Spook-Tacular Halloween Festivities in Elwood

Students in the Elwood Union Free School District got into the Halloween spirit on Friday with various activities and celebrations, including costume parades, fishing for apples, pumpkin decorating and more.

The day’s activities kicked off at 8:30 a.m., when members of the community gathered to watch students at James H. Boyd Intermediate School parade outside on the field in their Halloween costumes. Led by the Boyd student band, parents and friends waved as students, faculty and staff members made their way around the assembled circle of onlookers.
Students at Harley Avenue also demonstrated their holiday spirit with a costume parade followed by a morning of fun fall activities at the PTA-sponsored Harley Harvest Festival. Among the holiday activities, Harley students tried their hand at stuffing a scarecrow, a beanbag toss, fishing for apples, bowling with candy corn pins and a hula-hoop ring toss.

At the end of the festival, students brought home personally decorated pumpkins they selected from the Harley pumpkin patch and other crafts they made during the day.

Story by Syntax, Photos courtesy of the Elwood Union Free School District