The Academy of Forrest Crossing Online Newsletter: Halloweek 2019

Happy November AOFC families! I am so excited that the temperatures have dropped to the cooler temps outside. This is the time of the year that the kiddos have so much fun spending time on the playground, running around, playing with chalk, gathering leaves, and just playing with their friends! It is so much better then the miserable hot heat! Last week we celebrated Halloween with a huge bang! We had our pumpkin contest with all of our classrooms, and this year they really went all out! It was so much fun hearing the kiddos choose which one they loved the most. We had a scarecrow, turkey, forky, baby shark, olaf, a hamburger and so many other incredible pumpkins! The winner got a pizza party and the winner was... FORKY! Who doesn't love Toy Story! Of course we then had to have our annual teacher Halloween contest! The winner this year was a two time winner and he dressed up as baby shark! We had so many other fun activities going on. Last year we began our first annual Trunk or Treat, so this year we made it even bigger and better. The morning of Halloween was so dreary. It was cold and windy, cloudy and gloomy, and just plain sad looking! We had 19 families signed up to participate this year whereas last year, we had 8. So on the morning of, we had to make a decision to do our Trunk of Treat outside, or have our families use their backup rain plan and move this show inside. We chose inside just to be on the safe side, and boy did it turn out to be the most epic Trunk or Treat ever!!! Our families truly showed up and showed out for this event. They had the most incredible "Trunks" set up and with the last minute location change, they absolutely blew us away. We had everyone set up in our enrichment room area, and a few outside underneath our huge awning. Our kiddos lined up by the class and had their parade around the school, gathering as much candy and small toys as possible. Even our infants had their cribs decorated and got to join in the parade. All of our families had the most fun just seeing everyone all dressed up and excited as ever! After Trunk or Treat, every class had their own Halloween party in which the parents could join in on too. We had an absolute blast with Halloween this year and we could not be more grateful for all of our families who participated and helped to make these littles have such a fun day. With this year being so awesome, next year has some really tough shoes to fill! We hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!