"CSB/SJU's Axel Theimer visited the choirs today to work with them on concert music in anticipation of their concert next week. The choirs, along with the newly created Melrose Area Staff Choir, will share their music on Monday evening at 8pm in the Marit Elliott Performing Arts Center. All are welcome!"
Look who visited preschool today!
Front page news! Nice to see our staff members being recognized in La Voz Libre!
Come enjoy the Rosettes' Winter Show this Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. featuring the Melrose Just for Kix program. BONUS - The Melrose Dance Team Invitational is on Saturday, December 14 starting at 9:00 a.m. featuring 16 teams!
Today in preschool: making Christmas lists, playing in the corn table and puzzle fun!
Making Shakespeare tableaus in Mrs. Curry's English class.
Melrose gymnasts competed against New London Spicer December 10th. The JV set a new team record, beating NLS by a score of 131.95 to 119.7 Melrose varsity gymnasts were also victorious, winning by a score of 140.675 to 135.85
Boys Fusion Swimmers were victorious over St. Cloud Apollo Tuesday evening, December 10th, winning 109-72.
Today was Grandma Bernie’s 18 year anniversary of working with our first graders. Thank for you so much for your service Grandma Bernie!!!! We greatly appreciate all you do!!
Melrose Staff collected a total of $883.24 for Food For Thought in just 2 days! A great cause and a great staff!
Mrs. Jennissen’s 9th graders are acting out a scene from Romeo and Juliet.
Our staff dressed up in flannel last Thursday and jerseys today. They donated to Food For Thought in order to “dress up.” Thursday’s total was $635.24. Watch for our grand total tomorrow!
Turned out to be a beautiful day after a rough start this morning. Bundle up, very cold weather on the way!
Holidaze Week: Dec 16th-20th
Mon: Night Before Christmas (PJ Day)
Tues: Timber Tuesday (Flannel Day)
Wed: Red and Green Day
Even grades: wear red
Odd grades: wear green
Staff - wear red & green
Thurs: Tree Topper Day (Christmas Hats)
Fri: Ugly Sweater Day
School is two hours delayed and there is no morning preschool.
Melrose Area Public Schools will be running 2-hours late today, Monday, December 9th.
Las Escuelas Públicas del Área de Melrose funcionarán 2 horas tarde hoy, lunes 9 de diciembre.
Melrose is hosting a travel basketball tourney - boys play today, girls play Sunday - come out & support Dutchmen basketball!!
Varsity kick got 1st place!! Varsity Jazz 2nd, JV 3rd in both Kick & Jazz. What a day! We even had some Melrose boys debut in the Albany girl/guy dance. #dutchmenpride
MRDT nailed it for their kick competition! What a fantastic start to the season! Awards next...
MRDT (Melrose Rosettes Dance Team) is ‘kicking’ off their season today at the Albany invitational. These ladies look amazing! Excited for the upcoming season! #dutchmenpride
Tough loss for the 7th graders’ 2nd game. They played tough!!
7th grade basketball at New London-Spicer...the first team brought home the ‘W’ in an intense game! Now on to the 2nd game!
Second grade was the HANS ticket grade level winners with more tickets, fist bumps, hugs, and a group read!
Hans & our Dutchmen Cheerleaders visited Mr. Rushmeyer!
HANS and friends came to see our 2nd grade!
Hard at work in Autos class.
HANS ticket drawing—great job students!!!
First home game of the season!
And we are underway
Starting the 9am show today is the kindergarten!
The full fifth grade giving it their all!
Fifth grade is wrapping up the day for Melrose Área Elementary School!
Fourth grade looking fantastic at their program!
Third grade is finishing off the first program!
Second grade is on!
1st grade is looking good!
Winter program is underway! Kindergarten started us off.
Miss Curry’s Enriched English class is having their first book club meeting! Students are leading their own Socratic Seminars with their peers reading the same book. So much fun!
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The High School Art Auction has begun. Feel free to stop in the High School Media Center and bid on items! Many items to choose from. Auction closes December 18 at 8:15 a.m..
