When a third-grade student gets a bag of colored powder with no limitations on use, who is the first person she's looking for?

"Mr. Sebelin," said Mia Matika, of Shull-David Elementary School.Not even Aaron Sebelin, principal of Mahoning and Shull-David elementary schools, was safe from the wrath of his students during the Color Me Brilliant race Thursday afternoon.The event culminates the biggest, and sometimes only, fundraiser of the year for the two schools. Students raced around the track at the Lehighton Area Middle School stadium while peppering each other and staff with colored powder.According to Sebelin, students who raised the most money got an extra powder party."It's such a fun day and so many people work hard to bring this all together," Megan Bauder, race organizer for the Mahoning parent-teacher organization. "The money we raise funds field trips and other activities. We had a father-daughter dance and we'll be having a mother-son event next weekend. Our classes have also gone to the Crayola Factory, Harrisburg and Quiet Valley among other places. Last year, we had an event where the entire school went to Mahoning Valley Cinema and some students have never had the opportunity to go to a theater so it's really an awesome feeling to be able to do that for them."The PTO of both schools come together to organize the event. The organizations paid so every student could have breakfast, beyond the normal school offerings, before the race.Combined, the schools raised over $25,000. Lehigh Fire Company No. 1 of Lehighton, social quarters, gave $2,000 to each school."It's a lot of fun while we're running around the track and people are throwing colors at us," Leah Heiser, Shull-David Elementary third-grade student said of the race, now in its second year. "My favorite part was trying to throw colors on my friends and the principal."Cameron Fisher, Mahoning Elementary third-grade student, said running was the highlight of the day for him, but he didn't mind getting showered with a little color."It's all part of an amazing experience," Fisher said.Earlier in the year, students had a contest to name the race and choose a design for the race T-shirt.The winning designer was Abby Steigerwalt, Mahoning Elementary student.After the powder dissipated, Sebelin said he would be getting in a dunk tank located at the north end of the field."They threatened to put ice in it, but I think I got them to make the water a nice 80 degrees so I'm good to go," he said. "It'll help wash off all the powder."