LAMS PTO News:

Every March 14, mathematicians around the world celebrate Pi Day; 3.14 being the first three digits of the mathematical constant “Pi”.

This year, Pi Day falls on a Saturday, so Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) is celebrating Pi Day Friday, March 13.

LAMS needs the community’s help to make Pi Day a success. There are two ways that volunteers are needed: Volunteer time or Donate a pie.

Volunteer: The LAMS Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is recruiting volunteers to give two hours of their time Friday, March 13 at LAMS to help with Pi Day.

No special knowledge is required and the materials and training that is needed to help run an activity table for a few students will be provided.

Each student will visit the gymnasium during their science period, where they will have tables with math activities themed as “Pi-rates of the Caribbean”.

The day will be structured into four two-hour time slots starting at 7:45 a.m., 9:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

There also will be a sign-up slot for volunteers available at other times. Volunteers also are needed to help set-up the night before and clean up afterwards.

For more information and for the sign-up sheet for volunteers visit: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0949ada72da7fc1-pidaypirate1.

LANL employees may be eligible for science outreach community service time for this event. To apply for approval to use science outreach time, visit: http://int.lanl.gov/org/dir/cpa/cpo/education_programs/science-education-community.shtml (this link only works from within LANL).

Donate a pie: Donated supplies also are needed to make Pi Day successful – most notably pies, which will be served to students during their lunch period. In order to serve all of the students and staff one slice of pie, 90 pies are needed.

Pies should be pre-cut into six to eight slices and dropped off the morning of Friday, March 13 at LAMS.

For the sign-up form to donate pies visit: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0949ada72da7fc1-pidaypirate.

For more information about the Pi Day event, contact LAMS PTO President Scott Doebling (losalamosmiddleschoolpto@gmail.com) or Secretary Jill Gross (j.gross@laschools.net).