"The district has a track record of students being accepted into industrial tech higher education programs after graduation. For careers such as welding, wood-working, automotive, agriculture, art and home economics. There are needs for updated space, access and equipment to grow these programs and local business partnerships. "
Take a couple minutes and watch this video to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdrBOjxcEd8"
This year for "I Love to Read Month," and One School, One Book - Melrose Elementary is going to be reading Fenway and Hattie, by Victoria J. Coe. Child(ren) should have received a copy of the book, and a bookmark, from their classroom teacher. The bookmark lists the dates and chapters to read with your child(ren). The chapters and links to audio files for the book can be found on this website:
https://sites.google.com/isd740.org/fenway-websiteand-hattie?pli=1. Happy Reading!
Culinary student preparing to make French onion soup!
A HUGE thank you to PotSpot of Avon for offering classes in Melrose. The kids enjoyed painting their pottery! Can't wait to see the finished products!
The upcoming Bond Referendum proposes to provide safety and ADA accessibility for all.
Melrose high school was built more than 50 years ago, long before accommodations for people with disabilities were required by law. The current locker rooms, industrial tech area and most bathrooms are not accessible to those with mobility limitations.
Learn all you can about this referendum and vote now via absentee at the district office OR on election day, Tuesday February 14th at Melrose City Center.
Please vote on or before February 14 for the upcoming Bond Referendum.
For answers to some trending questions, please see this document: https://5il.co/1o0uj. For more details, please visit our website at https://www.isd740.org/page/bond2023
Melrose varsity Knowledge Bowl placed 5th out of 33 teams at St. Cloud Tech on January 28.
Varsity: Natalie Enright, Cole Chellgren, Grant Hellermann, Austin Kelzer
Melrose JV teams finished 1st and 4th of 18.
First place JV: Logan Kelzer, Hailey Hammond, Andrue Stalboerger, Eric Sundermann, Terry Clinton
Fourth place JV: Malachi Pichi, Derek Rademacher, Logan Rue, Kai Enright, Seth Thomford
Hear from our community, parents and staff about the need for updating critical areas of our high school building that are more than 50 years old.
You can view the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4j2lUJ4ih4&t=1s
Make your voice heard! Vote absentee NOW by stopping by our school district office, weekdays from 7:00am-3:30pm OR vote on February 14th at Melrose City Center.
Mr Welle's 8th and 9th graders got in some awesome Minnesota physical activity over the last couple of weeks! The students had a blast playing Broomball at the Melrose city ice rink. Huge shout out of thanks to the City of Melrose for taking care of the ice for these students!
Best of luck to all students and coaches on Saturday - it's going to be busy day! #DutchmenPride
Early voting is available for the Bond Referendum. Vote now until February 13
in-person at the Melrose Area Public Schools District Office.
Weekdays from 7am-3:30pm. Please enter through door 7.
We had three groups packing for Food For Thought last night - Knowledge Bowl, the Lake Sylvia Neighborhood, and Leedstone! Thank you for your help!
Congratulations to Ellie Heller! Ellie won the AAA Award at the Section level last night! She will compete at the State level, on March 25, 2023, at the State Boys Basketball Tournament! Great job, Ellie!
Last night at the Boys Basketball game, the Dutchmen Booster Club (DBC) invited students to participate in a shootout game! Students had one minute to make a basket by doing a layup, free throw, three point shot, and a half court shot! Everyone had fun cheering the participants on!
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!
