Here's "some-a-ding you really gonna like."
For some reason or another, I remember that phrase from either the menu or the place mat of an Italian restaurant when I was a kid. It was one of those politically incorrect Italian-accent references made a little less incorrect by the certain knowedge that it was written by the Italian restaurant owners.
And it was about the pizza pie.
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The "some-a-ding you really gonna like" today is a Pi of another sort.
As in 3.141592 ...
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Yes, Genevans, today (March 14) is Pi day. And our schools are celebrating in a number of ways.
's Math Club will be visiting the classrooms during the first 10-15 minutes of class to help explain some mathematical fact associated with Pi.
Grades: 1-4 will take string and measure distance around a circle (circumference) and talk about what a radius and diameter is.
Grades 5-8 will measure the circumference, radius and diameter as the students in grades 1-4 but will actually divide out C/D to reach an approximation of Pi. Grades 5-8 will also be holding a contest for students to see who can memorize the most digits of Pi. Prizes will be awarded.
Over at , students will compete throughout the day to see who has memorized the most digits of the number Pi. Then, the seventh- and eighth-grade students will gather in the contest gym to witness staff members receive a pie in the face from a student.
The top eighth-grade winner will throw a pie in the face of Principal Terry Bleau.The top seventh-grade winner will throw a pie in the face of Assistant Principal Jane Schwartz. This all happens around 3:05 p.m. at the GMS South cafeteria.
March 14 is "Pi Day" because the first three numbers of Pi round out to the date—3/14. So the best of all possibly Pi Days would be been in 1592.
Pi is one of the most magical numbers in the world. It is an irrational number that means the decimal part of Pi never repeats and never ends. The decimal goes on to infinity. It has been calculated up to more than 5 trillion digits. Pi is calculated and defined as the ratio of the circle’s circumference to its diameter regardless of the circle’s size.
This information is provided by School District 304 and St. Peter School.
