LAKE COUNTY – Happy Pi Day Lake County!
“What is Pi Day?” you ask. Pi Day is a celebration of the number Pi. For those who don’t remember back to their Geometry classes long ago – p is the representation of the irrational, transcendental number that is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle. Super computers have figured the number of pi into the trillions, but most folks simply remember 3.14.
The first known celebration of Pi Day was held at the San Francisco Exploratorium on March 14, 1988. This year was their 22nd consecutive celebration and now Pi Day is celebrated all around (Get it? ‘ROUND) the world. Here in Lake County, Konocti Christian Academy (KCA) has just celebrated its 3rd Annual Pi Day.
How does one celebrate Pi Day? As you might guess, there are frequently pies involved. In the case of KCA the students vote all week on the teacher they would most like to see “pied.” The student who recited the most digits of pi had the honor of throwing a pie in the teacher’s face.
This year’s winner, with a total recitation of 126 digits of pi, was Nick Rein. Who was the lucky teacher? The students chose the after school enrichment teacher Mrs. Gomes.
Other aspects of the celebration included singing songs of Pi, and one enterprising student, Andy Scott, even wrote an original song “Thinking About Pi.” There was a competition for those who dressed the nerdiest and a competition for those who could make the best presentation of Pi (this ranged from Bible verses including the number Pi to historical trivia about pi and even some free verse).
Without further ado, we are now pleased to announce the 2010 Pi Day Winners:
For Accurately Reciting the Most Digits of Pi
Kindergarten through first grade:
First place, Bella Schlange (8 digits)
Grades second through third:
First place, Anna DelBosco (62 digits)
Second place, Tyler Vanderwall (24 digits)
Third place, Zachary Kimbell-Auth and Autumn Hampton (tie, 15 digits)
Grades fourth through sixth:
First place, Nick Rein (126 digits)
Second place, Cameron Borg (49 digits)
Third place, Jon Vanderwall (36 digits)
Grades seventh through eighth:
First place, Christopher Vincent (59 digits)
Second place, Kimber Bridges (24 digits)
Third place, John Meek (11 digits)
For dressing the math-nerdiest
Kindergarten through first grade:
First place, Bella Schlange
Grades second through third:
First place, Parker Noonster
Grades fourth through sixth:
First place, Nick Rein
Grades seventh through eighth:
First place, Christopher Vincent
For the Most creative presentation of Pi (In song, verse, lesson, use etc …)
Kindergarten through first grade:
First place: Five students received first place together – Allison, Bella, Benjamin, Lilla & Luke
Grades second through third:
First place, Jason Beorgerson
Grades fourth through sixth:
First place, Andy Scott
Grades seventh through eighth:
First place, Claire Plante
In honor of this year’s overall winner, Nick Rein, who successfully recited 126 digits of pi, we close with this thought:
3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844.
