Contact: YOUR NAME
Phone – YOUR PHONE
Email – YOUR EMAIL

YOUR SCHOOL NAME Celebrates
“Pi Across America” on DATE OF YOUR EVENT

Teachers and students rally behind one of the World’s Most Storied and Intriguing
Numbers to Promote Math and Science Literacy

YOUR CITY, YOUR STATE – On DATE OF YOUR EVENT, students at YOUR SCHOOL NAME will be joining Pi Across America, a national celebration that centers on a number that has intrigued civilizations for nearly 4,000 years. Activities at YOUR SCHOOL NAME will include LIST YOUR ACTIVITIES. The celebration starts on DATE AND TIME OF YOUR EVENT, at ADDRESS OF YOUR SCHOOL.

Pi, represented by the Greek alphabet symbol π, is a physical constant defined as the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. The search for pi extends back thousands of years including the Babylonians, Chinese, Hebrews and ancient Greeks. Up until the 20th Century, pi had been correctly calculated by hand to only 527 decimal places. With modern super computers, the number has been determined past a reported 1.24 trillion decimal places, and counting. Over the years, pi has attracted more than its share of attention within the math and science community. For example, last October Akira Haraguchi, a 60 year old mental health counselor who lives near Tokyo, reportedly recited pi by memory to 100,000 decimal places in a fourteen hour bid to place in the Guinness Book of Records (replacing the current record of 42,195 pi decimals set in 1995.) No one expects students at YOUR SCHOOL NAME to challenge Mr. Haraguchi’s feat. But students are expected to explore the unique qualities of the circle, and the mysterious relationship between its diameter and circumference.

Visit www.piacrossamerica.org for additional details about this national math literacy campaign.

Pi Across America’s presenting sponsor is the University of Phoenix, the largest private accredited university in North America and a leader in providing continuing and advance degree education to educators, including math and science teachers.

"Math and science literacy is a top priority as America heads into the global economy of the new century," notes YOUR SPOKESPERSON. "We are pleased to join in the celebration of this very special number that has challenged math students for thousands of years."