Doing It With Thy Fright on Halloween
From the lively and festive middle school parade to the Upper School’s showstopping skits, this year’s Halloween celebration was full of spellbinding school spirit.
“Halloween has always been my favorite Masters tradition,” Senior class co-president Lucia Lamprecht said. “I love how much spirit everyone always brings to the day, and I love getting to dress up with my friends and seeing everyone's costumes, too.”
Lamprecht, who dressed as Sulley from “Monsters, Inc.,” emceed the special upper school assembly alongside co-president Jamie Milward, who donned a pirate costume. They challenged the upper school community to embrace the theme of movie genres in their costumes and presentations.
The academic departments and class grades took on their assignments with plenty of humor. The Math Department channeled romance movies, and the history faculty paid tribute to musicals. The Center’s nod to Disney packed a punch. PG cartoons were the inspiration for the ninth grade class, tenth graders embraced fantasy movies, juniors represented action films and seniors included a band performance in their skit.
Lamprecht said, “I especially love that the entire Upper School is involved — from the ninth graders to Ms. Danforth, it's an event that brings the entire school together.”
Coming together and having fun was also the goal at the Middle School. Middle school co-chair Julian Atkins ’30, who was dressed as a hot dog, and Eli Goldfine ’30, whose costume was a businessman moose, were excited to start a new tradition for their classmates in the form of three games: the mummy wrap, pass the pumpkin and the cackle off.
“Eli and I have been here since fifth grade, and we've been thinking for a while of doing something special for Halloween,” Atkins explained. “When you have fifth through eighth graders, you want something that appeals to everyone, but also something that's structured enough so that it doesn't get out of control.”
Prior to the festivities, sixth grade students got into the spooky mood with an assignment from Latin teacher Stella Banino, who explained, “We've been learning about Roman monsters and reading original Latin scary stories. Students told their own Halloween stories in Latin, mainly in the form of skits.”
And upper school science teacher Ellie Gales created and published the second annual Halloween zine, “Masters Macabre,” featuring artwork and writing from both divisions.
Atkins’ reflection on his final Halloween as a middle schooler summed up the day perfectly: “This is a great tradition that builds such good community and camaraderie.”
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