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
Best of luck to all students and coaches on Saturday - it's going to be busy day! #DutchmenPride
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!
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!
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.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
Congratulations to Ellie Heller! Ellie won the AAA Award at the Sub-Section level, and will go on to the Section level next Wednesday!
Free Dental Care for Kids on February 3 - call Midwest Dental at 256-4267 for an appointment!
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
