EXETER – Halloween came a few days early when Wyoming Area Catholic (WAC) held its first-ever Trunk or Treat. And the festivities didn’t stop in the parking lot as the eighth-grade class hosted a haunted house in the school’s gym.
“Myself and the vice president Allison Stanchak thought it be a nice idea to have a whole school function; bring all the families in, do the Trunk or Treat and the eighth grade is sponsoring a haunted house,” said Lisa Pribula, WAC PTO president.
“We are collecting canned goods at the haunted house through the Builders Club that is going to a local food bank,” Pribula said. “It’s just a family atmosphere here and we wanted to bring all the families out for a fun night to enjoy Halloween.”
“We always have a Halloween event and it’s usually the eighth-grade haunted house, which is still going on,” WAC Principal Eileen Rishcoff said. “Instead of a dance, we replaced it with a Trunk or Treat. I think we will do this next year.”
The trunks of dozen SUV vehicles were adorned in Halloween décor as children marched from one vehicle to the next, following the parking lot layout map designed by Rishcoff.
According to Richcoff, trunk participants did not need to bring candy because the school had provided the sweet treats, although many brought along their own treats to hand out in addition to the school’s candy.
“We are here because my daughter Addison is in pre-K and I think it’s wonderful that the school gets involved,” Marie Kaspriski said. “I think Trunk or Treat events are wonderful and it’s great to get the kids all out and it’s safe.”
In the school’s gym, students got to scare people walking through the haunted house.
Eighth-graders Vincent Concardi and Jaden Exter worked on their Halloween scary display of a butler (Exter) serving a head (Concardi) on a platter.
“We came up with the idea as a class and we split into groups and bought what we thought would look nice and we built it,” Concardi said.
Marissa Miller and Talia Lasota, both eighth-grade students, created a lifeboat scenario where Lasota went “overboard” and Miller had to save her from drowning.
“The eighth-graders do this every year and our school has the eighth-graders do so much it makes me love coming here every day,” Miller said. “I’ve been looking forward to doing this since first grade; this is so awesome.”
