Halloween SICK OUT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think this is true. I have FB friends who are MCPS elementary school teachers who post pictures of their Halloween outfits they were to school.

The teachers at our MCPS elementary have great costumes! And every class does a party. They just don’t call it Halloween, it’s the fall party. Which is fine.

[Anonymous]

Name the schools! I don't believe you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think this is true. I have FB friends who are MCPS elementary school teachers who post pictures of their Halloween outfits they were to school.

+1 every year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your school refuses to celebrate Halloween because students in the school believe it's a satanic holiday, then I say we should call a massive sick out, tomorrow and every year that our culture is being blatantly disrespected and remains undefended. We bend over backwards to make sure MCPS is all about inclusion yet when our own culture is wrongly accused of satanism we just say, "You're entitled to your opinion" instead of educating them that NO, Halloween is NOT about satanism. Why is that okay?

Halloween is a part of American culture. It is NOT satanic. As an employee of MCPS I'm not even allowed to wear so much as a Dr Seuss hat to celebrate my own cultural tradition. That is BS. I'm calling in sick in revolt!! Please join me!

You put this on NextDoor a month ago Troll

You are sick

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which MCPS school is not celebrating Halloween? Our elementary has a parade every year. Middle and high school teachers sometimes hand out candy and include Halloween themes in the day's activities, but not always.

But the reality, OP, is that Halloween starts AT DUSK on the Oct 31st. The original, Celtic belief is that the spirit world and the human world are so close that night, that people and spirits can cross over. Which is why you have ghosts and goblins walking about, which is why humans disguise themselves, both to evade malicious attacks and to prank other humans.

So you really don't have a leg to stand on, because Halloween isn't happening during the day.

Oh wow, many many elementaries do not allow it, including mine. I’m not the OP. We’re discouraged from even reading any books aloud about it.

+5 the majority of the down country elementaries are very very restricted for Halloween and yes tell teachers no hat, books, anything Halloween actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Name the schools! I don't believe you.

Rock Creek forest, Rock view, Oakland terrace, highland, rosemary hills, woodlin, takoma, ESS, highland view, sligo creek, glen haven...

[Anonymous]

Nah. I'm annoyed that Halloween has turned into a month-long thing. I'd be fine if we went back to the days of trick-or-treating for an hour, having a couple pumpkins on the porch as decoration and that's the whole thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Halloween is in the evening.
Yes it’s cultural but has nothing to do with education.
Keep them separate.

That's not the tradition. In our culture we dress up for school, kids and teachers. We have parades and parties. That's American culture.

I’m 46 - we did not dress up at school and if there was a Halloween party during the day I don’t remember it. The American Halloween experience is trick or treating in the evening. It’s distracting during the school day and so many kids are left out for so many reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Name the schools! I don't believe you.

Rock Creek forest, Rock view, Oakland terrace, highland, rosemary hills, woodlin, takoma, ESS, highland view, sligo creek, glen haven...

I've had kids at two of the schools on that list and they absolutely had celebrations that allowed kids to dress up. No, it was not "Halloween" but they did wear costumes and the OP would have been very welcome to wear their Dr. Seuss hat.

[Anonymous]

Oh wow. That’s so sad. My kids MCPS elem school definitely celebrates. We have a parade and then class parties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which MCPS school is not celebrating Halloween? Our elementary has a parade every year. Middle and high school teachers sometimes hand out candy and include Halloween themes in the day's activities, but not always.

But the reality, OP, is that Halloween starts AT DUSK on the Oct 31st. The original, Celtic belief is that the spirit world and the human world are so close that night, that people and spirits can cross over. Which is why you have ghosts and goblins walking about, which is why humans disguise themselves, both to evade malicious attacks and to prank other humans.

So you really don't have a leg to stand on, because Halloween isn't happening during the day.

Oh wow, many many elementaries do not allow it, including mine. I’m not the OP. We’re discouraged from even reading any books aloud about it.

We’re not even allowed to THINK about it!

[Anonymous]

Our school does class parties for Halloween and Valentine’s Day. We also do a winter singalong with Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanza songs. I can’t believe some schools do nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Name the schools! I don't believe you.

Rock Creek forest, Rock view, Oakland terrace, highland, rosemary hills, woodlin, takoma, ESS, highland view, sligo creek, glen haven...

I teach at one of these schools. 2019 was our last year celebrating Halloween at school. It is sad. Ironically, my kids in a different cluster always had parties and parades in elementary. They’re in HS now and absolutely allowed to dress up at school tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Name the schools! I don't believe you.

Rock Creek forest, Rock view, Oakland terrace, highland, rosemary hills, woodlin, takoma, ESS, highland view, sligo creek, glen haven...

I teach at one of these schools. 2019 was our last year celebrating Halloween at school. It is sad. Ironically, my kids in a different cluster always had parties and parades in elementary. They’re in HS now and absolutely allowed to dress up at school tomorrow.

I teach at one of these schools as well. I remember the days of Halloween parties, costumes and a parade outside around the field. We now have a “Fall Celebration.” Students are encouraged to wear their favorite “fall” shirt. I know there are several schools that still celebrate Halloween with themed activities, costumes, parades, etc. I think all MCPS schools should have the same policy and expectations for their schools and communities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which MCPS school is not celebrating Halloween? Our elementary has a parade every year. Middle and high school teachers sometimes hand out candy and include Halloween themes in the day's activities, but not always.

But the reality, OP, is that Halloween starts AT DUSK on the Oct 31st. The original, Celtic belief is that the spirit world and the human world are so close that night, that people and spirits can cross over. Which is why you have ghosts and goblins walking about, which is why humans disguise themselves, both to evade malicious attacks and to prank other humans.

So you really don't have a leg to stand on, because Halloween isn't happening during the day.

Oh wow, many many elementaries do not allow it, including mine. I’m not the OP. We’re discouraged from even reading any books aloud about it.

+5 the majority of the down country elementaries are very very restricted for Halloween and yes tell teachers no hat, books, anything Halloween actually.

I don't believe you. Bethesda Elementary and all the schools in that area celebrate Halloween.