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!
It's National Education Week. Our staff and school board at Melrose Area Public Schools are dedicated to the children in our district!
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!
November 17 HANS Spotlight Award Winners!
Congrats to the Dutchmen swimmers and best of luck at the State Meet on Friday and Saturday! Awesome pep fest to celebrate their success!
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.
There is still room in the "F.A.S.T. KIDS – Staying Safe While Home Alone" program on December 4! Register here: https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/course/123/fall-2021%E2%80%941/f-a-s-t-kids-staying-safe-while-home-alone#december-4
Congrats to Bryan Rodriguez Cintron, Adelyn Martinez, Maggie Zimmer, Hattie Ekstrom and Maya Butler, today's HANS Spotlight Award Winners!
A HUGE thank you to PotSpot for being here for our after school class yesterday! It's great to be offering these opportunities!
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.
