Devon Sixth Graders Celebrate Pi Day With Math, Pies

DEVON, PA -- Devon Prep Math Teacher and her sixth grade class celebrated Pi Day today with a math lesson and a snack.

“Pi Day is an international celebration of the number 3.1415, which is represented by the Greek letter pi (∏), one of the most important numbers in mathematics,” teacher Kathy Iacobucci said, in a news release provided by the school. “Pi is the relationship of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. March 14 is the day of celebration every year for the simple reason the numbers used in representing the date are 3.14.”

To mark the day, Iacobucci served “pi cookies” to her students as they worked on activities to determine “Pi.”

Image captions: 1) Devon Prep sixth graders hold up their PI Day cookies during math class where they learned how to determine pi. 2) Devon Prep Sixth Grader Joseph Perulo traces a CD as part of his lesson on how to determine pi.