Staff Writer Cheyenne Fiala
Between Stay-U and National Honors Society, the week of Halloween was set up in different ways so that students and teachers could spread kindness, eat some candy, and dress up for Halloween week! Stay-U set up a list of dress up days for this week for the students to have a little bit of fun and celebrate Red Ribbon Week! Stay-U had set up Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday for Red Ribbon Week! Thursday, which was Halloween, was set up by the National Honors Society. Monday was ‘wear red’ for the Scouts, on Tuesday students put a cap on drugs by wearing hats to school. Wednesday was crazy socks and sunglasses day, blocking out the bad influences. Finally, Stay-U also prepared Friday as ‘Jersey Day’, wear your favorite player’s jersey! Wearing a jersey will protect you from the bad drugs and influences. Dress up days are some of the student’s favorite days out of the school year.
Trick or treat! Thursday was set up by the National Honors Society, to allow students to have fun on Halloween day while raising funds and gathering food for the local food pantry! To participate in the dress up day for Halloween students donated either two dollars or two nonperishable canned goods. Helping people is a great way to celebrate Halloween, especially since some kids are not able to participate in dressing up for this holiday. Dressing up for Halloween is for everyone, students and teachers alike. A member of NHS, Senior Catlyn Kratochvil, who is also Secretary, states, “My favorite thing to do in NHS is to dress-up for Halloween for our Scare Away Hunger Campaign!” Catlyn, along with many other students and teachers, reports that this is her favorite time of the year.
NHS and Stay-U do so many amazing things to help out this school, and to have a little bit more freedom with how we dress. Allowing students to dress up for Halloween makes them excited for school, and gives them something to look forward to. NHS has been doing ‘Scare Away Hunger’ for a very long time. The president of NHS, Senior Hannah Gangwish, shares why she enjoys and loves the organization: “I applied to join NHS because I knew that the organization was something I wanted to be a part of. NHS does lots of amazing things for the school and community, and I wanted to be a part of a group that gives back. NHS is also full of some of the most outstanding people in our school, and I wanted to be surrounded by people who do good things and want to make a positive influence in our school and community.” The National Honors Society is a safe, fun place for people to join. Overall, they have been doing this activity for 30+ years and still continue to grant the students fun and helpful activities.
