“You there, off with your head!!”
It only took a few seconds to realize that this place was a walk through Halloween horror.
However, all other attractions aside from the haunted houses at Smithtown High School West’s annual Safe Halloween event were simply the opposite: a walk through a candy-crammed, fun-filled, decked-out Wonderland.
The evening of safe trick-or-treating for young children is an annual joint effort by the extracurricular clubs at West, organized by the Leadership Club and their head honcho, Mr. DeMatteo. The admission ticket to this fun night is not only a cool costume, but also the donation of canned food to help our community.
Among the dozens of clubs who generously donated their time and effort into creating various booths with different activities for the trick-or-treaters to engage in, the most popular seemed to be the “Interactive Candy Land” run by the National Honor Society. Other different activities were the National Media Art Honor Society’s cool green screen, the yummy crêpes and toppings from French Honor Society, and the unique fortune-teller booth set up by the Sophomore Class Council. This year we even had a human dartboard from the Math Honor Society. Penumbra and English Honor Society teamed up to help kids create crafty bookmarks while SADD made a station for cookie decorating. Along with visiting the tables, kids could listen to the distinctive style of the Jazz Band ensemble. These areas were the most crowded, and by the end of the night, the messiest.
Even so, the biggest attractions, as always, were both of the haunted houses. The National Art Honor Society created an “Alice in Horrorland” themed haunted house, which, if nothing else, showcased some killer artwork made by hard working and dedicated student artists. Thankfully we didn’t need to fall in a hole or drink weird potions for this attraction. Positive Edge put together a dark, bloody house in E cafeteria serving three levels of scariness. All three were crowded throughout the three-hour event. Kids expressed fright before entering, but most exited with a smile and a handful of candy. After viewing several reactions, it seems that Positive Edge definitely won the “scare factor.”
“We came last year with all of her [her daughter’s] friends,” stated one mother who brought her daughter, Princess Aurora, to Safe Halloween. “We come here to have fun.”
“This year was definitely high quality,” Mr. Solomon, one of our assistant principals at West replied when asked about Safe Halloween. After seeing all the booths and haunted houses, every student must agree with him. The previous weeks of hard work each club took to create such entertaining and festive booths most certainly paid off. “It’s great to see students help the community,” he adds happily.
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