Halloween SICK OUT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I'm 46 also and went to public school in another state. We definitely dressed up at school. And Halloween parties were fun! Also went trick or treating in the evening.

Agree that Halloween is an important part of US culture and should be allowed to be celebrated in schools (our ES has banned it).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1

Unfortunately, American culture has been much too commercialized. Buy, buy, buy…

[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.

Our middle school allows the kids to come dressed up in their costumes. DD is planning on wearing her costume.

[Anonymous]

Our MS and HS allows student's to wear their costume at school and they still have halloween parties. The ES doesn't, but that didn't stop student's and staff from dressing up, either.

[Anonymous]

It's definitely inconsistent across MCPS it seems. My daughter and her friends are wearing costumes at their HS tomorrow and the SGA is hosting a costume contest. Also this Friday night's football theme is costume. We're in upcounty.

[Anonymous]

I’m 53.

The PTA organized a big Halloween festival every year that was held in the evening.

During school, no one wore costumes, and the closest thing we had to parties was a teacher bringing in her popcorn popper to school to make popcorn that was served in cones of notebook paper we rolled up. Sometimes a teacher would turn off the lights and read ghost stories by flashlight, but there was also a movie about a witch who made magical blueberry pancakes that made the eater happy that I think we watched every year.

So if you want to celebrate Halloween the traditional way (according to my culture), serve popcorn in paper cones and bring the old reel to reel projectors out of storage to watch a movie whose idea of special effects was large colored circles indicating happiness.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kkDmt8YsZN4

[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...

Thank you! I work at one of these and it’s weird that people don’t believe us.

[Anonymous]

I want to make sure I understand- you are an adult who works primarily with other adults and you want to wear a costume today in your professional setting?

[Anonymous]

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

Neither does the other 8 months where we celebrate and recognize every possible cultural except our own.

[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...

Then why aren't the parents organizing?

Because we don't care.

[Anonymous]

It’s true they don’t allow celebrating in some elementary school and tell kids and teachers not to wear costumes. In the past they have tried to do something for “fall” around this time. But out in supposedly “progressive” California they still have Halloween activities in school. This area just outdoes itself in terms of politically correctness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s true they don’t allow celebrating in some elementary school and tell kids and teachers not to wear costumes. In the past they have tried to do something for “fall” around this time. But out in supposedly “progressive” California they still have Halloween activities in school. This area just outdoes itself in terms of politically correctness.

Yes, we kowtow to the religious extremists who think Halloween is satanic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our MS and HS allows student's to wear their costume at school and they still have halloween parties. The ES doesn't, but that didn't stop student's and staff from dressing up, either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our MS and HS allows student's to wear their costume at school and they still have halloween parties. The ES doesn't, but that didn't stop student's and staff from dressing up, either.

Just curious to know if this is in the DC area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 53.

The PTA organized a big Halloween festival every year that was held in the evening.

During school, no one wore costumes, and the closest thing we had to parties was a teacher bringing in her popcorn popper to school to make popcorn that was served in cones of notebook paper we rolled up. Sometimes a teacher would turn off the lights and read ghost stories by flashlight, but there was also a movie about a witch who made magical blueberry pancakes that made the eater happy that I think we watched every year.

So if you want to celebrate Halloween the traditional way (according to my culture), serve popcorn in paper cones and bring the old reel to reel projectors out of storage to watch a movie whose idea of special effects was large colored circles indicating happiness.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kkDmt8YsZN4

Oh wow----I remember being shown this in elementary school in the 70s. Thanks for sharing it.