Watch out for an evening filled with fun and frights, Oct. 29, the night of the senior Haunted House and Pumpkin Patch. The festivities will include booths for games with prizes and pumpkins for the younger crowd and a senior class run haunted house for the older students.
“I think we’re going to try to have more music playing and have more emphasis on the activities for children so it’s not just all haunted house,” senior class vice president Maureen Barry said. “It’s more of a whole family event rather than just the kids from South.”
The event is scheduled for 5p.m. to 9 p.m. that Saturday. The Haunted House is run entirely by senior class volunteers.
“We literally have to do everything, there are no teachers involved,” senior class secretary Nicole Reddick said. “So we put everything together.”
The seniors are responsible for collecting props, costumes, decorations and anything else they may need for their particular room of the house.
“A lot of the seniors will help run it and make decisions, make sure everything goes smoothly,” senior class president Brandon Jenkins said.
The haunted house is a great opportunity for the seniors to showcase their leadership abilities.
“We’re dividing all the rooms up,” Barry said. “Different seniors will go into groups and they’ll be delegated a room so they’ll be in charge of it.”
In addition to being a fun opportunity for service hours for the senior volunteers, the Haunted House is a fundraiser for Project Graduation. Admission price will be announced for the event.
“Hopefully we’ll have a lot of support,” Jenkins said. “I feel like our senior class is a good one and they want to be involved and have fun with it.”