Photo Gallery: Roosevelt Elementary School Gold Rush Day

As “Sheriff” Elijah Aldana Pere looks over paperwork, “small time criminal” John English is read the charges by “judge” Charlotte Hopkins during the Roosevelt Elementary School Gold Rush Day at the Burbank school on Friday, May 23, 2014. All 4th graders participated in the event. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

May 23, 2014 1:54 PM PT

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Fourth graders at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School took part in the annual Gold Rush day, simulating a town in the West in the year 1849,, the peak of the California Gold Rush.

Photo Gallery: Roosevelt Elementary School Gold Rush Day

“Judge” Evan Mueller waits for “criminals” at the Roosevelt Elementary School Gold Rush Day at the Burbank school on Friday, May 23, 2014. All 4th graders participated in the event. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

“Gold prospector” Beck Summers enjoys a bowl of chili during the Roosevelt Elementary School Gold Rush Day at the Burbank school on Friday, May 23, 2014. All 4th graders participated in the event. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Room parent Juli Mahoney, left, helps her son Luke Mahoney put on a “sheriff” mustache at the Roosevelt Elementary School Gold Rush Day at the Burbank school on Friday, May 23, 2014. All 4th graders participated in the event. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Newspaper editors Shannon West, left center, and Olivia de Fabry, center right, make money selling the Gold Nugget Gazette to students like Nova McNally, right, during the Roosevelt Elementary School Gold Rush Day at the Burbank school on Friday, May 23, 2014. All 4th graders participated in the event. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Fourth graders got to enjoy a play put on by fellow students at the Mining Time Theater during the Roosevelt Elementary School Gold Rush Day at the Burbank school on Friday, May 23, 2014. All 4th graders participated in the event. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

“Waitress” Julia Cronin takes orders from hungry “prospectors” during the Roosevelt Elementary School Gold Rush Day at the Burbank school on Friday, May 23, 2014. All 4th graders participated in the event. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)