KES Haunted House

I am happy to report that the KES Haunted House was a success! We were so impressed with how our students came together to put on such a big event. They made almost every decoration and set pretty much everything up themselves. Hallowe'en night we had a good turnout of volunteers and their performances got lots of screams. We also had some help from Jordan and Allyson (new grade 2 teachers) setting up and running the event.

We spent the day before Hallowe'en finishing masks and decorations...

... and setting up my classroom as the haunted house.

Our students hung tarps to make temporary walls.

They also built lattices to hang cobwebs and lights from.

Kyra painting our mask wall.

Chriselle making decorations.

We had so many great masks!

So many horns and teeth!

Our completed mask wall. The holes are for people wearing masks.

Because everything was set up the day before, we were able to have a class party on Hallowe'en. We watched Coraline, put the final touches on our decorations and ate LOTS of munchies. 

Playing Smash Bros

So much junk food gone in an instant.

Every student who wanted to perform in the haunted house needed to get a permission slip signed by their parents.This is what Willie brought us. And yes, that is a tiny piece of an actual permission slip.

The haunted house was open Hallowe'en night from 7-9. Unlike last year we had plenty of enthusiastic volunteers show up to scare our guests. We dressed up Ender as a demon to lead anyone brave enough through the haunted house. Inside, masks came to life, a crazed widow (Jordan) offered her husband's eye balls, his guts, and candy, and a mad gorilla chased our guests back out again.

Do Not Enter

Boo!

Jordan, Ender and the students from the last shift.

Kookum out for candy!

The kids were all so positive, giving high fives all around and congratulating each other on a job well done. We raised close to $300 in just 2 hours. We’ll be able to buy some really great graphic novels and comics for our class which will be donated to the library when we leave. Hopefully we can set up a relationship with one of the comic stores in Winnipeg and get subscriptions sent to the school.

Happy Hallowe'en!