Reminder, the Elementary Holiday Program is this week!
Come have fun in the preschool room! December 7 & 14 at 10 a.m.
Writing letters to Santa and baking some treats today in preschool!
Speech Team Meeting tonight at 6:30 in the auditorium. This is for anyone interested in speech, has questions on speech, has no clue about speech, or wants to learn about speech!! Parents are encouraged to attend with your student. Desserts will be provided...see you tonight!
Interested in Youth Wrestling? Here's a great opportunity for grades K-6. For more info, contact
Coach Anderson at 320-256-5160 ext 5317.
The Melrose State Championship Speech Team were Grand Marshals at the Melrose Holiday Kickoff Parade Saturday evening.
Our students are working hard even on a non school day!!! The fort is looking good!
The Melrose Gymnastics Meet vs. Sauk Rapids-Rice has been rescheduled to 12/3/19 at 6:00 p.m.
SC-M wrestling tournament scheduled for today has been cancelled.
Always such fun In preschool. Some of today’s activities: building with wooden blocks and stamping with play doh!
The Gymnastics Meet scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019 with Sartell has been cancelled.
The Preschool Holiday program is December 20!
Pep fest today to celebrate the students surpassing their fundraising goal!!!!! Mr Conrad sang karaoke at lunch and added some color to his hairstyle.
Americorps is looking for more tutors for Melrose Area Elementary School. These are great positions and offer quality compensation!!!
Even more great art work, this time from our afternoon ECSE class!!!
Students are gearing up for turkey day with some great art work in ECSE!!!
Students from our CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities) class, attending a tour at Carstens Industries in Melrose.
A few more pictures of tonight’s band concert!
So neat to see 2 Melrose graduates coaching opposing teams! Brandon Welle coaches the Dutchmen 7th graders & Ben Klaphake coaches the BBE 7th graders. Great game to watch!
Thursday evening highlights from Elliott Performing Arts Building. Another great concert performance from our middle and high school band students. Wonderful job!
The Rising Stars performed at halftime of the Saint Ben’s game. Great job girls.
High school representatives attend a Central Minnesota Manufacturer’s Association career tech ed jamboree November 21st, which featured presenters from various schools, colleges and the Department of Education. The goal is to continue to grow career pathways for students.
We are thankful for these little “turkeys!”
Program schedule
The Elementary Holiday Program is coming up soon!
Make sure to mark your calendar.
GRADES K-3: WED, DEC 4, 1:00 PM
& THURS, DEC 5, 9:00 AM & 1:00 PM
GRADES 4-5: WED, DEC 4, 1:45 PM
& THURSDAY, DEC 5, 1:45 PM
One more.
Great images of the Food for Thought packing night!!!! Lots of hard working volunteers and even some good supervisors in the mix! Thank you everyone!!!!
Food for Thought packing night!!! Thank you to everyone for helping out!!!!
Adventures in preschool!
Practicing for the band concert tomorrow night (November 21.) It begins at 8 p.m. in the Marit Elliott Performing Arts Center.
Wrestling Parents are invited to attend a short meeting at 7pm in the HS Cafeteria on Nov. 21, 2019.
Mr. Kiminski has started a staff choir. They sounded beautiful as I walked by!
Writing names in shaving cream!
The Father Daughter Ball is February 1, 2020.
It's not too early to register! https://www.getregistered.online/public/SearchList.aspx?d=17&s=father
Just another ‘therapeutic’ day in the Middle School with our good friend, Freddie!!
Judges for our student’s Chili making contest
Thanks to students and staff. They raised $5200 for Jingle Jar. Money will go to students/families in need throughout the year.
Preschool fun, learning so much every day!
Ms Enright’s Kindergarten class took a walking field trip to visit Mr Anderson, the Middle School Principal!
6th Grade playing Table Ball in PE! Ms K has so much fun with her students!
