About 650 students, many in Seahawk and school colors, joined staff, parents and special guest Blitz the mascot for the annual Blue Friday/Hawk Walk at Arthur Jacobsen Elementary School last Friday.

Proceeds from the walkathon support the school’s PTSA, its many events and its student programming, which includes the Accelerated Reader and art programs.

School organizers encouraged students to solicit pledges from sponsors then cover the distance by walking around the large schoolyard.

Each student averaged about one-to-two miles, said Jen Harris, event coordinator.