Mole Day is an unofficial holiday that many chemistry teachers and students celebrate on October 23rd each year. The day commemorates 6.02 x 10^23, a basic measuring unit in chemistry.

“It was started in the 1980s worldwide to just bring awareness to chemistry, to get kids interested in taking chemistry. It is dedicated to this counting unit called the mole that we use in chemistry to count,” said Chemistry teacher Theresa Ware.

Some students celebrate the Mole Day festivities with sweet treats.

“Most of them bring some kind of sweet treat or food, and they’ll play off the animal “the mole” which has nothing to do with the chemistry counting unit since it’s the same word. Of course, we adopted that mole as our mascot. There are lots of cookies that look like moles and cakes that look like moles and lots and lots of food that resembles a mole,” said Ware.

Sophomore student, Catherine Sanders, pointed out her favorite part of the Mole Day celebration.

“My favorite part of mole day was getting to see everyone’s flyers and homemade desserts, “ said Sanders.

“Mole started May 15th, 1991 making Mole Day on October 23rd,” said Sanders.

Mrs. Ware explained how students and parents can celebrate Mole Day from the comfort of their own homes.

“At home, you could do a social media post. They still might cook some food or make some sweet treats and just take pictures of them and send them in,” said Ware.

Catherine Sanders added “You can honestly celebrate Mole Day anywhere. There’s not just one specific way to celebrate it.”

Some other fun things you and your family could do for Mole Day include:

-Painting your car windows
-Painting your face like a mole
-Creating Mole Day t-shirts
-Creating Mole Day flags
-Making a stuffed Mole