We've Got Spirit, Yes We Do!

Halloween at a middle school could be a crazy day.  Or a crazy week.  Students seem to be under the impression that we should be throwing a party (we don't) or that they should be allowed to wear crazy costumes (they aren't). So, we figured, why not make every day of Halloween week a dress-up day?  It's all the fun of Halloween without the dress code violations!

Monday was Lazy Day, where students were supposed to wear comfy clothes - you know, sweat pants, t-shirts, hoodies, etc.  It turns out that students wear that kind of thing on a normal day, so taking pictures of that spirit day seemed sort of irrelevant.  That day, you couldn't tell who was dressed according to that day's theme and who simply forgot that Monday was even a spirit day.  Oh, well.

Tuesday was Red Carpet Day, where students were asked to dress up as their favorite celebrity or dress up as if they were attending a Red Carpet event.

These students just dressed up as the red carpet.  How creative!

Mrs. Mac wears a different Prom dress or bridesmaid's dress each year!

Walking on the Red Carpet.

These stars read, "I don't need to dress up because I'm already a star."

As the ever-popular movie Mean Girls states, "On Wednesdays, we wear Pink."  And indeed, we did!

Thursday was Teacher/Student swap day, where students were supposed to dress up like a teacher and teachers were supposed to dress like students.

And Friday was Sports Day!

Thanks to everybody who participated!

Trick-or-Treat!

What better way to spend Halloween than by trick-or-treating for canned goods for the Food Bank of Lincoln?

Last week, we delivered bags to every house in the Fallbrook neighborhood, and today, our fantastic student and staff volunteers walked (or drove) around the neighborhood to collect the bags.

It took a little bit of time to get organized:

But soon, we were on our way!

We traveled in pairs and dropped off the bags of donated goods into trucks, driven by some of our teachers, which followed each group around the neighborhood.

Though it was a lot of walking and lifting, students appeared to be having fun along the way!

Before we knew it, all bags had been collected, and it was time to return to school to unload them.

After all that work, we are proud to announce that we collected 1,029 pounds of food for the Food Bank of Lincoln!

We are grateful to all students and staff who helped us with this event, and we are especially grateful for the generosity of the Fallbrook residents who kindly donated to this great cause!