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Born on March 14, Pi Day, Tyrone math teacher and math department chairperson Michele Marasco has the perfect birthday for her chosen profession.
“It is pretty coincidental that I, as a math teacher, have a birthday on Pi Day,” Marasco said. “The students find it ironic and ask me if I became a math teacher because of my birthday.”
Pi Day is an annual celebration of the famous mathematical constant, pi, a non-repeating irrational number that begins with 3.1415926535897932384626433…and continues to infinity.
The number π is a mathematical constant, approximately equal to the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. It appears in many formulas across mathematics and physics.
This unusual, unofficial holiday is celebrated by math nerds everywhere.
from back to front (Hailey Lowery, Dylan McKinney, Tom Sutt, Emma Witkamp, Kaylee Ettaro, Rhyse Hamp, Brayden Parsons, Aiden Lewis, Seth Hoover, Kendall Lehner, Landon Hamer, Jana McCartney, Destiny Fink, Alivia Anderson, Sarah Zimmerman, Lenelle Eades, Amara Jackson (Michele Marasco)
The day often includes contests for students to accurately recite the digits of pi as far as they can, and perhaps most importantly, by eating pie, which is what Marasco and her students did on Friday.
Several of her students brought in pies, and other sweet treats, showing their enthusiasm for both Pi Day and Mrs. Marasco’s birthday.
“Jana McCartney made an outstanding peanut butter pie, and Sarah Zimmerman made a coconut creme pie that was really good,” said Landon Hamer, one of the students fortunate enough to partake in Pi Day.
Just like the number it was named for, Pi(e) Day at TAHS featured a lot of variety, including apple, blueberry, peanut butter, chocolate chip, and coconut cream.
Celebrating Pi Day in Mrs. Marasco’s classes was always a joyful tradition in her classes.
That is, until COVID hit.
“After COVID, teachers were no longer allowed to bring outside food due to health concerns,” Marasco said. “This year was the first time in six years that we have been allowed to bring food back in to celebrate the holiday.”
Marasco is very grateful to everyone who helped to make the celebration possible and to all who wished her a happy birthday.
“My students bringing in pies for Pi Days helps celebrate a great holiday and I always appreciate people wanting to help celebrate my birthday,” Marasco said.
Happy Birthday to a beloved teacher and Happy Belated Pi Day to all!
This story was originally published on Tyrone Eagle Eye News on March 17, 2025.
