Melcher-Dallas CSD - Inspire, Learn, Lead, Together

Melcher-Dallas CSD has the following anticipated teaching opportunities available for next school year. If you are interested please reach out to Abby Heaberlin (heaberlina@melcher-dallas.k12.ia.us). Come join a great staff and community!

Today we’re celebrating Hailey Stegman 🖤

🎓 Activities: Basketball Cheer, Cross Country, Track
💬 Favorite Memory: When Maddy and I walked Eric (and his mullet) around to show off how AWESOME it was.
🎯 Future Plans: Indian Hills for my Pre Reqs.

Today we’re celebrating Samaya Murillo 🎓

💬 Favorite Memory: Won First place for her Art projects
🎯 Future Plans: Undecided about college and career but hopefully something to do with digital art field.

Today we’re celebrating Tucker Branson🖤

🎓 Activities: Football, Wrestling, Trap Shooting, Track, Baseball, Golf, FFA
💬 Favorite Memory: All of the Activities with my Friends.
🎯 Future Plans: Going to College for Ag Business or Animal Science, Make money!

A group of 10-12 grade students had the opportunity to tour Cargill facilities in Eddyville. It was a great tour and they learned a lot about the citric acid production process.

All in for Saint Pride!

All in for Saint Pride!

Today, we’re celebrating Sydney Busick

🎓 Activities: Cheer, Dance, Basketball, Track, FFA, FBLA, Speech, Fuzion Youth, and Marion County United Way
💬 Favorite Memory: My favorite high school memory is prom with my friends
🎯 Future Plans: Continue studying criminal justice, along with furthering my dance career at Graceland University.

Today we’re celebrating Reece Chiabotta

🎓 Activities: I have been involved in football, baseball, basketball, track, golf, trap shooting, FFA, NHS, and 4-H.
💬 Favorite Memory: My favorite memory is Tucker cranking down a fake car window before answering a question in 7th grade.
🎯 Future Plans: Attend Simpson College to major in criminal justice and play football, later aspire to become a lawyer or crime scene investigator.

Today we’re celebrating Aiana Kadyrbaeva

🎓 Activities: Cheerleading, Volunteering Projects, FBLA, 4H Saint Pride, and cultural exchange activities
💬 Favorite Memory: Stepping into my American High School for the first time and slowly finding my place- meeting new friends, sharing culture, and becoming part of a second family with my best host family ever! Sharing cultures, building connections, and realizing how much I've grown through this experience, and going to miss these days so much!
🎯 Future Plans: Travel the world, study languages, and build a career that connects me to aviation

Today we’re celebrating Easton Juline

🎓 Activities: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, Trap shooting, FFA, TAG,
💬 Favorite Memory: Playing in PE
🎯 Future Plans: Attend St. Ambrose University for Mechanical Engineering and make enough money to retire my parents.

We want to recognize our H.E.A.R.T. students from last week (sorry for the delay!) along with this week’s amazing group! 😃 As we head into the final weeks of the school year, it’s so important to stay consistent, make good choices, and finish strong so we can all enjoy this time together. These students are doing just that! They are leading by example and showing what it means to be positive role models every day. We are so proud of each of you! Keep up the great work! ⚜️

Congrats to Rocky Johnson on his IT internship at Wesley Life through Works Smart. He will attend courses this summer to learn his role and spend part of his school day at Wesley Life next year.

Students Shine at Jacobson Institute DesignDash Challenge
On Friday, April 17th, a group of our students participated in the Jacobson Institute’s DesignDash Challenge for Cancer Solutions, an innovative, fast-paced event that empowers students to tackle real-world health issues through design thinking and entrepreneurship.
Representing our school were Austin Remster, Kesley Reed, Lotty Nolte, Ashlyn Metz, Dane Sorensen, Jocelynn Kennedy, Cloie Lamb, Blayce Gwinn, and Conner Branson. Throughout the day, students collaborated in teams to research cancer-related challenges, conduct interviews, develop solutions, and pitch their ideas to judges.
Our students demonstrated exceptional creativity, critical thinking, and communication skills, earning multiple recognitions:
Early Achievements
Fastest to 20 Discovery Interviews: Open Thread (Adaptive Clothing) – Cloie Lamb & Jocelynn Kennedy
Fastest to Early-Stage Concept Validation: Stronger Everyday (Mental Health)
Pitch Pit 1 Awards
Best Understanding of the End-User: Open Thread (Adaptive Clothing) – Cloie Lamb & Jocelynn Kennedy
Best Innovation: Breakaway (Smoking Prevention) – Conner Branson & Blayce Gwinn
Best Pitch: Tanning Teen Safety Act (Tanning Beds Awareness)
Pitch Pit 2 Awards
Best Understanding of the End-User: Sun-Kissed (Sun Exposure Awareness)
Best Innovation: Farmer Education Program (Pesticide Safety)
Best Pitch: Geonomies (Cancer Screening Solutions) – Kesley Reed & Austin Remster
Top Recognition
Investor’s Choice Award: Breakaway – The Smokin’ Scientists (Smoking Prevention) – Blayce Gwinn & Conner Branson
Their project secured $43,000 in funding out of a total $403,000 distributed during the event.
This experience provided students with a unique opportunity to engage in real-world problem solving while addressing critical health challenges. We are incredibly proud of their hard work, innovation, and dedication to making a difference.
We would also like to extend a sincere thank you to Melissa Remster for accompanying the group, helping with transportation, and mentoring students throughout the day. We also greatly appreciate her husband, Jason Remster, for assisting with weather tracking and helping ensure a safe trip home.

Thank you!

Students who shine again and again!

Students who shine again and again!

Congratulations to Madalyn Wilson for being selected for State FFA Chorus! She'll be performing this week at State FFA Convention - a great achievement. Best of luck!