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Hicksville Middle School Celebrates Pi Day

Teachers and faculty volunteered to be pied in the face.

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Hicksville Middle School Assistant Principal Vinh Nguyen-Horan participated in the Pi Day fun.
Hicksville Middle School Assistant Principal Vinh Nguyen-Horan participated in the Pi Day fun. (Hicksville Public Schools)

HICKSVILLE, NY — Hicksville Middle School students celebrated Pi Day on March 14.

Twenty-five staff members – teachers, assistant principals, and the principal – volunteered to be pied in the face by students.

The assistant principal gets pied in the face by a student. / Courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools

Pi Day is an annual celebration, and the mathematical constant pi was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw. Schools across Long Island and nationwide celebrated the day.

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The fundamental mathematical constant is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, which approximately equals 3.14159. The number continues infinitely without repeating.

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