Odessa High School turned a celebration of a mathematically-based date into a sticky situation for their teachers Thursday.
Odessa High School turned a celebration of a mathematically-based date into a sticky situation for their teachers Thursday.
March 14, or 3/14, is the closest thing to the mathematical term "Pi", the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
Add an "e", and it becomes a dessert, which when it's made of whipped cream on top of a pie tin, became a delicious fundraiser for the B+ Foundation.
Odessa High School teachers challenged their students to raise Pi times 10, or $31.41 for the right to hit them with the tasty treats.
The students raised $1,544.32, and are now at about $3,800 over the three-year run of the campaign organized by Odessa Math Teacher Katy Hoffecker.
"I loved it. The kids cheering for us really created this really fun atmosphere, school culture, and unity that we're trying to embrace at Odessa."
Twenty-nine teachers raised enough money for 44 pies to be thrown in their faces, some gently, some with a running start, and some in a conveyor belt-style multiple pieings.
"Pi Day is a fun day for mathematicians, and we're always trying to create more fun in the math world, and we thought what better day to do something with actual pies, and not just our mathematical pis."
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