dusha - 4th Summer Schaefer - 6th Original Oratory: Stacy Timp - 1st Prose: Summer Schaefer - 6th

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Each week we’re highlighting staff members nominated by students and community members. 💜💛
Help us celebrate the amazing people who make Melrose Area Schools shine! 👏
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Would you like to save 10% on your car insurance? If you're 55+ years young, you can register to take this Driver Discount! Call 320-308-1400 and leave a message to get registered! Classes at Melrose High School will be on March 24th and April 21st. Join us!

Melrose Stages presents ‘Mid-Life, The Crisis’ as the spring musical this year! Join us for a hilarious romp with honest humor about the trials and tribulations of the unavoidable aging process, brought to life by local talent.
Shows are:
Thurs, March 26 at 7:30pm
Fri, March 27 at 7:30pm
Sun, March 29 at 2pm
Tickets are $11 each. https://gofan.co/app/school/MN99879

Thinking of things to do today? Join us for Open Swim, Open Gym or Open Pickleball! Bring a friend and have a good time! $2/Person or $5/Family - Exact change is appreciated. Please enter door 2.

Melrose Stages presents ‘Mid-Life, The Crisis’ as the spring musical this year! Join us for a hilarious romp with honest humor about the trials and tribulations of the unavoidable aging process, brought to life by local talent.
Shows are:
Thurs, March 26 at 7:30pm
Fri, March 27 at 7:30pm
Sun, March 29 at 2pm
Tickets are $11 each. https://gofan.co/app/school/MN99879

Melrose Area Culinary 1 Students made a copycat recipe of Crumbl S'mores Cookies. Students were able to use torches for the fire-roasted marshmallow look and flavor. These cookies were winners. The only complaint from our students: NO MILK!
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Melrose Area Speech Team hosted the West Central Conference Meet on Monday, March 16th, and posted impressive results! Melrose Area Speech Team had eight individual Conference Champions, and with 24 speakers placing in the top three of their categories, Melrose Area successfully defended the Conference Championship Title!

Creative: Ella Erdmann - 1st! 🥇
Ava Wensmann - 2nd
Summer Schaefer - 3rd

Discussion: Aidan Kluempke - 1st! 🥇
Mara Larson - 2nd

Drama: Lola Dusha - 2nd
Alex Moscho - 4th
Itzel Chisco - 6th

Duo: Ella Erdmann & Zoe Hoeschen - 2nd

Ex. Reading: Emily Sand - 1st! 🥇
Esther Kapsner - 2nd
Rebecca Welle - 3rd

Ex. Speaking: Teague Dusha - 1st! 🥇
Ramona Lurken Tvrdik - 2nd
Aidan Kluempke - 3rd
Hailey Hammond - 4th

Great Speeches: Teague Dusha - 1st! 🥇
Aria Hammond - 2nd

Humorous: Jada Rausch - 1st! 🥇
Isaiah Gilk - 3rd

Informative: Abby Herkenhoff - 1st! 🥇
Brinley Ritter - 3rd

Original Oratory: Brooke Ruoff - 1st! 🥇
Stacy Timp - 2nd
Jesus Hernandez Vega - 5th
Hadassa Lopez - 6th

Poetry: Emily Ettel - 4th
Dia Malchow - 5th

Prose: Annabelle Lester - 2nd
Nell Wiechmann - 4th
Harper Ekstrom - 5th
Stacy Timp - 6th

Storytelling: Zoe Hoeschen - 2nd
Isaiah Gilk - 3rd

Melrose Area Speech Team is ready to welcome over 750 entries at the Melrose Speech Extravaganza on Saturday, March 21st!
It's going to be a great day!
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🌟 Dutchmen Spotlight 🌟
Each week we’re highlighting staff members nominated by students and community members. 💜💛
Help us celebrate the amazing people who make Melrose Area Schools shine! 👏
#DutchmenPride

Congratulations to the Melrose FIRST Robotics Team, The Gear Grinders!

Out of 51 teams, they finished 2nd in Qualification Matches, earning a spot as the 2nd Alliance Team Captain—a huge accomplishment in a highly competitive field. Only 24 teams advance to the double elimination round, and our team rose to the challenge!

Their alliance battled hard and finished 7th overall, and to top it all off, the team was honored with the All-Star Rookie Award—an amazing recognition of their hard work, innovation, and teamwork.

This team is just getting started, and the future is bright!

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Are you fueling up today? Fill up at the Spirit Pumps at Melrose 1 Stop for an easy way of supporting our district students! Use pumps 5 or 6 for this special deal!
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Melrose Area Public Schools wishes a Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone who celebrates!

Join us for some fun activities! Check out featured classes as well and look at the variety we have online! For more information and to register visit: https://isd740.arux.app/search

This past weekend, Avery Braegelmann received an ExCEL Award at the Minnesota AAA Girls Basketball Championship game. Avery was one of 34 students from a pool of 75,000 juniors in the state of MN to receive this award.
Given for Academics, Athletics, Arts, Leadership and Service recognition, the ExCEL Award is an honor. Congratulations, Avery!
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🌟 Dutchmen Spotlight 🌟
Each week we’re highlighting staff members nominated by students and community members. 💜💛
Help us celebrate the amazing people who make Melrose Area Schools shine! 👏
#DutchmenPride

Melrose Stages presents ‘Mid-Life, The Crisis’ as the spring musical this year! Join us for a hilarious romp with honest humor about the trials and tribulations of the unavoidable aging process, brought to life by local talent.
Shows are:
Thurs, March 26 at 7:30pm
Fri, March 27 at 7:30pm
Sun, March 29 at 2pm
Tickets are $11 each. https://gofan.co/app/school/MN99879

Our Dutchmen Boys Basketball Team is grateful for all the support from fans!
The season ended after the play-off game against Albany, with a score of 55-35. Albany is heading to the State Tournament!
What a great season for the Dutchmen!
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❄️ Weather Cancellation Notice ❄️

Due to the incoming winter storm, the following weekend activities are cancelled:

• Saturday Open Gym
• Sunday Open Gym
• Open Pickleball
• Open Swim

Stay safe, Dutchmen! 💙❄️

Our Dutchmen Boys Basketball Team is grateful for all the support from fans! From those in the stands to those listening or watching at home, we can feel the love!
Join us tomorrow at SCSU as we play against Albany at 6pm!

All lower level tickets are $10/each - no matter the age.
Upper level tickets are $8/Adult and $5/Student.
Show your support for our team - wear BLACK! (Albany will be wearing purple.)
Here is the ticket link: https://tickets.gobound.com/tickets/events/h20260308023015869b5bcb35bb42943/checkout

Here is the livestream link - available for a nominal fee: https://www.nspn.tv/mshsl

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Melrose Area Foods & Nutrition Students made conchas this week! This sweet roll is also known as Pan Dulce. Mmm! What a delicious treat!
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