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Troopers, Cloverdale students in dodgeball celebration
CLOVERDALE -- Putnamville troopers and Cloverdale Middle School students and staff engaged in a friendly dodgeball competition Friday afternoon to celebrate the students' recent ISTEP success.
The event organizer and "referee" was Cloverdale Middle School Assistant Principal Cathy Ames, while the Indiana State Police team was organized by Trooper Mike Wood.
Earlier in the year, a challenge was presented to the middle school students, should they raise their ISTEP scores from C+ to an A, the staff would allow a dodgeball challenge against troopers from the
Putnamville Post.
The students responded by achieving an ISTEP score rating of "A." All of this is in line with the school's positive behavior program called CHOICE, Clovers showing Honesty, Ownership, Integrity, Citizenship and Effort.
As part of the celebration, at total of 40 students from grades 5-8 were chosen through a lottery system to participate. After a valiant effort from both teams, the students prevailed and won over the troopers. The teams were cheered on by the middle school student body, cheerleaders and band.
"The faculty and staff at Cloverdale Middle School feel strongly about having the positive presence of our local State Police troopers in our schools and we loved their participation in today's event," CMS Assistant Principal Ames said. "The staff constantly stresses the importance of good decisions and making correct choices and we are so happy that these troopers give our students those positive examples daily."
Putnamville troopers participating were Brent Robinson, Adam Edwards, B.J. Patterson, Mike Wood, Matt Ames, Cory Robinson, Don Curtis, Michael Featherling and Joe Dravigne.
ISTEP stands for Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress.
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The Cloverdale Middle School gym was the site of a dodgeball showdown Friday between CMS students at troopers from the Indiana State Police Post at Putnamville.