Mount Pleasant Middle School Tosses Pies for Pi Day and Cancer Research

LIVINGSTON, NJ - Teachers in many Livingston classrooms celebrated the number pi—3.14 (the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter), on its own special Pi Day 3/14, or March 14. The pi revelry reminded students that the math they’re learning is used every day by real people in the real world—from engineers and builders to programmers and accountants, and specifically at Mt. Pleasant Middle School (MPMS)—as a delicious convergence of food and math.

Teachers took it on the chin—and on the nose and face—on Pi Day at MPMS, where they were good sports that not only promoted mathematics education but also raised money for children with cancer.


MPMS put the (whipped cream) pie in Pi Day to raise money for middle school classmates fighting cancer. Students donated money for the chance to “pie” teachers, principals, guidance counselors, and Livingston Police Officer Joy Klapal. In a school that regularly celebrates Puma Pride, teachers wore Puma Pi T-shirts donated by local business, ZapGo as well as raincoats, goggles and shower caps in this slapstick comedy act for charity.

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