Students are covered in brightly hued powder during a color run at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Students are covered in brightly hued powder during a color run at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Color run paints students with kaleidoscope of hues

Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science on Saturday gathered parents and students for a color run helmed by the school’s parent-teacher association.

Around 70 youngsters gathered in front of the school under a balloon-arch finish line. They made two laps around the perimeter of the school grounds, over the school’s large hill and through a wooded area on one side of the playground. At stations along the route, parents and teachers hurled brightly hued powder — most participants had started with plain white shirts and finished with a mixture of purple, blue, green, pink, orange and yellow.

Afterward, the Kaleidoscope students got free frozen treats from Kenai River Shave Ice, donated by Holly Homes Real Estate.

Hayden Holly, one student, was the second student to finish the run. He was covered in green, pink and orange — he said pink was his favorite.

The race was fun, he said — “you get to run and then you get color splashed on you.”

For more information, find “Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science” or “Kaleidoscope PTA” on Facebook.

Reach reporter Jake Dye at jacob.dye@peninsulaclarion.com.

Students are covered in brightly hued powder during a color run at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Students are covered in brightly hued powder during a color run at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Students are covered in brightly hued powder during a color run at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Students are covered in brightly hued powder during a color run at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Students are covered in brightly hued powder during a color run at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Students are covered in brightly hued powder during a color run at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Students are covered in brightly hued powder during a color run at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Students are covered in brightly hued powder during a color run at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Students throw brightly hued powder into the air during a color run at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Students throw brightly hued powder into the air during a color run at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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