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Robinwood students raise money, pie the principal
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Spencer, first grader at Robinwood, threw a whipped cream pie at Principal Don Robinson's face on Dec. 22 during the Pie in the Face PTA fundraiser event.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Robinson and Mrs. F. cleaned up after the students finished throwing the whipped cream pies in their faces.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The last student, Isaiah, chose Principal Don Robinwood to pie in the face on live TV to finish the event.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Gavin, a third-grader, threw a pie at Mrs. F.'s face while Robinson watched and laughed.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The students of Robinwood Lane Elementary School had the rare opportunity to pie their principal in the face on Dec. 22. This was a reward for the students hard work while fundraising.
Ten lucky students who helped raise funds for the PTA were picked randomly to throw a whipped cream pie at Robinwood Lane Principal Donald Robinson. The pie tins were filled with whipped cream so that real pie crumbs would not get in Robinson’s nose or eyes.
The students were notified ahead of time about the pie in the face event. It served as an initiative for the students to help raise more money.
“We did a PTA fundraiser to raise money for the school and we put all the names of the kids that participated in the fundraiser in a box and picked ten out,” said Robinson. “It was kind of a pay the piper type thing. We said we would do it, we did it.”
The event was streamed live to the other students in the school. Some of the students helped out the filming by working the cameras.
The students whose names were picked out of the box all stood in a line in preparation to pie their principal. Robinson was not the only option the students had, Mrs. F. volunteered her face to be pied as well.
It was a pretty even split between the two, half of the students chose Robinson while the other half chose Mrs. F.
The students and faculty had a fun time with this event. It was a good way to end the school week with before leaving for winter break. The PTA also benefited from this event by being able to raise money for the school.