Cheshire Students Earn Right to Throw Pies at Principal
CHESHIRE, Mass. — "Pie day" came a month after "Pi Day" this year in Cheshire.
Principal Peter Bachli issued his third annual Reading Challenge to the 255 students of Cheshire Elementary School. The students had to read 1,500 books from March 20 through April 13. A reading log had to be kept and turned in to earn a "slice" of pie.
If the challenge of 1,500 books was met, the top 15 students would be able to throw a pie in Bachli's face at the school's "Book Blast Ceremony."
So on Thursday, all the students and staff gathered on the school yard this afternoon to learn if enough books had been read to go forward with the pie throwing ceremony. The kids were extremely excited all month long in anticipation of this event and the chance to throw a pie at Bachli.
Bachli then announced to the students that not only did they meet their goal, but they far exceeded the goal by reading a total of 3,195 books.
Then pie throwing began, as one by one, the 15 top readers in the school were called up to take their best shot. The courageous principal got pie after pie in the face to the cheers of all the students.
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