The 31st of October, otherwise known as “Halloween” by people across the country, is a holiday that stemmed from a Celtic festival celebrating the coming of winter. Nowadays, it has become a day for people to carve pumpkins, dress up, and collect candy from their neighbors and friends, all while reciting the classic line, “Trick-or-Treat!” The event, spread worldwide, has made its way into Science Hill High School, where student clubs and teachers partnered to create a schoolwide Trunk-Or-Treat for the younger kids in Liberty Bell.
The cafeteria tables were cleared out for rows of stands hosted by an assortment of clubs such as the orchestra, dance team, Women in STEM, robotics, and the rest of the clubs who wanted to participate. Their stands, each one of them decorated with a specific theme, held bowls of candy for the children to choose from. Outside at the entrance, a line of families waited to start their night of Trick-or-Treating.
Aside from the stands, most of the students at Science Hill dressed up for the event. The dance team dressed as the well-known Disney Princesses and arranged their stand to look like Cinderella’s Castle; some students even went as far as to dress up as characters from slasher movie classics like Halloween and Scream, parading around the halls with their masks on. Other groups went as M&M’s, Minions, prisoners, doctors, farmers, The Lorax, and anything else one could imagine.
The Science Hill Orchestra ranked first place in a competition of stands by the SHHS PTSA and had the chamber section set up in the middle of the cafeteria to play Halloween songs. They set the mood for an exciting evening of Trick-or-Treating and had some fun while at it. The PTSA also rated some more groups: in second place came Women in STEM, with their table doubling as a smoke bubble lab; in third place was the volleyball team, with their detailed Lorax setup and costumes grabbing the attention of every child who happened to pass by; lastly, in fourth place, the Science Hill FCCLA with a huge cardboard haunted house and members handing out candy from witches’ cauldrons.
According to the principal, Dr. Josh Carter, this year’s Trunk-Or-Treat went better than expected– it was a huge success. Over 1,500 children in little costumes attended the event, filling the often empty halls and cafeteria. Not only was the Trunk-or-Treat an event for younger children, but even the high schoolers went with their friends to get candy and have fun. The teachers dressed up, too, and some even hosted tables themselves. Science Hill did a great job on this year’s festival– here’s to hoping that the next one will be as spooky as the rest!
Some more pictures!
