Fourth-grade teacher Joe Lang takes a shot of Silly String to the face from his student Olivia Sikora at Trinity North Elementary School Thursday. Students had the opportunity to silly string their teachers after exceeding their goal of reading 7,700 books in one month. The students read 8,140 books.

Third-grader Marco Veltri sprays teacher Deanna Kelley-Ferguson during a school assembly while classmates cheer him on.

Third-grader Caroline Miller was the grand-prize winner of the Silly String assembly and had the opportunity to spray Silly String on her principal, Dr. Beth Tully.

Trinity North Elementary School music teacher Lisa Jutkins decided to surrender to the Silly String as third-grader Lyndsay Berry shows no mercy.

North Trinity Elementary School third-grader Gavin Yackuboskey readies his Silly String to spray his teacher. The Washington Wild Things’ mascot was a special guest during the assembly.