The Boys State Swim/Dive Fan Bus is ready to roll! The fan bus leaves Melrose on Friday, March 1 at 9:30am and will return by 5:30pm. Students, please turn in your permission form and $12 - the cost of your ticket to Audrey by 3pm on 2/28/24. Thanks to the generous sponsorship from Felling Trailers, the bus ride is free! We are so grateful to Felling for their contribution! Cheers for Fusion!
On Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, the Melrose Speech Team took First Place at the Maple Lake Speechball Tournament! Individual Champions included Amelia Brower in Informative, Jonathan Botello in Creative, Emily Sand in Ex. Reading, and Andrew Traeger in Poetry. Runner-Up was Teague Dusha in Ex. Speaking. Earning 3rd Place were Autumn Oevermann in Drama and Asher Utsch in Prose. 4th Place went to Andrew Traeger in Original Oratory and Lucia Borrego Lorenzo in Prose. Ella Erdmann took 5th Place in Creative. Ella Erdmann and Zoe Hoeschen took 6th Place in Duo. Jada Rausch took 8th in Storytelling. What a great day for Speech! #DutchmenPride
Melrose Area Elementary 4th graders used wires and a battery to make a lightbulb light up. Students are learning about using energy resources to generate electricity. #DutchmenPride
On Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, students from Germany and their partners went on their annual Twin Cities trip. Students enjoyed their trip to Como Zoo and had fun watching the MN Timberwolves play! The German students and teachers from Buhl left this morning. We had a lot of fun with our new friends. #DutchmenPride
SC-M Defenders Wrestler Jose De Los Santos, 2024 Section Champion, will advance to the State Wrestling Tournament. Isaac Frericks, 2024 Section Runner-Up, will also advance to the State Wrestling Tournament. Dominic Kerzman took third place, and Noah Christen took fourth place. Way to go, Wrestlers! #DutchmenPride
Are you thinking about spring? We are excited to build our teams this spring - students in grades 7-12 can register here: https://melrose1550a.cf.affinetysolutions.com/
We have Open Gym and Open Pickleball Today! Please use door 2 and bring exact change. $2/person or $5/family *No Open Swim Today.
The Melrose/Sauk Centre Fusion are Section 5A Champions!
Advancing to State from Melrose/Sauk Centre:
200 Medley Relay: Alex Wilwerding, Sevrin Anderson, Jacob Robischon, Macen Toavs-Etcheverry (Section Champions)
200 Freestyle: Thatcher Van Beck
200 Individual Medley: Jacob Robischon (Section Champion)
50 Freestyle: Grant Eveslage
Diving: Andrue Stalboerger
100 Butterfly: Jacob Robischon (Section Champion), Sevrin Anderson
100 Freestyle: Grant Eveslage
500 Freestyle: Thatcher Van Beck
200 Free Relay: Sevrin Anderson, Nolan Fleischhacker, Thatcher Van Beck, Grant Eveslage
100 Backstroke: Alex Wilwerding
100 Breaststroke: Sevrin Anderson
400 Freestyle Relay: Grant Eveslage, Thatcher Van Beck, Alex Wilwerding, Jacob Robischon
Jacob Robischon was named Section 5A Swimmer of the Meet along with Eric Peterson from Alexandria.
Co-Head Coaches Nathan Meyer and James Schreiner were named Section Coaches of the Year.
Today these three ladies compete individually at the State Gymnastics Meet! Best of Luck! #DutchmenPride
Open Gym tonight from 7-10pm for students in grades 7-12 and Adults. Please use door 2. $2/person
The Melrose Area Gymnastics Team placed 4th at State, with a score of 141.900. We love this team! #DutchmenPride
*Unofficial Results as of 1:43pm. Melrose Area Schools is in a strong place! #DutchmenPride
*Unofficial Results as of 12:28pm - State Gymnastics 2024. After two events, Melrose Area Schools is in good standing! Keep up the good work! #DutchmenPride
YUM! Our Advanced Culinary Class prepared and served a classic American meal for our German visitors this week. On the menu: BBQ Pulled Pork & Chicken Sandwiches, Mac and Cheese, Beans & Slaw. *Lecker! (German word for delicious!)
Go DEFENDERS! We're excited for our wrestlers who compete at Individual Sections today and tomorrow! Shoot, SCORE! #DutchmenPride
Congratulations to Andrue Stalboerger on qualifying for the State Meet in Diving with a Runner-Up finish at the Section 5A Diving Meet. He will compete next week Thursday at the State Meet. Great job Andrue!
Looking for something fun to do tonight? Come to Open Swim! The pool will be available for lap swimming and water play between 7-9pm tonight. Cost is $2/person or $5/family. Enter door 2.
Congratulations to our JV Speech Team who took 2nd Place at the Fergus Falls Meet on Feb. 20, 2024! We have so much to celebrate! #DutchmenPride
'Together We Can' is Melrose Area Gymnastics' Theme this year, and we were so proud to celebrate with them at today's Pep Fest! Melrose Elementary Students were thrilled to participate in a walk-through. Our local EMS Teams escorted our gymnasts to the interstate. Good Luck Ladies! #DutchmenPride
Woot-woot! It's time for the races! Good Luck to our Fusion Team as they head into Sections! We hope you quench your thirst for victory! #DutchmenPride
