Hawthorne School Hosts 5th Annual Pi Day Recital

Elmhurst, IL - The 5th Annual Pi Recital at Hawthorne was another great success! There were 137 reciters including 1 adult reciter, Mrs. Jennifer Reichert.

Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on 3/14. Pi (3.1415926535..) is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.

The top 14 reciters memorized 85 digits or more of Pi: Ruth Mathew astounded with 705 digits, Jeffrey Mathew (422), Gio Santoro (346), Mark Stukel (228), Joey Rinchiuso (201), Audrey Stanton (129), Jack Burns (127), Niko Stathopoulos (124), Simon Redfearn (105), Audrey Johnson (101), Caroline Fischer (101), Max Wickenkamp (96), Connor Hess (86), and Gracie Wang (85)!

Students brains are amazingly stretchable with such a great capacity. Thanks go out to all who encouraged and helped. Until next year…

Story by Hawthorne REACH teacher Geri Sorrentino. Photos by Geri Sorrentino and Kathy Schroeder.