Mars students give teachers their just desserts
Smacked with a snack
Students participate in a pie in the face assembly to celebrate a fundraiser that collected $1,672.04 to benefit the Butler County Humane Society and new school gym equipment at Mars Area Centennial School on Friday, April 24, 2026. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Mars Area Centennial School’s Positive Behavior Intervention Supports student ambassadors sponsored a pie in the face assembly Friday afternoon, April 24.
As part of fundraising efforts, fifth- and sixth-grade students dropped donations into containers featuring the names of teachers who had volunteered to take it on the chin for a good cause.
The fundraiser hit a sweet spot, collecting about $1,672 to be used to benefit the Butler County Humane Society and purchase new playground equipment.
Students participate in a pie in the face assembly to celebrate a fundraiser that collected $1,672.04 to benefit the Butler County Humane Society and new school gym equipment at Mars Area Centennial School on Friday, April 24, 2026. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Students participate in a pie in the face assembly to celebrate a fundraiser that collected $1,672.04 to benefit the Butler County Humane Society and new school gym equipment at Mars Area Centennial School on Friday, April 24, 2026. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Students participate in a pie in the face assembly to celebrate a fundraiser that collected $1,672.04 to benefit the Butler County Humane Society and new school gym equipment at Mars Area Centennial School on Friday, April 24, 2026. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Students play the drums as each teacher is announced to be the subject of a surprise participation in a pie in the face assembly to celebrate a fundraiser that collected $1,672.04 to benefit the Butler County Humane Society and new school gym equipment at Mars Area Centennial School on Friday, April 24, 2026. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Students celebrate teachers getting pied in the face during an assembly to celebrate a fundraiser that collected $1,672.04 to benefit the Butler County Humane Society and new school gym equipment at Mars Area Centennial School on Friday, April 24, 2026. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
A teacher tallies the number of votes for a special teacher to be the subject of a surprise participation in a pie in the face assembly to celebrate a fundraiser that collected $1,672.04 to benefit the Butler County Humane Society and new school gym equipment at Mars Area Centennial School on Friday, April 24, 2026. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Students play patty-cake during an assembly celebrating a fundraiser that collected $1,672.04 to benefit the Butler County Humane Society and new school gym equipment at Mars Area Centennial School on Friday, April 24, 2026. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
