Our therapy dog Freddie just celebrated his birthday! Freddie positively impacts our students’ social-emotional development, is a good listener, and offers great companionship without making any judgments. Happy Birthday, Freddie!
Elementary Competitive Swim for grades 3-6 begins on March 6 - make sure to register soon! https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/course/311/winter-spring-2023/elementary-competitive-swim-camp-grades-3-6#spring-2023
The Melrose Archery Team competed at Albany this weekend. In the high school girls' division, Gretta Kasper took 3rd place shooting 285, and Camilla McCormick took 5th place with a 279. Anika Berscheit took 3rd place in the middle school girls' division, shooting 266. Other amazing achievements - Daniel Mueller, Gretta Kasper, Caden VanHavermaet and Camilla McCormick have all had perfect rounds this year!
Here are the results of the 8AA Wrestling Section Individuals for our Defenders:
113 - Dominic Kerzman (32-12) placed 4th; 120 - Teddy Wiechmann (7-6) placed 8th; 126 - Noah Christen (28-18) placed 5th; 132 - Jose De los Santos Morales (27-10) placed 2nd; 138 - Mitchell Christen (29-17) placed 4th; 195 - Jonny Lara (8-15) placed 5th; 220 - Isaac Frericks (23-24) placed 6th; 285 - Will Sjogren (30-11) placed 3rd.
Advancing to State: Jose De los Santos Morales & Lanna Walters
Congratulations to Melrose Varsity 1 Knowledge Bowl team who placed 2/31 teams at Zimmerman on February 25 - Austin Kelzer, Cole Chellgren, Natalie Enright, Abigail Welle, and Grant Hellermann.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻!! 💛🤸🏼💜
All 3 of our Melrose Gymnasts did AWESOME at State!
Courtney Althaus
🏅𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗺
𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘀
𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱
𝟯𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁
𝟯𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿
Maria Hinnenkamp: 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘀
Josie Eveslage: 𝟯𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗺
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the Fusion Swim Team!
Results from Sections Meet. Advancing to State:
200 Medley Relay--Adam Wilwerding, Sevrin Anderson, Jacob Robischon, Grant Eveslage (Section Champions)
200 IM--Jacob Robischon (New Sauk Centre School Record)
Diving--Andrue Stalboerger
100 Butterfly--Jacob Robishon
500 Freestyle--Thatcher Van Beck
100 Backstroke--Adam Wilwerding (Section Champ, New Melrose and Fusion Record), Alex Wilwerding
100 Breaststroke--Sevrin Anderson (New Sauk Centre School Record)
400 Free Relay--Jacob Robischon, Grant Eveslage, Thatcher Van Beck, Adam Wilwerding
Every team member scored points at this year's section meet, which is an awesome accomplishment!
2023 Spring Trap Team will hold an open house on 3/8/23 in the High School Cafeteria from 5:30-7pm. All students in grades 8-12 interested in being a member of this team should attend this event.
Open Gym, Open Swim, and Pickleball, today at 1 p.m.
Enter door 2!
Join Us - Open Gym for grades 6-12, Saturday from 7-9 p.m. $2 per person.
Good Luck to our Wrestling, Hockey and Boys Swim/Dive Teams as they compete at Sections this weekend! Good Luck to our Gymnasts as they compete at State this weekend! Good Luck to our Girls Basketball, Speech and Knowledge Bowl Teams as they compete tonight and tomorrow!
Schools will be closed at Melrose Area Public Schools on Thursday, February 23.
We will shift to a District E-Learning Day.
Las escuelas estarán cerradas en las Escuelas Públicas del Área de Melrose el jueves 23 de febrero.
Cambiaremos a un día de aprendizaje electrónico del distrito.
The meeting to canvass the election has been changed to Friday, February 24 at 7 a.m. in the HS Media Center. Thank you.
Schools will be closed today at Melrose Area Public Schools, Wednesday, February 22.
We will shift to an E-Learning Day.
Las escuelas estarán cerradas hoy en las Escuelas Públicas del Área de Melrose, miércoles 22 de febrero.
Cambiaremos a un día de aprendizaje electrónico.
Weather Related Announcements: Boys Basketball at Minnewaska has been postponed. Girls Basketball at Home vs Upsala has been postponed. Both Boys and Girls High School Basketball will practice tonight. Boys Hockey at Fergus Falls has been postponed. No 7/8th grade Boys Basketball practice tonight.
The Melrose Speech Team took some veteran speakers to the meet in Chaska to compete on February 18. Melrose was only one of two Class A teams at the meet - the rest were all AA schools. Of our eleven competitors, nine made it to either the Final round or Next-in final round. It was so fun to watch the awesome competition so early in the season! The Junior High team will compete in Perham on Thursday, February 23rd and the next varsity meet will be next Saturday the 25th in Princeton. Full steam ahead!!
Results from Chaska Finals:
Drama - Autumn Oevermann 3rd
Discussion - Aidan Kluempke 7th
Info - Amelia Brower 3rd
POI - Andrew Traeger 3rd
Storytelling - Ellie Heller 4th
Next-In Finals:
Creative - Jonathan Botello 4th
Ex Reading - Anessa Redepenning 5th
Great Speeches - Makayla Zirbes 7th
Original Oratory - Lydia Prout 3rd
Poetry - Andrew Traeger 3rd
Congratulations to our Gymnastics Section 8A Runner Up Team, who scored 143.0! Congratulations to Courtney Althaus, Maria Hinnenkamp, and Josie Eveslage, who will compete at State Individuals! Congratulations to Section 8A Coach of the Year, Katie Masog!
Thanks to the Centre Area Concert Association for bringing the Travis Anderson Trio to the Marit Elliott Performing Arts Center last night! Their jazz music was great fun!
UPDATE: GBB Game tonight has been cancelled due to weather. Also, archery for tonight has been cancelled. The Centre Area Concert Series Event for tonight is ON. Concert in the MEPAC at 7:30pm for ticket holders. Try-outs for Sister Act are ON; come to the Choir Room.
Looking for something to do tonight? Our Girls Basketball Team plays Paynesville this evening! 9th Grade and JV play at 5:45, with Varsity to follow! Go Dutchmen!
