Kindergarten, the simple times: dedicated nap time, simple art projects, and the best of all, one whole day off to celebrate Christmas, Thanksgiving, heck even St. Patrick’s Day.
But personally, my favorite was the time we spent celebrating The Great Hollows Eve, or better known as Halloween.
The best part of it was showing off the costume that was bought a few days before from the overpriced Spirit Halloween.
Where did that all go? Now, it’s just small decorations on the walls and some hanging bats in the window.
Did Halloween lose its touch? Did we just grow up and become high schoolers? What the heck happened?
Roger Allen, the principal of DPHS, said, “Last year, I did think that students would dress up more. There certainly was, but a lot less than years prior.”
Though there wasn’t as much student involvement in 2024, there was a lot of staff participation, Mr. Allen said.
In the past, there was a dedicated dance to wearing costumes and participating in a competition for the best costume. But since homecoming was so early this year, the Masquerade dance won’t happen.
There had been a significantly greater amount of student involvement in prior years, said Mr. Allen. So then it’s not that we became high schoolers because high schoolers in the past have done more for the Halloween spirit.
Maybe Halloween is becoming less popular? No, there are still lots of countries that widely celebrate Halloween as a holiday.
Maybe now it’s that people don’t care. And it’s hard to find out why.
The question is, should students wear their Halloween costumes to school on Thursday, Oct. 30? Though it is not forced, it is totally advised to do so.
There haven’t been any issues with the costumes in the past, said Mr. Allen, but they must follow the dress code.
For example, no profanity or advertisements of illegal things.
Also, don’t wear masks or heavy face paint for the necessity of staff being able to identify you.
Fake weapons are also not allowed to be brought onto school grounds.
It is advised not to wear any big blow-up costumes to not to be a distraction in the classroom.
Whatever costume students decide to wear, be creative.
“We always want creativity here at De Pere High School,” said Mr. Allen.
