The piercing shrill that could be heard from Errington elementary’s parking lot told the story that something was going down inside the school gym.
It’s said that revenge is a dish best served cold and there was nothing sweeter than what the kids were plating up for their teachers Friday afternoon at the south Richmond school.
To the screams of the students packed into the gym, cream, chocolate sauce, marshmallows and sprinkles were “lovingly” layered onto the foil plates.
In the run-up to the charity event, each class had been raising money for the Terry Fox Foundation and each time a class raised $100, the teacher was to get a pie in the face from a student.
If the total raised hit the $1,500 mark, school principal Mike Murray, dressed in a bright yellow Fisherman Fred jacket, was getting three pies in the face and a bonus three pies for every $500 thereafter.
And teacher/librarian Scott Jackson, AKA Goldilocks, pledged to have his two and half years of long, blonde hair snipped off for Wigs for Kids if the money raised breached $2,000.
Talk about motivation.
As it happens, the teachers — many of whom got into the spirit with fancy dress, including one wearing a crash helmet and Go-Pro camera — got the pie-facing of their lives.
There were soft pies, shy pies, pies with a bit of purpose and, dare I say, quite a few with multiple detentions baked into them.
The principal was in line for nine pies, but was given a reprieve for one of them, which was diverted to the face of a teacher of the audience’s choice.
“We haven’t done anything like this in all my time here,” said Jackson, a few minutes before five students and his mom, Elaine, took turns at snipping off his pigtails to the soundtrack from his favourite movie, Star Wars.
“Now I recognize my son,” smiled Elaine, as a lighter Jackson revealed his new look.
In the end, $2,660 was raised for the cause.
