Ivy Hill Halloween - Fri, Oct. 31

K-5 parade will be at approximately 1:45 PM. Classroom parties will be immediately following the parade.

Your cooperation to our times and procedures will provide an organized event and account for the safety of all our students. We appreciate your support!

Please use the link above to let us know your plans for the day.

🎃 Keep it Spooky, Not Scary: We ask for your partnership in choosing school appropriate costumes that have no sharp objects, weapons, blood, gore, etc. It's okay to look "spooky," but nothing gruesome or violent.

👩🏻‍🎤 Masks and Makeup: Students are able to wear make-up and masks (non-latex), as long as it does not interfere with their vision and walking. Students changing at school may apply make-up that can be done independently.

🧥 Safe Costumes: Make sure your child’s costume doesn’t have anything hanging below the wrist or ankle to avoid tripping or getting things caught. Also, please be aware of inflatable costumes and your child’s ability to move around safely in the parade, classroom, and participate in the party. Sometimes these types of costumes cause students to have a difficult time.

🚫 No Weapons: Please don’t include any toy weapons in the costume.

🕐 When should my child wear her/his costume to school: All students wear their costumes after lunch.

🍬 We do NOT allow students to bring any food items for our celebrations. We focus our classroom parties by celebrating together through games, crafts, and activities.

🏠 Yes. A digital permission slip form is linked above. Please complete the form indicating if your child will be going home. If advanced notice is not provided, parents must come into the building and sign out their child to go home for lunch. Students will be dismissed at 11:50 AM in the following manner:

• Students with the last names A-M will be dismissed through the FRONT doors

• Students with the last names N-Z will be dismissed through the BACK doors (bus doors)

⏰ Children that are going home for lunch and returning to school should be back between 1:10 – 1:30 PM. All students should come back to school through the main entrance.

✅ Every student, regardless of if they are going home or remaining on campus, should have a Halloween Required Information Form filled out by their parent/guardian. Please fill out a separate form for each sibling.

👍 Yes. We do provide alternate activities for students who choose to stay at school. Please indicate on the digital permission slip above if you prefer to keep your child home or if you would like them to attend our alternative activities.

🥪 Our lunch periods will remain the same: (K-1st) 11:50 – 12:50 PM, (2nd-5th) 12:10 – 1:10 PM. We will have the scheduled lunch options (both hot and cold) for that day.

🦸🏻‍♀️ Yes. Following lunch recess, students who stay for lunch will change into their costumes before the parade begins. Staff member support will be provided to help students change into costumes, but all make-up will need to be applied individually by students. Please do not send any materials in aerosol cans (hair spray, hair color, silly string, etc).

🚶🏻‍♂️ Weather permitting, the parade route will start at our back entrance (the bus doors) and walk to the Valley and Burke intersection, then down Burke in front of the school, and along the sidewalk in our parking lot to the main entrance doors. Classroom parties will immediately follow the parade and only designated classroom reps are allowed in the building at that time.

☔ If it rains, we will cancel the parade as we do not have an indoor option. We will email families via School Messenger.

We make every attempt to maintain an appropriate learning environment during morning instruction. Your cooperation will assist us in making Halloween a day for both learning and celebrating. We look forward to seeing you at the parade!