Halloween is one of the most popular holidays among students, yet South treats it like any other day. Unlike Christmas or Thanksgiving, Halloween isn’t accompanied by a large break; all Halloween has is a half day leading into a weekend.
As students get older, Halloween becomes less acknowledged. Lucas Curtis ’27 feels that South has the right to remain a learning environment and doesn’t have to change the school day for an assembly, but South should try to improve its effort towards the holiday.
“I think South could decorate more following, but that’s probably all we can really do,” Curtis said. “There is not that much you can do as a school.”
It is a hard task to form a large program for Halloween, so Curtis believes there is only so much South can do. In Curtis’s dream Halloween scenario, South would do a larger event to celebrate the day.
“I think a fundraiser, like a haunted school, would be cool, where we decorate the building while raising money for the school,” Curtis said.
Some students claim that Halloween is very close to their favorite holiday and are disappointed in how South treats it, like Khloe Mills ’29. Mills thinks that teachers should give Halloween a more special treatment than a normal school week.
“We already have a lot of assignments, Halloween is fun, so we should be having fun the school week before Halloween, like a spirit week,” Mills said.
Different people enjoy different aspects of Halloween; some enjoy horror movies, and others enjoy going through haunted houses. Nate Bejin ’29 enjoys dressing up in Halloween costumes and getting together with friends.
“I think an assembly day would be good, or a costume day would be nice,” Bejin said.
Students at South enjoy Halloween and understand how high school still needs to retain professionalism while teaching their students. Still, they don’t know why South puts less effort into such a popular holiday.
“Halloween is probably number two, right below Christmas,” Mills said.
Curtis believes that South students should definitely be able to participate in Halloween events. Still, he thinks classroom Halloween parties and assemblies are more meant for the younger kids rather than high school students.
“I feel like most people stop (dressing up) around their freshman year,” Curtis said. “They should be allowed to do that as long as it follows the school dress code, and it’s appropriate, then they should 100 percent be able to do that.”
