The Spirit of Halloween Summons VP

Halloween always marks festive fall colours mixed with warm pumpkin spices, outrageous costumes, and stealing your siblings’ trick-or-treat loot. Although VP didn’t take its students to a trick-or-treating fiesta, it did host many activities to bring those eerie vibes. VP celebrated Halloween in its way with SLC and Oxfam having organized a series of unforgettable activities. To spur the VP spirit, SLC organized seven days of Hallows’ Eve fun:

Movie Day (Monday)

Students were decked out in their coziest pajamas to start Hallo-week. Some students even brought their stuffy friends to make pajama day the real deal. After school, SLC hosted a movie night by playing Coraline. It was a great turnout, with laughter and the smell of popcorn wafting through the air!

Haunted SLC Office (Tuesday)

The hallways were filled with scarlet and gold as students wore school colours for Day 2 of the Hallo week. Throughout the day, people of the student body showed off their VP spirit through the school merch. During lunch, students were tested to see if they could escape the Haunted SLC Office!

Pumpkin Painting Contest (Wednesday)

To start Day 3 of the Hallo-week, students put an effort to razz each other up by dressing as their type! During lunch, students came together in the courtyard in four groups to paint their spooky, unique pumpkins for the Pumpkin Painting Contest. Pumpkin pictures were posted on Instagram, and the one with the most likes won.

Halloween Dance (Friday)

The Halloween dance was brilliant, with many events keeping the students entertained, such as collaborating during a Mummifying competition and a grand musical chair competition. Students also danced their hearts out, wearing glow-in-the-dark bracelets and singing their favourite tunes. Whether you were thrown around by the crowd or tired your legs from jump roping, the Halloween dance was a big hit for everyone.

Fashion Show (Tuesday)

For the last day of Hallo-week, face-painting sessions and a fashion show were prepared to show off the unique and sophisticated costumes worn by VP students! The day was filled with vibrant colours and art as students dressed according to the final spirit week theme, which was to wear their Halloween costumes/cosplays.

During lunch each day, SLC and MEDLIFE hosted a Halloween Bingo! Students played daily to win a goody bag or a $15 gift card. Additionally, students participated in the spirit days and entered into a draw for a daily prize! The spirit week hosted by SLC and Oxfam was a great success in bringing in the Halloween spirit at VP! Students prepared to show off their VP spirit through the Spirit Week themes for each day (from October 23 to October 30) and by participating in activities hosted for each day (pumpkin painting contest, fashion show, etc). For Halloween, SLC and Oxfam delivered a spectacular, outstanding and thrilling Hallo-week full of treats and no tricks!