The Morning Bulletin Monday, February 20, 2017 Menu: Chicken Fajita, Steamed Carrots, Lettuce, Fresh Oranges, Pears; Hamburger on Bun New Items Senior High It is FFA Week! To celebrate agriculture, FFA members have created a few ac vi es to take part in! There is corn kernel guessing in the HS Office (winner at the end of the week will receive a prize!) and there will be a few ac vi es during lunch! Also, as a part of SnowDaze, wear blue and gold on Wednesday! Congratula ons to the boys hockey players on their playoff win last Saturday! Thank you to all the students who came out to support. The Gymnas cs team will compete in the state tournament on Friday and Saturday. If you are interested in a ending the meet on Friday you can pick up a purple permission slip in Audrey s office today and return the form by noon on Thursday. Tickets to the gymnas cs meet will be on sale in Audrey s office. Bus cket is $12.00 and meet cket is $8.00. We also have adult ckets for $12.00 for sale. If you plan to drive or go with your parents you must purchase your meet cket here. All students going to the meet must turn in a permission slip and purchase your meet cket here. Students: If you are going to the gymnas cs meet and plan to par cipate in an event in the evening you need to ride the bus to the meet. If you drive or ride with your parents you are marked absent and this would be the same as missing school and you are unable to par cipate in any ac vity in the evening. Congrats to the Melrose Speech team for their 1st place finish at Morris Tournament out of 17 teams! Individual Results: Mark Budde- 1st Crea ve, Anna Wilwerding- 6th Crea ve, Amaya Bruner- 2nd Discussion, Ka e Lambrecht- 3rd Discussion, Jessa Mueller- 3rd Drama, Jadyn Wehlage- 8th Drama, Mark Budde/Vanessa Pung- 5th Duo, Erika Doetko - 1st Extemporaneous Reading, Maxwell Lurken-Tvrdik- 6th Extemporaneous Speaking Nicholas Olberding- 7th Extemporaneous Speaking, Anna Kloth- 2nd Great Speeches, Brooklen Middendorf- 6th Great Speeches, Amaya Bruner- 7th Great Speeches, Olivia Thompson- 1st Informa ve, Ozzy Osborn- 5th Original Oratory, Amber Roerick- 4th Prose, Vanessa Pung- 8th Prose, Callie Schaefer- 1st Storytelling, Kate Schaefer-6th Storytelling There is a team mee ng in Ms. Critz's room a er school today followed by an open prac ce A en on all synchronized swimming swimmers and managers! Please help us prepare for the season tomorrow by helping organize, clean, and prepare areas for Monday's prac ce. We will begin at 3:30 and work un l 6:00 pm. Meet by the girls locker room. Thank you! There will be a Melrose Cheerleading Tryout Informa on Mee ng on Tuesday 21 st in J102 (Sewing Room) at 3 different mes - 7:45 a.m, second lunch and a er school. See Ms. Hanson if you are not able to a end one of the mee ngs. Tryouts are next week. Here is a list of the days this week: Tuesday --> Brain vs. Brawn (Dress like an Athlete or Mathlete) Wednesday --> Blue vs. Gold Day (Support your FFA.. wear Blue and Gold)...Royalty Day Out, Royalty dismissed at 9:30 and will return by 6th hour
Thursday --> City vs. Country (Dress in your slacks or cowboy boots/hats)...talent Show - 6th and 7th hour (High School Only) Friday --> Purple vs. Gold Day (Spirit Day)...Royalty will walk at the halftime of the girls basketball game We will be selling pompoms on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning to show our school spirit. Gymnas cs is going to State on Friday and these Pompoms would be a great accessory. They will be 1 fro $2 or 2 for $3. They will be sold in front of the library. We need lifeguards for our 7th grade swimming unit. If you can lifeguard 2nd, 3rd, 5th or 6th hour please let Ms Fossum, Mr. Noll or Ms Oberg know. We are planning to start our swimming unit Tuesday, March 7, 2017. St. Mary's Kids Time is looking to hire someone 16yrs. old or older who enjoys working with children! Would like someone who would be available to start this summer and then work through the school year next fall also! Hours and days would be flexible during the summer and then star ng in the fall it would be Monday-Friday 3pm-5pm. If interested or would like more informa on please contact Amanda Hellermann at St. Mary's School 320-256-4257 ex: 102 or email apaulsen@stmarysofmelrose.com. It's playoff me! Are you ready? We have playoff shirts for sale. Order forms are available in all the offices and library. Deadline to order is 3:00 today. Bring completed forms and money to any of the offices. The Prom Commi ee thanks you for your support. Play Off shirts are for both boys and girls games. For one week ONLY we will have a limited number of Purple Dutchmen Under Armour Sweatshirts available for ONLINE orders. Order through the link on the website. Make sure to choose your correct size! Cost is $40. Pick up date will be approximately March 9. I will email you with the exact date and loca on to pick