Pi Day activities conclude with math carnival
 Students celebrated National Pi Day on March 14 in their math classes with mouth-watering apple, Oreo and southern peanut butter pies and various pi-related activities.
Teacher Dan Swartz's classes created pi chains to decorate the hallway. Different colored links represented different figures of pi, which equals approximately 3.14 but continues for millions of places beyond the decimal point. Pi represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter and is used most commonly in geometry. Its 3.14 round-off is why Pi Day is celebrated on March 14.
Pi Day festivities concluded that evening with a Math Fair in the LCHS cafeteria. The fair featured carnival-like games with a math twist. About 100 fourth through sixth grade students from local middle schools attended the event, which was organized by the math department. |
