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7-Year-Old Spends Day Off From School Leading Cadets At IUP Through Morning Workout

INDIANA, Pa. (KDKA) - While most students are taking Presidents' Day off, a 7-year-old girl was up and at 'em, leading a workout session with more than two dozen cadets in IUP's Criminal Justice Training Academy.

Kaley Bastine, a second grader with a passion for helping law enforcement, was invited to be a police cadet for a day at IUP.

At 6:30 a,.m. Monday morning, she led cadets through, stretches, warm-ups and exercises.

WATCH: Kaley Gets Promoted To Cadet For A Day

"She will definitely be a police officer," her mom Jamie said.

"She has the passion already to keep going. I can definitely see that in her future. And she already said that she wants to come back here. This is where she'll be going for the academy."

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Kaley says her favorite part of the day was hula hooping and running.

The second grader has raised thousands of dollars for local police departments.

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