Cloverdale School board approves Snails to Trails

The Cloverdale Community School Board has unanimously approved the proposal for the 2016 Snails to Trails summer schoool.

For its second year, the two-week program will be offered to Cloverdale students in grades 4-8 and selected by teachers Susi Jordan and Jennifer Mann for their citizenship and whether they "will make a positive contribution to the field trip experience."

This year the selected students will have the opportunity to volunteer at Gleaners Food Bank, tour one of the last working rotary jails in the United States, visit Indiana Dunes State Park and watch "Beauty and the Beast" performed at Beef and Boards Dinner Theater. They will also visit the Dellara Indy Car Factory in Indianapolis and the Newport Aquarium in Kentucky.

Field trips will run from June 6-17, and students can choose which of the two sessions to attend. A registration fee of $200 will cover all gate fees and transportation costs.

"Students will learn new things, see new places, make new friends and form memories that will last a lifetime," the teachers said.

In other developments:

-- The Cloverdale FFA presented the board with photos and stories from their trip to the National Livestock Quiz Bowl in Denver, where they placed fourth overall. Superintendent Greg Linton thanked the FFA for their presentation and adviser Edie for a "job well done."

-- Cloverdale Elementary School accepted donations from the Kroger Shopper Rewards Program and Martin Marietta.

-- Harrison Tyler (second grade), Sydney Willis (sixth grade) and Haley Hamm (senior) were named February Students of the Month.

In other business:

-- Each of the three CCSC schools reported the assesments they use in addition to ISTEP testing. For Cloverdale Elementary School, Mrs. Whitlock and Mrs. Jordan reported that Dibels, Acuity and Star Reading and Math are being used. For Cloverdale Middle School, Ms. Tucker reported that Acuity, Star Reading and Math and Easy CBM are being used. For Cloverdale High School, Mr. Stoltz and Mrs. Sewell reported that Accuity, Accuplacer, PSAT, SAT, ACT and ASVAB are being used.

-- The board appointed Mendy Shrout as corporation treasurer.

-- The board appointed several new coaches:

-- CES volunteer wrestling club coach: Tony Evans, Chris Kaufman, Kyle Ellis and Richard Bennett

-- CMS wrestling coach: Matt Hall

-- CMS assistant wrestling coach: Kyle Ellis

-- CMS volunteer softball coach: Mark Couch and Tod Shedron

-- CHS volunteer varsity softball coach: Clyde Spencer and Rob Costin

-- CHS volunteer softball coach: Mark Couch

-- CHS volunteer baseball coach: Tim Powell

-- The board approved the superintendent's contract, the administrator's contract and approved reducing the administration portion of the teacher contract.