Third grader Skyler Baker throws a pie at sixth grade teacher Keenan Burkley at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The pie throwing event was a reward for students after they collected over 4,000 items to donate to the East High food pantry. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Students at Uintah Elementary School recently met a pre-holidays fundraising goal, and the payoff came Friday when the students had a chance to toss pie in the faces of their principal and other willing teachers and school staff.
The students gathered over 4,000 items for the East High food pantry. As a reward, the Uintah students got have a fun assembly to cap the week. Judging by everyone’s reactions, it was a great day to celebrate a worthy cause.
Deseret News photojournalists shared these photos of the messy party.
Art teacher Samantha Grant laughs after getting a pie thrown in her face at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The pie throwing event was a reward for students after they collected over 4,000 items to donate to the East High food pantry. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Art teacher Samantha Grant talks to first grader Charlie Nielsen before getting a pie thrown in her face at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The pie throwing event was a reward for students after they collected over 4,000 items to donate to the East High food pantry. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Whipped cream drips off sixth grade teacher Keenan Burkley, administrative secretary Annie Crowley and fourth grade teacher Leigh Jennings after they had pies thrown at them by students at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The pie throwing event was a reward for students after they collected over 4,000 items to donate to the East High food pantry. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
First grader Skyler Mamedov reaches for a pie to throw at one of nine teachers, faculty members or staff at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The pie throwing event was a reward for students after they collected over 4,000 items to donate to the East High food pantry. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
First grader Soren Gielow shows her excitement before a group of nine teachers, faculty and staff members get pies thrown in their faces at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The pie throwing event was a reward for students after they collected over 4,000 items to donate to the East High food pantry. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Third grader Skyler Baker throws a pie at sixth grade teacher Keenan Burkley at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The pie throwing event was a reward for students after they collected over 4,000 items to donate to the East High food pantry. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Physical education teacher Will Prettyman talks to students before getting a pie thrown in his face at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The pie throwing event was a reward for students after they collected over 4,000 items to donate to the East High food pantry. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Uintah Elementary sixth graders pose for a photo in front of some of the 4,000-plus items Uintah Elementary students collected to donate to the East High food pantry, at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City. As a reward for their efforts, nine students got to throw pies at teachers, faculty and staff during a school assembly. Pictured in the back are Anastasia Rog, Clementine Lowe, Willa Mould and Morgan Wiesley. In the front row is Cliona Kelly, Rooney Pacific, Hazel Pay, Poppy Lantzy and Isla Mullane. | Annie Crowley
Whipped cream drips off of fourth grade teacher Leah Jennings after she got a pie thrown in her face at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The pie throwing event was a reward for students after they collected over 4,000 items to donate to the East High food pantry. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
First graders Charlie Nielsen and Easton Grass get ready to throw pies at a group of nine teachers, faculty and staff members at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The pie throwing event was a reward for students after they collected over 4,000 items to donate to the East High food pantry. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Students cheer before a group of nine teachers, faculty and staff members get pies thrown in their faces at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The pie throwing event was a reward for students after they collected over 4,000 items to donate to the East High food pantry. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Holden Kasavana cheers before a group of nine teachers, faculty and staff members get pies thrown in their faces at Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. The pie throwing event was a reward for students after they collected over 4,000 items to donate to the East High food pantry. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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