Halloween

     Halloween was a great celebration at Poly.  All of the preschool, pre-kindergarden, and kindergarden students dressed up in various halloween costumes.  Although there was some variety, there was an overwhelming amount of Spider Men and princesses.  The male teachers had secretly ordered costumes for each other and did not find out what they were until the day of Halloween.  They were good sports about their costumes.  I was fortunate enough to have Sean send me a Queen of Hearts costume.  The students did not know quite who I was, but they loved the costumes.  It was also a big hit with the Korean Teachers (KT's).  They were taking my picture all day long.

My Male Co-Workers!

     The students had a very busy day.  They started the day with a short power point presentation on the background and history of Halloween.  Next, they voted on a face for their jack-o-lantern and the students each took a scoop of pumpkin guts out of the pumpkin.  The teachers worked together to carve the pumpkin (actually, I did not help at all). 

     Throughout the day, the students stayed with their KT's and went to various stations.  The stations included, face painting, a bat craft, halloween game, trick-or-treating (the businesses in our building), and the Haunted House.  Each teacher was assigned a station to work at.  I was lucky and got to be in the haunted house!  The only reason I was picked, was the fact that I was the only one small enough to fit in the coffin. 
     The haunted house was amazing and really scary.  There were four other teachers in the room and we each had a part.  My job was to pop out of the coffin and grab the students.  We had a riot.  We scared the kids so much that some of them cried and it took at least 20 minutes for a student to even enter the haunted house.  Some of the features included: a moving bloody hand, hands grabbing student's feet, and student with their head missing (dressed in the Poly gym uniform).

     The end of the day included a celebration.  The students voted on the best jack-o-lantern of all the classes and a teacher costume contest.  I made it to the last round, but lost to the giraffe.  A few of my students in the elementary program dressed up in costume.  The KT's delivered candy to them, while in class.  It was a great day.