Students run for funds at Eastbluff Elementary

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Students dressed as superheroes from Brittany Megonigal and Sarah Bixler’s sixth-grade class cheer on transitional kindergarten and kindergarten runners. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)

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The otter mascot greets students before the start of their annual Otter Rock and Run jog-a-thon. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)

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Students from Taylor Mandala’s fourth-grade class cheer before the start of the jog-a-thon. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)

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Transitional kindergarten and kindergarten students run during the annual Otter Rock and Run jog-a-thon event at Eastbluff Elementary School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)

By Daily Pilot staff

Jan. 27, 2017 4:53 PM PT

More than 400 students at Eastbluff Elementary School in Newport Beach strapped on their running shoes Friday afternoon for the annual Otter Rock ‘n’ Run on campus.

Students jogged and sprinted laps around the playground as part of a fundraiser for the school’s PTA.

The Eastbluff PTA provides funding for several functions at the school, including teacher aides, a computer lab teacher, reading assistance, visual arts instruction and supplies, field trips and supplemental classroom supplies, according to the organization’s website.