🌟 Toddler Time ECFE! 🌟
Join Ms. Jennifer for a fun morning of stories and smiles!
📅 Tuesday, Feb. 10
⏰ 10:30–11:00 a.m.

Free to attend—just register so we know how many little friends to plan for! 💛
👉 https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/697/school-year-2025-26—1/toddler-time-ecfe-storytime-hora-del-cuento-de-ecfe-para-ninos-pequenos
6 months ago, Kelly Neu
Little boy with brown hair, blue eyes, white shirt with a surprised face
Our Dutchmen Gymnastics Team performed very well at the West Central Conference Meet in Melrose on Friday, February 6th, receiving top scores, and earning the Championship!
Our Gymnasts finished with an incredible score of 146.175, a season high! Our athletes have been putting in some hard work, and it has truly paid off. We are so proud of this team!
Congratulations to all the WCC Teams who competed. It was a fun and competitive meet.
Special thanks to everyone who helped transform the gym after our double header basketball game on Thursday and again after the meet on Friday. Our community support means so much, and helps our gymnasts perform at their best.
WCC Team Scores:
Melrose Area - 146.175
Albany HS - 136.025
Little Falls - 134.475
Benson-KMS - 133.025
Morris Area - 127.100
Maple Lake - 125.575
Paynesville - 116.950
LP/GE-B - 115.625
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#MelroseGymnastics
#WCCChamps
#CommunityStrong
6 months ago, Melrose Activities
2025-26 Gymn WCC Champs
Join us for Open Swim, Open Gym or Open Pickleball today! Grab a friend & have some fun! $2/Person or $5/Family. Exact change is appreciated. Enter door 2.
6 months ago, Melrose Comm. Ed.
Open Swim
Open Gym
Students in grades 7+ can join us tonight for Open Gym from 7-9pm.
$2/Player or $5/Family.
Exact change is appreciated. Please enter door 2.
6 months ago, Melrose Comm. Ed.
Saturday Open Gym
Last night in Basketball, the Dutchmen Boys Team beat BOLD 69-44, with Riley Elfering scoring 20 points, Brady Goihl scoring 19 points, and Brecken Elfering scoring 10 points.
The Minnewaska Lakers beat our Lady Dutchmen 56-42, with Kaitlyn Klasen scoring 13 points, Lexi Beste scoring 10 points, and Avery Braegelmann scoring 9 points.

Meanwhile the Prairie Centre Boys Hockey Team beat MBA 6-3, with points made by: Bentley Ritter, Leyton Fuchs, James Rieland, Nolan Trierweiler, Damion Lopez.

Nice job, Teams!
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6 months ago, Melrose Activities
Motion M
Best of luck to the Melrose Rosettes Dance Team at their Section Invitational on Saturday, February 7th, in New London, starting at 11am! We're rooting for you!
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Tickets: https://www.gobound.com/mn/mshl/regions/5a/tickets
Livestream: https://www.nspn.tv/
6 months ago, Melrose Activities
Dance, High Kick, 2A, Melrose Area
Dance Team - Jazz
🌟 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! 👏
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6 months ago, Kelly Neu
Woman in black shirt, brown sweater, and big brown glassses smiling in a school photo
Congratulations to our Fusion Team! These guys did a great job in their meet last night! Melrose/Sauk Centre won the meet, with a score of 254. Montevideo finished second, with 200 points, and MACA had 82 points.
Congratulations to Andrue Stalboerger who set the following records with his diving performance:
*11 Dive Melrose and Fusion Record
*U of M Morris 11 Dive Pool Record
*Western Regional Championship Diving Record
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6 months ago, Melrose Activities
Fusion Logo for Melrose & Sauk Centre Swimming & Diving
Tonight is the night! Join us at the Melrose Area School to cheer our Dutchmen Gymnastics Team at the WCC Championships!
The meet begins at 5pm - enter door 2.
Let's fill the stands with PURPLE PRIDE and support these hard working athletes as they compete for the Conference Title!
Go Dutchmen!
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6 months ago, Melrose Activities
2:6:26 Gymn
Congratulations to our 2024-25 Girls Softball Team, who earned the 2025 Sportsmanship Trophy from the American Legion this past summer! Our team earned this award for their outstanding team attitude and their conduct at the annual American Legion Department Tournament. Nice work, team!
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6 months ago, Melrose Activities
2024-25 Softball Legion Trophy
💻✨ Always wanted to learn Spanish? 2026 is your year! 💻✨
Join our engaging live Spanish classes from the comfort of your home. Whether you’re a beginner or want to polish your skills, Futura has the right level for you—Beginner 1 & 2, Intermediate 1 & 2, and theme-based Spanish for Travel. Plus, you’ll have access to online resources to practice and review at your own pace, anytime you need it! Don’t wait—start your Spanish journey today!
Registration link: https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/search?redirected_yet=true&sf[category]=66
6 months ago, Melrose Comm. Ed.
Learn Spanish (English Version)
Learn Spanish (Spanish Version)

Congratulations to the Knowledge Bowl teams who competed in HLWW yesterday for their third conference meet. The Varsity 1 Team of Eric Sundermann, Kendall Buening, Zach Nelson, and Mathew Stalboerger finished FIRST and is currently leading the conference with a total of 308.5 points, with one conference meet to go.
Melrose Varsity 3 Team of Ramona Lurken-Trvdik, Nina Prout, Bryce Moscho, and Hailey Hammond finished SECOND and is currently in fourth place in the conference with 260.5 points.
Melrose Varsity 2 Team finished FOURTH with 91.5 points and is currently in second in the conference with a score of 285 points.
Litchfield Varsity 1 claimed second at the HLWW meet with a score of 96. 5 and is currently in third in the conference with a score of 270.5.