up! College Visits: Army lunchroom visit: Feb. 21 Army lunchroom visit: March 21 MSU Mankato -- April 10 @ 9:30 Army lunchroom visit: April 18 Army lunchroom visit: May 16 New Items Middle School A en on all synchronized swimming swimmers and managers! Please help us prepare for the season tomorrow by helping organize, clean, and prepare areas for Monday's prac ce. We will begin at 3:30 and work un l 6:00 pm. Meet by the girls locker room. Thank you! There will be a Melrose Cheerleading Tryout Informa on Mee ng on Tuesday 21 st in J102 (Sewing Room) at 3 different mes - 7:45 a.m, second lunch and a er school. See Ms. Hanson if you are not able to a end one of the mee ngs. Tryouts are next week. 7th & 8th Graders: The Gymnas cs team will compete in the state tournament on Friday and Saturday. If you are interested in a ending the meet on Friday you can pick up a purple permission slip in Audrey s office today and return the form by noon on Thursday. Tickets to the gymnas cs meet will be on sale in Audrey s office. Bus cket is $12.00 and meet cket is $8.00. We also have adult ckets for $12.00 for sale. If you plan to drive or go with
your parents you must purchase your meet cket here. All students going to the meet must turn in a permission slip and purchase your meet cket here. Events This Week Tuesday, February 21 7th & 8th Grade Boys Basketball--------------------Melrose & Sauk Centre -- There -- 4:15 JV Boys Basketball-----------------------Melrose & Minnewaska - Home -- 6:00 Girls Basketball------------------------------Melrose & Minnewaska - There - 6:00 Boys Hockey -- AB Sec on Quarter-finals----------------Prairie Centre & St Cloud Cathedral -- 7:00 Wednesday, February 22 Knowledge Bowl Invita onal at Holdingford -- 9:00 Thursday, February 23 Boys Basketball--------------------------Melrose & Benson -- There -- 6:00 Girls Basketball----------------------Melrose & Holdingford -- Home -- 6:00 Friday, February 24 Wrestling Sec on Individuals at Fergus Falls Gymnas cs----------------------------state Tournament -- Minneapolis U of M Pavilion -- 11:00 Boys Swimming & Diving Sec ons at Bemidji -- 5:00 Girls Basketball-------------------------Melrose & Sauk Centre -- Home -- 6:00 Saturday, February 25 Knowledge Bowl Invita onal at Sartell -- 9:00 Speech Invita onal at Princeton -- 9:00 Gymnas cs State Tournament at U of M Pavilion Boys Swimming & Diving Sec ons at Bemidji -- 3:00 Boys Hockey -- Sec on Semi-Finals Wrestling -- Sec on Individuals at Fergus Falls Dates to Remember: Feb. 25 -- Saturday School Previous Found an IPOD and Smart Phone. If you lost yours please come to the senior high office to claim. The next session of classroom drivers educa on is March 6-17 from 3:00 6:00. If you are interested in signing up for this session see Audrey to sign up. We must have 15 students signed up if we are going to offer the class. Cost is $335.00. Make checks payable to Central Lakes Driving School. The next classroom session will be June 5-16 from 12:30-3:30 and July 24 - August 4 from 12:30-3:30. You can also sign up for these classes.
Calling all seniors to be one of 2017 s Powerade Athletes Of The Year. 10 students will receive a $1000 award. All senior students are welcome to submit an applica on based on extracurricular and community involvement. Submissions are open un l February 28. Top 50 finalist will be voted on beginning in April, 2017. For more details and to submit visit: www.vikingcocacola.com. Stearns Electric Associa on is now accep ng applica ons for the 2017 Rural Electric Youth Tour! High School Juniors are encouraged to apply for this FREE Trip to Washington D.C. by February 24! Each year, rural electric coopera ves across the na on sponsor roughly 1,500 students on the Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. The Youth Tour program con nues to foster the grassroots spirit of the rural electric coopera ves by demonstra ng to high school juniors and seniors how our government works and what the electric coopera ve business model is all about. The contest is open to any current high school junior; whose family is a member of the Coopera ve. Please visit the Stearns Electric website for more informa on Student Reminder: If you are in school a er school hours you must be with a supervisor or in the library. You should not be loitering in the halls. Students: Please do not use the restrooms in the phy-ed lockerrooms during the school day they are for phy-ed classes and co-curricular use. A er school hours only. Use the restrooms closest to your classroom if you need to do so. We will be offering a Water Safety Instructor class this spring. Class will be March 31, 4-9 pm; April 1 & 2, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Please see Stacey in the Community Educa on to sign up. If you need help with homework we have tutors available to help you every Monday and Wednesday in room 206 from 3-4:30 pm.