Pi Day at DAIS: A Celebration of Math, Teamwork, and Pie-Throwing Fun

Students across Dalian American International School celebrated Pi Day with games, challenges, and a little bit of whipped cream chaos. From brain-busting activities to pie-flinging fun, it was a day that made math feel anything but ordinary.

In the South Gym, middle and high school students jumped into four action-packed events: Math Bingo, Jeopardy, the Rubik’s Cube Relay, and a fast-paced scavenger hunt. Bingo had teams racing to solve problems and shout “Bingo! Bingo! Bingo!” before anyone else. Jeopardy tested how quickly students could think under pressure, with points going up as questions got harder. The Rubik’s Cube Relay brought serious energy, as teams of four sprinted back and forth, solving as many cubes as they could before the clock ran out. And the scavenger hunt had students dashing around the gym, hunting down clues tied to math.

Winners from each event scored raffle tickets - five for first place, three for second, and one for third - which they dropped into the raffle box for a shot at the ultimate prize: throwing a pie at a teacher. When all the events wrapped up at 3 pm, the whole gym came together for the grand finale. Fourteen lucky names were drawn - seven from middle school and seven from high school - and those students each got to toss a pie at a teacher volunteer. The only rules? Keep a safe two-meter distance and no more than two pies per teacher. The results? A lot of laughs, a few surprised faces, and some seriously sticky hair.

DAIS Elementary students had a blast on March 14 (3.14) celebrating π with special activities. A very serious-looking Pre-K/K class was spotted silently creeping through the hallways on a shape hunt - perhaps to avoid scaring off any circles! Meanwhile, some students proudly showed off their dazzling Pi Day bracelets, making the rest of us just a little jealous. Other students had fun seeing how many digits of Pi they could memorize and creating a Pi themed image of a city skyline.

All in all, Pi Day at DAIS had something for everyone - math, teamwork, creativity, and a good dose of fun. Whether solving puzzles, making bracelets, or aiming a pie just right, students showed that learning can be fun, loud, and full of laughs.