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Kids, candy, and costumes oh my! Monsters, animals, ovember.” The catacombs was a short maze of bones and an
princesses, and superheroes took over Ralston High School on Eiffel Tower made by French Club. Key Club had a mad
Sweet Treat Night. Doors, graveyard, Day of the Dead, Alice in scientist's lab where kids reached into guts to get candy and the
Wonderland, mad scientist, catacombs, villains, a haunted volunteers played with fire.
house and Nemo all showed up in the rooms. From the rooms The kids braved a scary maze made by DECA and received a
to the costumes you could tell from the beginning that it would lesson in villains 101 by the Book Club. “ As the night got darker,
be a wonderful night. The variety of costumes was super. You the room got darker which brought out more villains,” Dakota
would see a ladybug one minute then Dorothy the next. Among Caldarelli stated. The kids crowded the halls normally filled with
students favorite costumes were: Olaf, Snow White, a monkey, teenagers. A bounce house in the gym for kids let them let get rid
a duck, Dorothy, a lamb and even a deviled egg. of some energy they got from their candy and a coin toss just up
The front doors were rarely empty as the night went on. Art the stairs for them too. The bounce house’s line got longer and
Club chose doors as their theme. Someone opened a door at the more crowded than the front when they let the children and
end of a short tunnel with they repeated “open, close” parents in. Kids smiled and laughed throughout the night and
throughout the night. Colorful skulls and bright, paper flowers looked like they had fun. Sweet Treat Night ended up a success
filled Spanish Club’s night. “Dia de los Muertos was a perfect and you could tell because a few times some clubs went for more
theme, the timing is just right.” Mrs.Honke. “Halloween is the candy.
end of October and Day of the Dead is in the beginning of