The high school art department is having an art auction from December 2-18 to raise funds for art awards. Any donations are appreciated. The auction is open to public viewing and bidding. Pictured is a student-constructed garden tractor that’s in the library as part of the auction.
State swim meet results:
Makenzie Herzog 4th in the 50 Freestyle, school record time iof 23.59
Makenzie Herzog 6th in the 100 free time of :52.71
Hallie Drossel 11th in the 100 Breaststroke, time of 1:08.90
State Swim meet prelim results:
Camryn Brinkman 20th in diving
Makenzie Herzog 4th in the 50 Free
Makenzie Herzog 5th in the 100 Free. Both times are school records.
Hallie Drossel 9th in the 100 Breaststroke.
The pool will be closed til Monday, sorry, no Open Swim on Sunday!
Don't forget, Sunday we have Open Gym (1-4) and Open Swim (1-3). Cost is $2 per person or $5 per family. Enter at door 2.
Another great Fun Run!!! Thank you everyone for all your help and everything you do!!! HUGE thanks to our fabulous PTA!!!!
Kindergarten is gearing up!!!
4th grade finished strong
4th grade getting in some laps!
First grade getting ready!!
Joke day today as well!!!
Marking down the laps!!!
2nd grade!!
The 5th graders are up and running!
The 3rd graders had a blast with the Glow Run!
It’s aglow!!!
Fun Run!!!! Let’s get it started!
It’s finally here!!! The Fun Run is tomorrow!! Thank you for all your support and help. A special thanks to our PTA for putting on this event.
Seniors from the Fall Musical were recognized at the pepfest AND the student body helped send off the swimmers/divers. Best of luck to MaKenzie Herzog, Hallie Drossel and Camryn Brinkman at the State Swimming & Diving Meet!
Girls Swimming and Diving State Sendoff. Good luck ladies.
Parents of current 6th and 7th graders:
Please join us on Monday, November 18th at 6:00pm for a 25-minute parent informational meeting!
A tour director will be there to meet you and explain more about this once-in-a-lifetime adventure to Washington, D.C. and Gettysburg during the summer of 2021. Contact Mr. Glasener at vglasener@isd740.org with any questions.
Please consider joining us if you have any interest at all, as there will be FREE pizza! Don't miss out!
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Elementary winter program--times have been added!!
Grades K-3:Wednesday, Dec 4 1:00pm
Thursday, Dec 5 9:00am & 1:00pm
Grades 4-5:Wednesday, Dec 4 1:45pm
Thursday, Dec 5 1:45pm
Hope to see you there!!!
Brrrr....it's cold!!! Great time for a reminder to send your child with coat, hat, mittens, boots, and snowpants every day for recess. We go out in just about everything, so please help them be prepared. Thank you!!!
Mrs. Schaefer's class is having fun receiving postcards from around the country!!!!
Elementary conferences Tuesday and Thursday 5-8:00pm and Friday 8:30-3:10pm
Our Girls and Boys State winners, Erika Doetkott, Vanessa Pung, Bryan Harms and Christopher Feldewerd, participated in the Veterans’ Day programs here and at the parochial schools today.
Veterans Day Program
Andrew Traeger (8th grade) gave a speech about the Pledge of Allegiance.
Veterans’ Day program.
Getting ready for the Veterans’ Day program.
Seventh and eighth grade Knowledge Bowl took first place at the STRIDE Academy meet on November 7. Back Row: Malachi Piche, Derick Rademacher, Sawyer Frieler. Front Row: Logan Rue, Yasli Jimenez, Lydia Prout.
6-12 Parent/Teacher Conferences
Tuesday 5-8pm, Thursday 5-8pm
Friday 7:30am - 11:00 and 12:00-3:10pm
Tues & Thurs evenings will be in the elementary gyms, and Friday will be in the teachers’ classrooms.
