NMS Student Newsletter

Halloween started in Ireland and Britain when the land belonged to the Celts. They celebrated a holiday on November 1 and the festival began on October 31. This festival was called Samhain. When the Romans conquered the land, they merged their holidays and October 31 became "All Hallows Eve", which was eventually shortened to what we now call "Halloween." People would go door to door to ask for food and eventually began dressing up and carving faces into various squash. This all eventually turned into trick or treating and carving pumpkins. When the Irish and Scottish began to move to America, they brought these traditions with them. Slowly it evolved and during the 1950s it became the popular, kid-centered holiday that it is today. Do you celebrate Halloween? If so, what do you do?

Congratulations to

Grade 6: Bridget Donelan & Mrs. Marani's Homeroom

Grade 7: Linsey LeBlanc & Mrs. Rodgers' Homeroom

Grade 8: Chloe Connerty & Mr. Ricciarelli's Homeroom

⚰️ How can you tell if a vampire has a cold?
– Because of the coffin!

🎃 Find more goofy Halloween jokes here

1. What is heavier, a pound of pumpkins or a pound of candy corn?

2. What is always in front of you but you can't see?

3. How can witches go 100 days without sleep?

4. I go up but I never move, what am I?

5. You spell ghost G-H-O-S-T. Can you spell that without using a G?

1) There’s a city in South Carolina that renamed itself “Halloween”

2) Illinois produces more than twice as many pumpkins than any other state

3) Candy corn was originally called “chicken feed”

4) You can visit a pumpkin patch in Oahu, Hawaii

5) New York City throws the biggest Halloween parade in the U.S.

6) Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926

7) The night before Halloween is called Goosey Night

8) Pumpkins are fruits

Beneath the moon and the stars so bright! Hideous creatures born of the night.

Their screams of horror and wailing fear, for we are coming and we are here.

These fleeting spirits take dark winged flight, calling to the heavens spreading fright.

They are ghosts, goblins, banshees, and more, hordes will come and pound upon your door.

And if you dare to open it wide, welcome these spirits to step inside.

With bags held open each girl and boy, chime trick or treat with smiles filled with joy.

All hallows eve has come it is hear, with children laughing and children's cheer.

What better tales for fright then the renowned series, Goosebumps by R.L. Stein. There are 62 books in the original series. The first book is titled Welcome to Dead House, and the last book is Monster Blood IV. The books follow different groups of teens through their harrowing adventures. These stories written for young adults can be scary so proceed with caution.

Another Scary series is called Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz. It's a three book collection of short stories that will scare and thrill you, and some might even make you laugh. These stories can be scary so again, proceed with caution.

1. Neither, they both weigh one pound.

2. The future

3. They only sleep at night

4. The Temperature

5. T-H-A-T