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By Laura MacInnis

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Samantha MacLean, Grade 5, toilet papers teaching assistant Ellen Scott.

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Harkins Elementary school staff gets silly stringed by students who raised money for the Terry Fox run. Logan Sheasgreen, Grade 2, picked Nancy Hambrook to unleash his can on.

Grade 5 teacher Suzanne Trevor is a good sport as Mitchell McKinley, Grade 5, tapes her up during the Terry Fox celebration.

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Anyone raising $50 or more had their name put in a ballot to tape up a staff member. The first thing Grade 5 student Dylan Doyle did was tape Anne LaBerge's mouth shut.

Grade 1 student Molly Hutchison is enjoying the anxious moments before hitting assistant Donna Belanger with a pie. Hutchison raised over $100.

Natassja Dedam, Grade 5, raised over $100 on her own for the Terry Fox run. Her reward? Getting to hit her teacher Rheal Fournier in the face with a cream pie.

Gym teacher Ryann Flynn gets a pie in the face.

Vice princpal and music teacher Krista Hutchison promised to kiss a "creature" if the children raised $3000 for the Terry Fox Run. Staff brought out a giant fish after announcing the kids surpassed their goal.

Teachers and staff at Harkins Elementary School were toilet papered, silly stringed, taped to their chairs, and "pied" by some lucky students Oct. 3.

At an assembly held Friday afternoon, kids got some time away from their studies to have a party in celebration of raising more than $3000 for the Terry Fox Run.

Their total count was $3046.05 — the most the school has ever raised.

"That's pretty amazing when you think our student population is actually declining," said principal Mary Ann Barrieau.

Anyone who helped raise pledges had their name put in a special ballot. Raising any money got students a chance to toilet paper a staff member. For $25 they got a chance to silly string an adult and for $50 they got a ballot for a chance to tape a teacher to a chair.

Grade 1 student Molly Hutchison raised over $100 for the charity.

"My grandmother gave me money and my other grandmother gave me money. And my aunt gave me money. And I took some out of my piggy bank."

She said she really wanted to raise the hundred dollars in hopes of getting to hit one of her teachers in the face with a pie. She and two other students got that top prize. Students cheered as their favourite teachers got a mouth and eye full of whipped cream.

Barrieu said in the past the school has gone to local businesses asking for prizes to give out to the hard working students, but this year they decided to have some fun.

"Kids have been telling me this was the best day ever," she said.

And every staff member agreed to participate.

"I told them they better come dressed prepared for anything," Barrieau laughed.

And the teachers got involved in other ways, too. As a reward for hitting their halfway point of $1500, gym teacher Ryan Flynn and music teacher Krista Hutchison agreed to switch classes for the day.

"I did some square dancing with the kids," said Hutchison. "I actually had to go and buy sneakers. And Mr. Flynn is not exactly musically talented."

Besides being gym teacher for the day Hutchison agreed to kiss an unknown "creature" if the students met their final goal. The "creature" turned out to be a large fish.