Above, Michaela White, a Mars Elementary School second-grader, wears red, white and blue during the school district's Jeans for Troops fundraiser Wednesday. Students were encouraged to wear jeans and patriotic colors to raise money for the GI Go Fund, which assists veterans returning from combat.

Below, from left, Mars Elementary School third graders Alanta Bowen, Lily Thompson, Samantha Kozeski, Edin Giammatteo and Reagan Dunn dressed in patriotic outfits Wednesday.