On March 14 (or 3/14), the STEM department hosted a Pi Day event where students could enter a pie eating competition or pie teachers from those departments in the face.
Assistant Principal of Math and Science Abid Choudhury, who organized the event, said, “I really just wanted to establish that Pi Day is a known quantity, so that in future years we can actually build on it. A lot of the ideas for events came from informal conversations with students, which led us to pie in the face and the pie eating contest.”
Junior Kelden Hooker was the winner of the pie eating contest, having eaten 10 slices of pie in three minutes. His prize: bragging rights. Speaking to The Classic, Kelden said, “I just felt like it was my destiny to win. I knew my ancestors were looking down on me and I had to make them proud.”
Senior Andrew Gurcharan said, “I celebrated Pi Day by attending the [STEM department’s] special event hosted in the cafeteria, which offered a variety of engaging activities. It was a fun and lively atmosphere, and I had a great time participating in all the Pi-themed games.”
Other Pi-related events also went on elsewhere within the school. Senior Vee Shupty, president of the GSA, said that GSA held its own pi day event: “I held a pi-reciting contest with the GSA where the winner [who recited the most digits of pi] got $10.”
Others looked outside of school to mark Pi Day. Freshman Robert Indart said, “I celebrated pie day by just buying a cherry and apple crumb pie with my friends because we wanted to compare how sweet both pies were.” Sophomore Sherry Chen said, “I celebrated Pi day this year by sharing a pie with my sister.”
Additionally, some stores and restaurants offered Pi-related deals for the event, adjusting their prices to be equivalent to the digits of pi. Vee said “I looked at Hot Topic’s $14 deals for Pi Day.” Some Harrisites took advantage of pizza pie deals on Pi day. Junior Aydin Yildiz said, “I got a $3.14 pizza from California Pizza Kitchen. Best deal on Pi Day for some nice, fresh pizza.”
Mr. Choudhury said that, “I would like to do something more in future years. A teacher that I used to teach with in Richmond Hill used to take it very, very seriously, decorating t-shirts, almost like a religious experience. I’d like to do something to build enthusiasm around what is otherwise perceived as a challenging subject.”
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