Every Halloween, the halls are filled with a showcase of student and staff creativity. This year, we wanted to spotlight a few teachers known for showing their Halloween spirit with creative costumes.
From spooky to humorous, teachers spent weeks, if not months, preparing. Whether it is hand-making their costumes or buying them from a store, our staff knows how to show its creative side.
Ms. Rieger, the ASL teacher, explained her costume. “It’s from a show called ‘Peacemaker,’ so my fiancé is going to be Peacemaker and I am his pet eagle, so I’m dressing up as a bald eagle,” Rieger said.
Senora Campbell chose to keep her costume a secret, but she revealed her thought process. “It’s always kind of scary; it’s never pretty,” she said.
She explained that she loves to see her students’ reactions. “It definitely makes me connect with them,” Campbell said. “Sometimes if it’s a scary costume, I will sit next to them. They don’t know who it is and so I like to jump out and scare them.”
Much like Campbell, many teachers keep their Halloween costumes a secret. History teacher Mr. Duthaler said he wanted his to be a surprise. “It adds a little zest to the costume,” he said.
Without revealing too many details, he explained his inspiration: “It’s somebody everybody knows. It’s kind of the opposite of me, which makes it funny.”
History teacher Mr. Perez explained why he dresses up every year. “I like to dress up. I don’t feel like that many staff dress up so I like to do fun stuff, do goofy stuff,” Perez said. “I like to make the kids laugh and smile when they come to class when they see me dressed up.”
Much like Perez and Campbell, many teachers find students’ reactions to be one of the best parts. Psychology and government teacher Mr. Ramirez said he expected “laughter, maybe joke-making and some shaming” from his students when they saw his rainbow cat costume.
He said dressing up helps him connect with them.
“It’s humanizing,” he said.