Melrose JV B Team of Lee Sutton, Lucas Christenson, Bryan Ley, and Christian Casino Rendon finished THIRD with a score of 62.5 points and is currently in fourth place in the conference with a score of 179.5.
Melrose JV A Team of Landon Bueckers, Landon Ramirez, Tyler Klaphake, and Abigail Koltes finished FIFTH with a score of 58 and is currently in first place in the conference with a score of 211 points.

Great Job, Knowledge Bowl Team!
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6 months ago, Holly Berscheit
KB Team
KB Team
KB Team
Congratulations to Avery Braegelmann, and the other 2026 ExCEL Award winners! These high school juniors are active in school activities, leaders in their schools, and demonstrate a strong commitment to community service. These award winners will be recognized during halftime of the 2pm Class AAA Girls Basketball State Championship game.
The ExCEL Award is sponsored by TruStone Financial Credit Union.
https://www.mshsl.org/about/news/awards/2026-excel-award-recipients
Congratulations, Avery!!
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6 months ago, Melrose Activities
MN ExCEL Award Winners
Avery Braegelmann
Congratulations to the Lady Dutchmen Girls Basketball Team! This team scored a win against Benson yesterday afternoon with a score of 65-49. Top scorers were Lexi Beste with 23 points, Avery Braegelmann with 13 points, and Aleah Funk with 8 points.
Join us tomorrow at Melrose for a double header where our Boys Basketball Team plays against BOLD, and our Girls Basketball Team plays against Minnewaska!
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6 months ago, Melrose Activities
GBB Team

Our JV Speech Team had a great night at the Parkers Prairie Meet on Monday, February 2, 2026! The team was small but mighty, and we're celebrating two individual First Place Finishes! It was awesome to see our speakers try out new categories and find great success!
Placements:
Discussion: Abigail Koltes- 4th
Drama: Harper Ekstrom- Blue Ribbon
Duo: Ekstrom & Wiechmann- Red Ribbon
Duo: Nietfeld & Meyer- Red Ribbon
Ex. Reading: Rebecca Welle- 1st
Ex. Reading: Eleanor Piche- 2nd
Ex. Speaking: Eleanor Piche- 1st
Great Speeches: Abigail Koltes- 3rd
Poetry: Dia Malchow- 5th
Poetry: Angie Martinez Zamora- Blue Ribbon
Prose: Nell Wiechmann- 5th

Congratulations to all!

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6 months ago, Melrose Activities
2:2:26 A
Speech
Speech
Speech
Congratulations to our Prairie Centre Boys Hockey Team, as they clinched the WCC Title last night in their 5-4 victory over Breckenridge/Wahpeton! This Championship is quite the honor, as last year our team was Co-Champions with two other teams. Two team members are students at Melrose Area Schools: James Rieland & Isaiah Hutchinson. The team is coached by our own Chad Wehrman, also a HS Math teacher. We're so proud of this team!
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6 months ago, Melrose Activities
2025-26 Boys Hockey Melrose Athletes
Boys Hockey Team
Congratulations to our Fusion Seniors: Zaron Olmschenk, Nolan Fleischhacker and Andrue Stalboerger on a great Senior Night! The Boys Swimming & Diving Team won their meet against Detroit Lakes, wrapping up their season dual meets with a 10-1 Record! Special Congratulations to Andrue Stalboerger, who set the Melrose Area Pool Record in Diving- with a score of 327.20! The old record was from 1974!
Way to go!
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6 months ago, Melrose Activities
2:2:26 Stalboerger, Andrue
Congratulations to our Speech Team members who participated in the Minnesota Online Speech Series (M.O.S.S.) last week! The results are in, and our team had great success!
Results:
Discussion: Aidan Kluempke took 2nd Place
Ext. Reading: Esther Kapsner took 2nd Place, and Emily Sand took 4th Place
Informative: Aidan Kluempke took 7th Place
Humorous Next-In: Isaiah Gilk took 2nd Place
Nicely done!
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6 months ago, Melrose Activities
1:25:26 Speech A
Speech
Happy Groundhog Day! This holiday, dated February 2nd is held in USA and Canada yearly. According to tradition, if the groundhog sees its shadow (clear day), it means six more weeks of winter! If the groundhog doesn't see its shadow (cloudy day), it means an early spring is coming, and the groundhog stays out to pay.
For more information: https://www.groundhog.org/groundhog-day/what-is-groundhog-day/
6 months ago, Melrose Area School Updates
Groundhog Day
Congratulations to the Melrose Rosettes for placing 3rd in Jazz, and 2nd in High Kick after tying for First Place at the West Central Conference Invitational! These ladies were on fire!
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6 months ago, Melrose Activities
Dance Team
Dance Team