Congratulations to PIE Bowl Winners

PIE Bowl 2017

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Partners In Education, congratulations to the winners of the 19th Annual (and final – at the Strike Zone!) PIE Bowl and thank you to everyone who participated and volunteered to make this such a successful fundraising event!

Be sure and visit our Facebook page to see the photos of the creative, imaginative group of people who work at Craven County Schools!

Thank you to Mark Gatlin at Strike Zone for his hard work and First Citizens and Century 21 Zaytoun Raines for bowling with us (generous spirits!). Thank you to our many sponsors who support this event, and the many local businesses who donated (what felt like millions!) of door prizes. And most close to my heart, thank you to the many volunteers (PIE Board members and our school Ambassadors) who work so hard on this event, getting the fabulous door prizes we hand out, organizing teams, and making it so much fun on the day of PIE Bowl.

Everyone showed up in their best costumes, displayed their best team spirit, and won the hearts of the judges.  The decisions were hard, but the final winners are:

PIE Bowl Winners 2017

School with the Most Teams Entered and Winner of the PIE Bowl Trophy:

Vanceboro Farm Life Elementary – nine lanes – $200

Best Bowlers:

First Place:  H.J. MacDonald Middle – PIE Bowl Buzzer Beaters – $200 – 1,253 pins

Second Place:  New Bern High – King Pins – $150 – 1,176 pins

Third Place:  Tucker Creek Middle – HipPIES – $100 – 1,104 pins

9am:

Best Team Name: Tie

A.H. Bangert Elementary – Lucy in the PIE with Diamonds – $100

Creekside Elementary – The PIE-Rice is Right – $100

Best Team Spirit: Tie

H.J. MacDonald Middle – PIE Bowl Buzzer Beaters, Zombies of the A-PIE-calypse, PIE-ning for Summer – $100

Ben D. Quinn – Ben D. Bowlers – $100

Best Team Costume:

New Bern High – King Pins – $100

11:00 am:

Best Team Name: Tie

Roger Bell Elementary – PIE Squared- $100

Bridgeton Elementary – Lula Rollers- $100

Best Team Spirit: Tie

Vanceboro Farm Life Elementary – VFL Battle of the Books Champs – $100

Vanceboro Farm Life Elementary – G.I. PIE- $100

Best Team Costume: Tie

Vanceboro Farm Life Elementary – PIE Divers – $100

West Craven Middle – Gutter Done – $100

Again, congratulations to our winners and thank you for making the 19th Annual PIE Bowl the best yet!

There is a saying that a teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart.  Through our community partnerships, PIE continues to support our educators at Craven County Schools.

All proceeds from PIE Bowl benefit Partners In Education, the school districts’ local education foundation.  PIE is committed to enhancing the educational experience of the educators and students in Craven County Schools through classroom grants and programs.

Submitted by: Darlene Brown, Executive Director, Craven Partners In Education