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Cheers and shouts from staff and family and propelled 550 Luverne Elementary students to finish the PPIE Cardinal Dash in a noticeably fast time on Wednesday, May 4. Principal Stacy Gillette said, “This is the fastest Cardinal Dash ever completed!” After the half-mile and one-mile dashes, classrooms faced off in a tug-of-war challenge within each grade level on the football field.
The Cardinal Dash is the fundraising event of the school’s Parent Partners in Education (PPIE). The Dash debuted in 2015 as a fun fitness event to raise money for special activities and enhancements such as swimming lessons, guest speakers, Respect Lunch plus one large project. This year’s project is to purchase additional comfy reading chairs for the media center. The event raised $18,206, surpassing the $16,000 goal.
Each grade level was assigned a color to wear during the Cardinal Dash. Fifth grade was red, fourth was blue, third was green, second was orange, first was yellow (pictured taking off at the starting line) and kindergartners (purple).