Good Luck Dutchmen! Melrose Area Dutchmen host the first round of Softball Playoffs tonight at 5pm vs Pequot Lakes. We are so excited! Tickets are available online only: https://www.vancoevents.com/us/CLPN
Melrose Stages welcomes adults and students ages 16+ to audition for 'The Addams Family,' tonight at 7pm. The role of Pugsley will be cast to ages 10+. Please prepare 16-32 bars of music in the style of the show. An accompanist will be available. Due to the EMS drill in the auditorium lobby, please enter door 9 for this event.
There is a scheduled Fire Department Drill in the Melrose Area School building this evening, from 5:30-9pm. Local EMS will be using the pool and auditorium lobby area for this drill. Please use door 7 to enter the building for the School Board Meeting at 6:30pm (open forum at 5:30pm). Please use door 9 to enter the building for Musical Tryouts at 7pm.
Murphy enjoyed roller skating with his Melrose Area Elementary School friends the past two weeks!
Melrose Area Elementary Students were excited to see Freddie, a therapy dog, today. Freddie brought along his brother, Bennie, who is in training to be a therapy dog! What good dogs they are! Thank you, Freddie and Bennie! We hope to see you again next year!
Oops! The online tickets for the May 19, 2024 Sunday Sync Show had the wrong time listed! The Sunday 'Floatin' In Space' Sync Show begins at 1pm. We apologize for this mistake! Upcoming shows are tonight & tomorrow at 7pm, and Sunday at 1pm. Tickets are available at: https://gofan.co/app/school/MN99879
What a great day for Tractor Day! The Melrose FFA is hosting a petting zoo in tandem with Tractor Day. Students and staff are excited to see the animals & tractors during their day of learning!
A Plant Exchange will be held at the Melrose City Center Parking Lot from 9-11am on Saturday, May 18, 2024. This is a great way to share perennial plants! To take plants at the exchange, you do not need to bring one, as there are always plenty.
Notice: 16U Babe Ruth Coach needed for this summer! We have a team - we need a coach - ASAP! If interested, please reach out to Kyle Shaughnessy at: kshaughnessy@isd740.org
Melrose Area Schools will once again be hosting the FREE SUMMER LUNCH program Mondays-Thursdays for all children under the age of 18. Give your grocery cart a break this summer and have the kids eat at school!
You're Invited to "Floatin' In Space," the annual Sync Show! Shows run Today through Saturday, May 16, 17, 18 at 7pm, and Sunday, May 19 at 1pm. All tickets are $7 - use the QR code for easy purchasing! Or go to: https://gofan.co/app/school/MN99879
Congratulations to the Melrose Speech Team as they represented our school, town and state very well at the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions (NIETOC) in Nebraska. There were thousands of speakers who earned the opportunity to compete against the best in the nation. *Andrew Traeger and *Autumn Oevermann made it to octofinals, which narrowed down the competition to 60 speakers in the category. Andrew also made it to Octofinals in Program Oral Interpretation (POI). *Teague Dusha made it to quarterfinals (top 24) in Impromptu. *Amelia Brower made it to the national finals, placing 6th in Informative! *Drew Pundsack (with a brand-new speech he had never performed for an audience before) also advanced to national finals, placing 3rd in Humorous! Melrose took 7th place as a team! We are so excited for this team and all they have accomplished! #DutchmenPride
We're excited to announce: Dutchmen Summer Football Camp is open for registration! Coach Vesel is eager to work with our athletes! Please register with Eleyo: https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/courses/category/63/summer-recreation
Register for Pacesetter Basketball Camp- in Melrose- by May 15th (tomorrow) to get a FREE SHIRT! This camp focuses on teaching the most important skills to make the greatest possible improvement in a few days, at a cost most families can afford! We're excited to play ball together!
Tonight is Family Roller Skating Night! Melrose Elem. Students have been skating in gym class, and Boy! It is Fun! Families are welcome to skate tonight from 6-8pm in the Elem. Gyms. Enter door 2.
You're Invited to "Floatin' In Space," the annual Sync Show! Shows run Thursday through Saturday, May 16, 17, 18 at 7pm, and Sunday, May 19 at 1pm. All tickets are $7 - use the QR code for easy purchasing! Or go to: https://gofan.co/app/school/MN99879
There will be school on Friday, May 31. The printed school calendar that was mailed to homes this fall has this listed incorrectly. Thank you!
Do you know what the best strategies would be to defend yourself in case of an attack?
Are you aware of things you do when you are walking in public that makes you more vulnerable to an attack?
Join Adam Patterson, 6th Degree Black Belt, for this Personal Safety and Self Defense class. This class will have both informational and hands on activities to give anyone some tools to use if they encounter any uncomfortable situation.
Register now, as the class is TOMORROW, Tuesday, May 14-6:00-8:00 pm.
https://isd740.ce.eleyo.com/course/433/winter-spring-2024/personal-safety-self-defense-seguridad-personal-y-defensa-personal
The elementary students were fortunate to get to listen to Minnesota Author Kevin Lovegreen. He spoke to the students about his inspiration on becoming an author, how to write a book, and played "Guess the Animal Call" with the kids!
