Halloween Activities at STS

October 31: Halloween Parade: 9:00 am-9:30 am (Parents are welcome to attend)

You can trade your uniform for a costume on Friday, October 31st! Students can come dressed in their costume for a fun day. Students will celebrate and take part in a parade. 

Students may be excited to dress up this week, but it's important to be mindful that costumes do not include elements of cultural appropriation or other potentially offensive themes. Cultural appropriation is the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of customs, practices, ideas or elements of a culture or identity by members of another.

Some Halloween costumes may be unsuitable if they contain elements of:

• Race or ethnicity (i.e. blackface, brownface)

• Culture (i.e. Indigenous regalia/headdresses, hijabs, dreadlocks)

• Religion or faith (i.e. religious figures, gods, saints, gurus)

• Gender (i.e. gender switching for the purpose of humour or mockery)

• Ableism (i.e. mocking physical or mental abilities)

Some costumes may also be traumatic if they contain violent imagery, such as weaponry. Students and staff are reminded that weapons (even fake ones) are not allowed at school as part of their costume, and to be aware of cultural or racial stereotypes with their costumes and consider if their outfit may be offensive to others.

Halloween Safety

How to make your costume safe?

• Make sure that drivers can see your child. Use costumes with reflective tape and give each child a flashlight

• Make sure your child can see. Use face paint instead of masks

• To prevent falling, costumes should not be longer than your child's ankle

How to make trick or treating safe?

• Children should stay in well-lit areas and only visit homes that have their outside lights turned on. Children should never go inside any house

• If you are driving on Halloween night, please be extra careful. Children are excited on Halloween and may forget some of the safety rules

• Before your children eat their candy, make sure you examine it. Throw out any treats that are not wrapped

At Surrey Traditional, we look forward to celebrating Halloween in a safe and fun way for all!