
Need to get out of the house this weekend? Join us on Sunday, December 5 for Open Swim and Open Gym! Both start at 1 p.m. - enter through door 2. Cost is $2 per person or $5 per family.


Elementary Holiday Concerts are next week! If you plan to attend, you are asked to wear a mask. If you'd like to stream the concerts, you can do so from here: https://www.isd740.org/page/livestream


Melrose Preschool Holiday programs will be on December 10. Ms. Patty's morning class will perform at 9:30 a.m. and the afternoon classes will perform at 1:30 p.m. Both performances will also be live streamed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzSyTwfNc9F35NRYGGxWDng


Today is the last day to sign up for Little Gal Basketball Camp! Register here:
https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/course/121/fall-2021%E2%80%941/little-gal-basketball#grades-k-6


The Rosettes Dance Show, featuring JFK, will take place on Saturday, Dec. 4th, 2021 in Elem Gyms 1-3. All tickets are $5, and this event begins at 6:30pm. Tickets can be purchased online at: https://dutchmen.epaytrak.com/Dance-Team-Tickets-C692.aspx


Brent Feldewerd was selected as a member of the North All Star Defense Team. Brent was a four-year starter for the Melrose Dutchmen. Brent will play at noon on Sat, Dec. 4, 2021 at US Bank Stadium. Tickets are available at www.allstarfootball.org Congratulations, Brent!


Our latest HANS Spotlight Award Winners!




Open Swim (1-3) and Open Gym (1-4) today! Come have some fun at school! Enter at door 2.


The Holiday Kickoff Parade was awesome! Evan and Cora Meyer were great elves representing Melrose Area Schools!




Congrats to these HANS Spotlight Award Winners!




Elementary Wrestling begins on Monday, November 29. Please register here:
https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/course/136/fall-2021%E2%80%941/melrose-youth-wrestling **You must register, but the program is free!!


The newly formed Middle School Student Council collected non-perishable items and money for the Melrose Area Food Shelf. This was the first activity sponsored by the council and it took two vehicles to haul all the goods! The council members are pictured with Candy Freeman from the Food Shelf and their advisors, Jean Sakry and Teresa Schad. Congratulations on a job well done to the 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and staff!




Super silly turkeys in preschool!



Our Preschoolers are fabulous!




Knowledge Bowl results from Howard Lake Waverly Winsted meet last week.
7/8th grade - 3rd Place: Eric Sundermann, Rachel Welle, Logan Kelzer, Austin Bjostad Ruby Ludwig, 5/6th grade - 4th Place: Luke Johnson, Abigail Koltes, Evan Meyer, Elise Klassen, Isaiah Hutchinson, and 5/6th grade -5th Place: Christian Cansino, Lucas Christianson, Daniel Sundermann, Landon Clear and Tyler Klaphake. Great job!




The State swimmers are going to be escorted through Melrose around 6 pm tonight. Feel free to come out to Main Street to welcome them home! You can also welcome them home by the swim door (14) at school. Go Dutchmen!

Congratulations to the following Melrose swimmers for their success at the State Meet. Hallie Drossel is the MN State Champion in the 100 Yard Breaststroke with an All-American Consideration time of 1:03:64! Hallie also placed 8th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:14:55. The 200 Medley Relay team of Makayla Zirbes, Hallie Drossel, Paige Gruber and Bella Nathe finished 12th with a time of 1:53.16. The 400 Free Relay of Jasmine Fleischhacker, Makayla Zirbes, Paige Gruber and Bella Nathe placed 15th with a time of 3:44:78. Awesome job!

November 19th HANS Spotlight Award Winners!





Senior football player, Brent Feldewerd, was selected as a member of the North All Star Team. Brent was a four-year starter for the Melrose Dutchmen. Brent will play at noon on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at US Bank Stadium. Congratulations Brent!


Members of Leedstone and the Melrose Rosettes assisted the Food for Thought team in packing bags on November 17. Over 800 bags were packed and a good time was had by all. Food for Thought provides food for students on the weekends!


