Students at Jamie McGee Elementary School raised $9,400 during a year-long Walk-a-Thon conducted during physical-education classes. All of the proceeds were sent to two Mississippi elementary schools destroyed by hurricane Katrina. Every child at Jamie McGee earned a purple bead for participating in the event. The beads, representing the pillar of Citizenship, can be strung on shoelaces alongside other hard-earned Six Pillar beads.