Columbia students competed in the annual Pi Day recitation contest this week (L to R): Ellie Keenholts, Mia Garzone, Holly Thorpe, Lydia Hall, Pierce Dalton.
Teachers and students celebrated mathematics this week with special activities, contests and a food drive, all in honor of Pi, which is recognized each year on March 14.
Winners from Columbia High School’s Pi Day Recitation Contest
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1st Place – Lydia Hall ’28 – 243 digits($20 gift card to Amazon, gum, pi pencil, and Table Talk pie)
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2nd Place – Holly Thorpe ’26 – 115($10 gift card to Starbucks, gum, pi pencil, and Table Talk pie)
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3rd Place – Pierce Dalton ’25 – 61($10 gift card to Dunkin’, gum, pi pencil, and Table Talk pie)
Other participants:
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Mia Garzone ’25
(pi pencil and Table Talk pie) -
Ellie Keenholts ’25
(pi pencil and Table Talk pie)
8th Grade Math Teacher Morgan Rowse is hit with a pie by a Pi Contest winner.
Winners from Goff Middle School’s Pi Day Recitation Contest
Eighth grade students were given the opportunity to hit a teacher or staff member with a pie if they recited enough Pi digits.
- Colburn Naples – 281 digits
- Allison McCready – 121
- Peyton Charland – 101
- Morgan Alley – 100
- Aaron Waqas – 87
- Claire Ozga – 81
- Dominick Cunningham – 78
- Devin Schanz – 76
- JP Boyer – 75
- Matt Bombard – 64
- Italia Garcia – 62
- Kendra Szczepkowski – 59
- Stella Sacks – 51
- Lizzie White – 50
- Kelly Babich – 46
- Ava Narkiewicz – 41
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Maddie Blaauw – 39
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Natalie Mormando – 33
Thank you to our teachers and staff who pledged to be pied if students reached a certain threshold of Pi digits: Principal McHugh 100, Assistant Principal Mahoney 75, Mr. Koester 75, Deputy Jay Gravelle 80, Ms. Jankowiak 88, Ms. Gansle 50, Mr. Rowse 20, Mr. Jette 20, and Mr. Galvin 20.
Pi Day Food Drive
The Math Department teachers at Columbia collected canned goods and non-perishables to benefit the district backpack program and/or a local food pantry.
Special thanks to the generosity of Table Talk Pies for donating pies to Columbia teachers and staff and to Market 32 for donating pies to Goff Middle School!