Photo Gallery: Moorestown High School "Color Clash"

students started their spring break off right Thursday, with a full day of service projects, capped by a raucous pep rally involving dodgeball and tug of war competitions and an elaborate prom proposal. 

It was the school's first-ever spring pep rally, but the real focus was on the charity that preceded it. Students prepared gift bags and raised money via T-shirt sales for Chesterfield Elementary School (where several children were injured and one killed in a bus accident earlier this year), collected shoes for Soles 4 Souls, wrote letters to soldiers and held a food drive.

The students also attended a motivational presentation put on by former pro football players, including former New York Giant Keith Davis. 

Davis has spoken in thousands of schools across the globe, inspiring students to have more self-confidence while warning them off drugs, abusive relationships and depression.

"It's important for this nation," Davis said of what he does. "Every day you're turning on the news, and something's going awry ... All of us together, collectively, can help shape a generation."

Clarence Lee, one of Davis's cohorts, said it's the personal relationships he develops with the people he speaks to, the one-on-one interactions after his presentations, that make it truly worthwhile.

"I have to help others learn, their circumstances won't kill them, but they will develop them," Lee said.

William Green, a former Cleveland Brown who also presented with Davis, was impressed with the Moorestown students' focus on service.

"I thought it was awesome what the kids are doing here today," Green said.

Teacher Lisa Trapani, who helped students organize the all-day event—dubbed "Color Clash" because it split the school into inter-grade teams based on color—said the day was a success.

"Our goal was achieved, in that we showed school unity and provided valuable information to the students, performed community service, and had fun," she said.

Were you at the high school during the "Color Clash"? Upload your pictures or send them to local editor Rob Scott at rob.scott@patch.com and we'll publish them.