DOHA: Qatar Leadership Academy’s Math Department celebrated its 7th Annual Pi Day on March 14 with enthusiasm and the full support of school administration and other departments.
All teachers and student-participants wore a Pi Day t-shirt to get into the spirit of the day. The day started with the human formation of the Pi symbol with the participation of the whole school. The venue of the event was decorated for the occasion displaying artwork done by QLA’s students.
This year, Qatar Leadership Academy, member of Qatar Foundation, welcomed: Nord-Angilla Al Khor, Qatar Academy – Doha, AKIS (BS), EMS Al Khor and AKIS (CBSE) to be a part of this event. After the arrival of the guests, students took part in different icebreaker activities, which gave all of them an opportunity to interact and collaborate with students from other schools.
Following that, the Math Jeopardy and Visual Arts competitions took place. The Visual Arts competition comprised of all the teams making posters based on the Pi Day theme. The Math Jeopardies ran parallel to the art competition. QLA lifted the trophy of the Art Poster making competition.
AKIS (BS) won the grades 7-8 math jeopardy as well as the grades 9-10 math Jeopardy competition. Apple pies were served to all the students, guests and teachers for a tasting, which embodied the connection of math with real life.
The activities designed for Pi day were meant to create a motivating environment for math and generate a curiosity among the students about the letter Pi and Math at large. The Math Department at QLA hopes to continue this celebration in the future with greater interest and more involvement from other schools throughout Qatar.