If you are interested in ordering some awesome Dutchmen apparel, you can check out the Girls Basketball team clothing order form: http://www.eastbayteamshop.com/Flyer/328d68d1-00e1-4d7b-ac61-299c41f6c9b1
Advancing to state for girls swimming and diving:
Makenzie Herzog in the 50 Free and 100 Free. She was section champ in both events and set a new school record in both. Also set an Alexandria pool record in the 50 Free.
Camryn Brinkman finished third in diving and advances to State.
Hallie Drossel advances to State in the 100 Breaststroke as well.
Once Upon A Mattress was a hit! 2 shows left: Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:00pm. Such talented students! Kudos to the cast, techies, musicians, directors, choreographer, costume designer, set creators and everyone behind the scenes. You don’t want to miss this production!
The Metal Garden Flower class was a hit!
Open Gym is 1-4 p.m. on Sunday. No Open Swim this week!
7th and 8th grade boys basketball at home tonight. Great job guys.
Community Education Little Guy Basketball for grades 1-2 begins on November 11. Registration is still open!
https://www.getregistered.online/public/Class.aspx?pc=24481&d=17
Seventh grade FACS students made mini drawstring bags in Ms. Peterson’s class!
Preschoolers are working on letter G this week.
Our guests enjoyed activities and games with our NHS students!
Our National Honor Society students are partnering with Community Ed to host area senior citizens today for brunch, activities and the musical matinee!
First basket made by the 7th grade team! Basketball season has officially begun! #dutchmenpride
The seventh and eighth grade boys basketball teams have their first game tonight! Good luck guys!
The fall musical “Once Upon A Mattresses” begins Thursday! Tickets can be purchased at Melrose High School, call Audrey at 256-5160 x1001. $7 each, all are reserved seats.
The finished artwork of our Dutchmen Explorers’ Club!
Working on the design process in Mr Sunderman’s room
Melrose Elementary Boosterthon got started today! Please support the school in any way you can!
The Dutchmen Explorers’ Club kids had a blast painting their own canvases today!
Today the elementary school kicked off their PTA Boosterthon fundraiser!
At the State Class A Girl's Cross-Country Meet, Kayla Meyer places 70th out of the 176 runner field with a new school record time of 20:18.
Congratulations to the Rising Stars. Both teams finished with first place.
Melrose Rising Stars gymnastics meet in Monticello.
PTA Boosterthon kickoff is coming this Monday November 4th!!!
On Halloween, four of the 5/6 Knowledge Bowl team passed up Trick or Treating to compete in the St. John's Prep Meet. They finished 2nd out of 15 teams! Great work (L to R) Andrue Stalboerger, Zachary Nelson, Ethan Fischer & Max Sakry.
Melrose National Honor Society students trick or treated for food last night - what a haul! They are donating these items to the Melrose Food Shelf today.
Great Pep Fest & Send-Off for Kayla Meyer heading off to State Cross Country Meet!
These newcomer students just carved their first Halloween pumpkins!
Some Spanish 1 students celebrating "El Día de Los Muertos."
5th grade photo opp!!
A few more photos from yesterday's festivities.
The students and staff at Melrose Area Public Schools raised a total of $5,274.65 in 3 days with the Jingle Jar. These donations are used for students and families in need.
7/8 grade Knowledge Bowl meet at St John’s Prep...along with their fearless leader, Mr Leraas!
Halloween class picture from Mrs. Mackedanz's class!!!
Enriched 10th grade is playing Apples to Apples to study our growing list of vocabulary!
Ready for the taste test in the Culinary Arts class.
Preschool Halloween!
Minnie Mouse
Happy Halloween!!
T-Rex just got done with lunch.
Loving Halloween at lunch!!
7th grade art was outside spray painting wire sculptures on this brisk morning.
Preschool Fun with Lisa on this Saturday - time has been changed to 9 a.m. Bring your little monkeys in for some fun! Enter door 4a.
Middle school teachers and staff dressed up as smarty pants!
Halloween is here!!
Meet our new friend Freddie! He is a therapy dog visiting students in the WIN room.
The Melrose Rosettes are gearing up for the 2019–20 dance season!
