(Late) Halloween Without a Hitch

Tracey Hensz was pumped.

The principal had just walked in from the school's second Halloween parade on Friday afternoon. And she couldn't have been happier about the participation she saw.

"We had a great parent turnout and every kid wore their costume," said Hensz, who was Little Red Riding Hood on the back of the Big Bad Wolf. "It was just like a regular Halloween."

Except it wasn't.

Snowstorms forced Hopatcong's schools closed from Monday through Thursday. The problem: the school's Halloween parade was scheduled for Monday.

So on Monday, Hensz sent a message to the school's parents: The Halloween parade will take place the first day we're back.

And that was Friday, where almost a combined 300 children and about 100 parents participated in split morning and afternoon parades.

Dominik Mayorga, a first-grader in Cindi Parello's class, said he had a great time.

"Every girl I saw was screaming at me!" said Mayorga, who was dressed as a werewolf.

First-grader Jason Morton was a police officer. He was happy because he "got to see my mom my grandma and my brother," he said.

also hosted its Halloween parade.