Students check out the colored chalk on their T-shirts during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A father gives his son a lift while walking on Gray’s Creek Elementary’s campus during the school’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A woman douses colored chalk on people during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
Three Gray’s Creek Elementary students prepare to get hit with colored chalk during the school’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
Students check out the colored chalk on their T-shirts during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A girl covers her face from colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A woman holds up her arms while getting doused with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
People get doused with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A woman douses colored chalk on students during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A boy spreads his arms wide during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A student gets doused with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
Students get doused with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
Students get doused with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A student gets doused with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A student checks out the colored chalk on her T-shirt during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
Students get doused with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
Students walk the course during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A student gets doused with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A student gets doused with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
Students walk the course during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
Students check out the colored chalk on their bodies during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A student gets doused with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
Students are doused in colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A student gets doused with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
Students raise their hands, hoping to get hit with colored chalk, during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A student gets doused with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A girl covers her ears and closed her eyes while getting hit with colored chalk during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
A student raises her hands, hoping to get hit with colored chalk, during Gray’s Creek Elementary’s annual Swamp Walk/Color Run on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
From left, Gray’s Creek Elementary Principal Melissa Dougherty speaks about the impact student Gabe Michot had on the school. Also pictured is Gabe’s mother, Jessica Michot.
Jamar Ennis, assistant director of the Governor’s Office of Disability Affairs, reads a proclamation for Gabe Michot to Gabe’s mother, Jessica.
A proclamation from Gov. John Bel Edwards was presented to Gray’s Creek Elementary on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, in recognition of Gabe Michot, a former special needs student who passed away in September 2019. Pictured, from left, are Jamar Ennis, assistant director of the Governor’s Office of Disability Affairs; Jessica Michot, Gabe’s mother; and Melissa Dougherty, principal of Gray’s Creek Elementary.