The Knowledge Bowl meet was at Buffalo last night. 7/8 grade teams place 4th and 5th. The 5/6 teams place 7th and 8th. Both meets had 30 teams. We had a 5/6 team and a 7/8 team win the Written Round Challenge and also received ribbons for that! Photos include 7/8 grade 5th place team: Terry Clinton, Andrue Stalboerger, Logan Kelzer and Mathew Stalboerger and 7/8 4th place team and Written Round Champs: Austin Bjostad, Ramona Lurken Tvrdik, Eric Sunderman and Jackson Frieler.
Katie Zimmer is our HANS Spotlight Award winner today!
Congratulations to the Girls Swimming and Diving team on a third place finish at the Section 6A Swimming and Diving meet this weekend. Qualifying for the State meet included the Section Champion 200 Medley Relay team of Makayla Zirbes, Hallie Drossel, Paige Gruber, and Bella Nathe. Hallie Drossel was Section Champion and set a new Melrose School Record in the 200 Individual Medley. Hallie also was the Section Champion and set a new University of Minnesota-Morris Pool record in the 100 Breaststroke. Paige Gruber was Section Runner up in the 100 Freestyle and qualified for state in that event. The 400 Free Relay team of Jasmine Fleischhacker, Bella Nathe, Paige Gruber, and Makayla Zirbes were also Section Runners up and advance to the State meet next weekend.
*Other Section Medal winners included Paige Gruber (3rd-200 Freestyle), Bella Nathe (6th-50 Free and 5th-500 Free), Theresia Nathe (6th-Diving), Makayla Zirbes (5th-100 Butterfly, 3rd-100 Backstroke), Jaiden Smith (7th-500 Free), Brooke Ruoff (6th-100 Backstroke), Georgia Anderson (8th-100 Backstroke), and the 200 Free Relay team of Alanna Wensmann, Meghan Pundsack, Jasmine Fleischhacker, Gracelyn Sakry that finished 7th.
Please join us for the Winter Band Concert, featuring grades 7-12. The concert will be on Friday, November 19, 2021 at 7pm. Tickets are $3 each, and will be sold at the door. Please enter through Door 13.
It's National Education Week! We have an incredible TEAM here at Melrose Area Schools - administrators, custodians, food service, paras, secretaries and teachers.
Congratulations to our 5/6 and 7/8 Knowledge Bowl teams. Their first meet of the season was at Kimball on Thursday - and both teams placed 2nd!
It's not too late to register for the Christmas Whimsy Card Making Class with Amanda VanHavermaet! Class is on Monday, registration is open until 3 p.m on November 13. https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/course/127/fall-2021%E2%80%941/christmas-whimsy-card-making-class#nov-15
Our HANS Spotlight Award Winners today are Alayna Marquez-Bierschbach, Brigs Anderson, Georgia Moore, Thomas Elfering and William Klassen. Congratulations!
No Open Swim on Sunday, November 14!
The Veteran's Day Program will be livestreamed today, starting at approximately 10:05 a.m. (Photos are the Elementary doing their recording.) Here is the link to the live program: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9eYVts9_r_3c_8zftJQ3qg
Scenes from the Shrek musical during the Wednesday musical matinee. The musical performances will run from Thursday through Sunday at the Elliott Performing Arts Building.
Register online for Grade 7-12 Winter Activities at isd740.org! Look for the purple button 'Activities/Athletics' under the scrolling pictures. Then, choose 'Affinety Activity Registration' under Student Information. We are excited to have you on our teams!
HANS Spotlight Award Winners - Harper Ekstrom, Jami Eggert, Ethin Harren, Hadleigh Becker and Isabelle Remer.
HANS Spotlight Award Winners - Kinley Bjostad, Emery Schwieters and Olivia Eckblad.
The preschoolers are loving their new sandbox! Thanks to Shawn and Dallas for creating it!
Vaccine clinic tomorrow, November 9, 4-7 p.m. in the ITV Room (enter at door 7). The clinic will include the Flu Vaccine, the COVID Pfizer Vaccine dose for ages 5-11, and Pfizer dose for ages 12 and older. Parent consent and ID will be required for all vaccinations.
Shrek - The Musical Tickets are available online at: https://dutchmen.epaytrak.com/Shrek-The-Musical-Tickets-C688.aspx
This is a Family Friendly Event! Show Dates: Nov. 11, 12, 13 at 7:30pm, Nov. 14 at 2pm
Open Gym from 1-4 and Open Swim from 1-3 today, November 7. Enter at door 2. Enjoy!
Mark your calendar for the Melrose Elementary Holiday Program!
Ashlynn Pflipsen and Aubrey Lieser are the HANS Spotlight Award Winners today!
