Ty Eckhart, left, gears up to throw a pie in teacher Chris Kimmel’s face at the Pie Assembly in the gym of S.S. Palmer Elementary School. This year, the students of S.S. Palmer Elementary School reached $10,001 for field trips and other activities. The students who raised the most for the PTO drive were given the honor of pieing their teachers. DANIELLE DERRICKSON/TIMES NEWS

RIGHT: Autumn and Henry Lang throw pies in teachers’ faces at the Pie Assembly in the gym of S.S. Palmer Elementary School.

S.S. Palmer Elementary School teachers, from left, Butch Acierno, Elizabeth Karb, Pam Andrews, Brianna Bush and Miranda Brown sit in the middle of S.S. Palmer Elementary School with cream-covered faces during the Pie Assembly. This year, the students of S.S. Palmer Elementary School reached $10,001 for field trips and other activities. The students who raised the most for the PTO drive were given the honor of pieing their teachers. DANIELLE DERRICKSON/TIMES NEWS