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Holy Rosary’s sixth grade class presents donation and T-shirt to Msgr. John Bendik as part of the Pi Day activities. From left, first row, Marilyn Butler, Abby Sankus, Msgr. Bendik, Will Aldrich, Neal Forlenza and Morgan Gromelski. Second row, Julia Burgess, Ava DeSena, Vaughn Rudloff and Ayva Lisowski. Third row, Matthew Johnson, Chase Duffy, Patrick Bennie and Thomas Lee. Fourth row, Kendall Tigue, Vanessa Pinto, Grace Giordina and Abbie Lentowski.

Holy Rosary students present “Pi Day Through the Years.” From left, are Matthew Johnson, Julia LaClair and Kalley Kovaleski.

Holy Rosary School sixth grader Chase Duffy participates in creative and fun circumference games during Pi Day.

Holy Rosary School student Vanessa Pinto does her best to find the radius while blindfolded during Pi Day.

Holy Rosary teacher Maureen Conlon blindfolds student Patrick Bennie in preparation for his turn at the board during Pi Day.

DURYEA — It was not a typical “Friday the 13th” at Holy Rosary School on March 13. The sixth, seventh and eighth grades classes celebrated the “Pi Day of the Century.” Pi Day, which was observed 3/14/15, the celebration of the irrational mathematical number actually fell on a Saturday, and for the only time this century, the date 3/14/15 coordinated with the first several digits of pi.

Under the direction of teachers Debbie Brady, Maureen Conlon and Betsy Kozak, the students marked the occasion with mathematical games of fun, learning and creativity. The sixth grade also participated in a pi T-shirt decorating contest with the winning design created by Carmen Marranca. Each class competed in mathematical contests.

As a school community, coins were collected for the Care and Concern Clinic in Pittston. The “Coins for Care” were then donated to Msgr. John Bendik along with his very own Pi Day T-shirt.