Citrus High School held its eagerly anticipated annual Pi Day Celebration on Monday, March 14.

Pi, that mind-boggling mathematical constant, is celebrated by math lovers each year on March 14, because Pi's first three digits are 3.14.  The number represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter and is important for all sorts of jobs, such as engineering and architecture.

The school has been celebrating Pi Day for the past six years as a way to help students overcome their math-related phobias while having a little fun at the same time.  Math Teacher Melissa Ulibarri, the force behind the school’s Pi-mania, keeps the students interested with a plethora of Pi-related activities, such as Pi music, Pi face painting, Pi Day buttons, eating Pi(e), hula-hoop competition, student-made Pi t-shirts, Pi digit memorization competition, and campus-wide Pi decorations.

"This year," said Ms. Ulibarri, "Angelo Soto has 260 digits memorized, and Walter Ollendorf, who was absent yesterday (Monday), came in today with 270!  A new record for Citrus High School!"

Another Citrus student, Henry Pheaps, even composed an original song about Pi.  Click here to listen.