Dutchmen Explorers’ Club snack time. (Our before and after school program is for grades K-5.)
Seventh grade boys have started basketball practice!
Our staff does a fantastic job of promoting kindness.
MHS staff and students busy at work.
PRESCHOOL CAMPERS CARVED A PUMPKIN TODAY!
Preschoolers are having a great Monday! Enjoying spider painting and pumpkin creations.
Picture retakes are Tuesday Oct 29
Open gym is from 1-4 today, open swim from 1-3, enter at door 2. $2 per person and $5 per family.
Congratulations to Kayla Meyer she will be heading to State! Congratulations to the girls team for placing 6th.
Coach Meyer, as always, doing a great job of helping our athletes be the best that they can be, both in and out of the pool. Melrose girls placed second at the conference meet October 25th.
XC section meet more photos to come
Jingle Jar is next week on the 29-31st! Thank you for your donations!!
Game, set, match, awesome ladies!
Game on!
Game 2
End of first game.
Great night for Volleyball!
Students Cheering on the team!
Melrose School picture retake day will be next Tuesday, October 29th. All students should have received their pictures - if they have not, please have them stop by the office.
Check out this great group of kids attending their first informational Speech meeting.
Congratulations to School Psychologist Aly Schultz as another recipient of the LEEA award.
Honoring our great teachers tonight. Congratulations to the Leadership in Educational Excellence Award winners.
Chuck Noll -PE
Jan Kvistad - PE
Courtney Polipnick - 4th grade
Cheryl Hellermann -ESL
Combined Choir at Pine Villa
Junior High Concert at Pine Villa
Dutchmen Football
NL-S 42
Melrose 14
Dutchmen Football first round playoff game. Losing 14-0 to start the third quarter.
Melrose Gymnastics Rising Stars had theIr Mock Meet tonight.
Our Dutchmen Explorers' Club kids had a great time here at school over MEA break!
College Algebra students doing a quadratic scavenger hunt.
8th Grade Robotics
More state True Team highlights 10/19/19
Rasmussen working through the 500 free.
VanBeck soars high on her dive at State True meet.
Melrose District 740 systems test.”
Prueba de sistemas Melrose District 740”
Attention Parents/Guardians/Students:
Melrose Area Public Schools will be implementing a new emergency/weather notification system this year. This will replace the school district voice calling / messaging system. We will be running a test on the morning of Thursday (10/17) since there is no school on this day. If your contact information in Synergy is correct you should receive a text message, titled, “Melrose District 740 systems test.” If you don’t receive a message, contact the appropriate school secretary or email isd740@isd740.org.
Melrose Area School has also created an APP for your convenience. It is called “Melrose Area Public Schools” and can be downloaded on the APP STORE. This App is free and will also be a part of the notification system along with all of the information that is relevant to Melrose Area Public Schools.
Cheer camp begins today!
Our preschoolers are still enjoying the fall weather.
Girls soccer
We have a great crowd here at school tonight for the Septic Secrets Community Education class.
9th grade PE playing King Pin!
These guys make receiving deliveries fun!
Just one example of all the great artwork on display!
The preschoolers enjoyed a visit from the fire department.
CEO students attending a session at Central Mn Credit Union, Albany office.
Congrats to the girls soccer team! Won last night 4-3 against Rocori - playing at St. Cloud Tech on Thursday.
The Melrose Fire Department came to visit.
Our preschool campers got to pick
pumpkins from the school garden today!
Good luck to the Tennis team today at Sections!
PBIS training for new staff!
Our recycling crew does a great job!
HANS hanging out in second grade!
Getting ready for the parade!
Homecoming pep fest today!
Problem solving an engine.
Congratulations to homecoming king and queen, Andrew Kuechle and Alexis Wensmann.
State Patrol Presentation
Friday night football!
Strength in Diversity, Diverse in Opportunity.
The Melrose Area High School (Grades 9-12) provides a comprehensive educational program that offers courses from college level math, English, and languages to an extensive vocational program.