For one day and one day only, students paid to pie their teachers in the face. All the money they raised was added to the fund in honor of Cedar Park middle schooler, Lance White, who was diagnosed with T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Student Council raised almost $700 in student donations alone, not including the rest of the district’s collections or the Jeans for a Week. With 24 teachers participating in the pie throwing, Spanish teacher Judy Sandoval came with the most amount of money, a whopping $230.

“I saw it as a way to make money for Lance,” Sandoval said. “I thought the kids would buy into participating if they could throw a pie at me. I do it for the people.”

Sandoval received 32 shaving cream pies to the face, all delivered by a number of her students. Among them was sophomore Chloe Barnes.

“It was really funny and I enjoyed it,” Barnes said. “I think it’s awesome how much she raised. It really shows how much she cares about giving back to others and helping.”

Coming in second place, history teacher Michael Hjort raised almost $80.

“I asked my students to support me and if they minded supporting a clause like that,” Hjort said. “I actually only asked my AP classes and they were very nice and it really did surprise me. On the first day I sent it out I think we raised over $50. I was very pleased and proud of my students.”

Hjort raised enough to receive 10 pies to the face.

“I was hoping for like cherry pie but I got just shaving cream,” Hjort said. “It just fun. I’ve done these things in the past at schools and I think students get a little of their frustration out and they can, have a pie to the face.”

Of the 96 pies thrown that day, resident nurse Jan Carpenter received one like many others.

“I enjoyed it, it was fun,” Carpenter said. “Surprisingly or not, my son is the one who pied me. He bought a pie with extra shaving cream.”

Though the pie throwing was an entertaining event, it was also a way to support Make-A-Wish and a fellow LISD student.

“I’ve been blessed in my life and I want to make sure that others realize they’ve been blessed too, but they can still help in some way,” Sandoval said. “We can’t take away their cancer or whatever they [have], but we can help in our own small way and if that’s giving money and making a wish come true, then let’s do it.”

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