Get off the couch and try something new with Community Ed! Make sure to check out our full list and register here: https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/search?redirected_yet=true&sf[category]=66
Card Making, Cleaning Made Simple, Cookie Decorating, Cricut, First Aid, How to Travel in Our National Parks, Instant Guitar and Piano, Living Fences, Native Early Spring Bloomers, Planning & Planting a Pollinator Patch AND MORE!
Do you have a child who will be starting Kindergarten? If they have not had their Early Childhood Screening yet, they must screened before they can enter kindergarten. We have to screenings coming up this winter/spring - February 24 and April 3. Please register here for screening: https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/course/ecfe/231/school-year-2022-23%E2%80%941/early-childhood-screening#june-1-8-a-m
Varsity Knowledge Bowl placed 2nd out of 38 teams at Monticello on Saturday.
Congratulations to Natalie Enright, Grant Hellermann, Austin Kelzer, and Cole Chellgren!
This referendum plan addresses our most critical building needs, including restoring and rebuilding our high school’s oldest community spaces.
The original 1969 pool facility has served the community well for many years, but the pool is nearing the end of its usable life.
We are proud of our swim team and community education programs. With
more than 1,250 pool participants per year, there is not enough spectator seating and pool deck space.
The current pool is too shallow for competitive diving.
The high school gym flooring and tennis courts are beyond patchwork repairs and have become a safety issue for our kids.
If approved, a standard 25 yard, 8 lane pool facility will be built to adequately meet program needs. The plan includes separate community entrances and changing rooms. The existing pool space will become a multi-use fitness space for a variety of activities including dance, wrestling, archery, pickleball, yoga and adult enrichment. The high school gym flooring and tennis courts will be replaced.
We will be honoring our Seniors tonight at the Boys Swim/Dive Meet and the Gymnastics Meet! Congratulations to Adam Wilwerding, Andy Berscheit, Spencer Marthaler & Courtney Althaus!
Kindergarten Round Up is March 31. Parents with incoming Kindergarteners, please watch for an invitation in the mail from Melrose Elementary!
Best of luck to the Melrose Archery team tomorrow at the first tournament of the year!
Free Dental Care for Kids on February 3 - call Midwest Dental at 256-4267 for an appointment!
Congratulations to Ellie Heller! Ellie won the AAA Award at the Sub-Section level, and will go on to the Section level next Wednesday!
Looking for some fun activities to do this winter?
We still have room in our CPR/AED Class, Parent/Child Cookie Decorating Class, First Aid Class, Card Making Classes, and MORE!
Register HERE: https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/
Melrose High school was built more than 50 years ago, long before accommodations for people with disabilities were required by law.
The only way to access the locker rooms and industrial tech classrooms are by staircase, making it inaccessible to some students and community members.
Bathrooms and showers do not have adequate turning radius for wheelchairs, which means there are students who need to travel across the building to the auditorium to use the bathroom.
Referendum approval would upgrade the high school locker rooms, technical education space and bathroom areas to allow access for all users, even those with mobility limitations or injuries.
Vote now via absentee ballot at the school district office weekdays from 7am-3:30pm. Learn more at https://www.isd740.org/page/bond2023
One last reminder - registration for the Father Daughter Ball closes January 20!
Register here: https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/course/263/fall-2022/father-daughter-ball-grades-1-5
Join us to cheer on our activities today! Boys Basketball JH game vs. Morris Area @ Melrose Area High School at 4:45 pm.
Hockey: Northern Lakes vs. Prairie Centre Boys @ Todd County Expo Arena
at JV at 5:00, Varsity at 7:00 pm.
Good Luck!
Congratulations to the Melrose/Sauk Centre Fusion Swimming and Diving team for qualifying for the True Team State meet this past weekend. Medal winners from Melrose at the True Team Section Meet included Adam Wilwerding, Grant Eveslage, Alex Wilwerding, Nolan Fleischhacker, Isaiah Zink, Thatcher Van Beck, Andrue Stalboerger, Anthony Bierschbach, and Sam Stangler. They will compete at the U of M this Saturday.
Saturday's Knowledge Bowl meet at Buffalo included 32 varsity teams, Melrose finished second! Of 18 JV teams, Melrose finished second!
The first picture is the large group that participated - with a "wanna be Dutchmen" in the front in the blue sweatshirt. 😉
Second picture is the second place varsity team of Austin Kelzer, Philip Job, Grant Hellermann, and Natalie Enright.
Third picture is the JV second place team of
Logan Kelzer, Lydia Prout, Derick Rademacher, Eric Sundermann, and Kai Enright.
Students made Omelettes and Frittata in Foods and Nutrition!
Congratulations to Evan Meyer, Spelling Bee Champion! Evan's winning word was "swashbuckle."
On February 14, Melrose Area Public School residents will vote whether to approve funding to address our critical building needs.
Areas of our high school building are more than 50 years old and in need of maintenance and construction upgrades.
This preliminary site diagram illustrates the needs and proposed plan.
Learn more about the referendum at https://www.isd740.org/page/bond2023
Reminder: Because Melrose and Sauk Centre are paired in Wrestling and Boys Swim/Dive, Home Events can be at either Melrose or Sauk Centre. Activity Passes for either school will work for these Home Events.
Quick reminder, there will be Open Gym this Saturday evening from 7-9, for grades 6-12 only. $2 per person, $5 per family.
