![Freshman Milan Earl and sophomore Lucy Kaplan sit with their grandparents at Archer’s annual Grandparents and Special Friends Day Friday, March 15. The event took place over three 75-minute sessions. “[I hope my grandparents] gain an understanding about what I do, Kaplan said, because I know they ask a lot of questions and can sort of see what I do in school and what the experience is like to be here.](https://archeroracle.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/grandparents-day-option-2-1200x800.jpg)
Students celebrate haunting Halloween festivities
Photo credit: Cybele Zhang
Jacqueline Traenkle ’23 waves while helping students turn in tickets they won. The tickets were redeemable for spirit points.
Oct. 31 is far from an average day at Archer. Halloween fills quiet hallways with shrieks of fear and joy and turns an average student or faculty member into a character from a movie, a scary monster or even a food.
Archer celebrated the frightful holiday with a half day, shortened classes and a festival in the courtyard.
The festivities offered students a chance to dress up, have fun and bond with the student body as grades competed for tickets redeemable for spirit points.
Click on the gallery below to see highlights from the day’s activities.
Head of School Elizabeth English dresses as Queen Elizabeth I. She coordinated outfits with Ava Rothenberg ’22 and Gwyneth Williams ’22, who were dressed as the queen’s guards.
Photo credit: Cybele Zhang
Freshman class reps, from left to right, Grace Wilson, Caitlin Rowles and Miela Efraim, set up ‘Pin the Bone.’ This activity allowed grades to compete for spirit points. Image courtesy of Meg Shirk.
Julia Hallin-Russo, Maya Wernick and Omari Benjamin all ’18 research in Hanna Shohfi’s Honors Biology class. The juniors had a Halloween themed lesson.
Photo credit: Cybele Zhang
Lucia Barker ‘18 sets up the pumpkin decorating contest. The contest allowed each grade to decorate a pumpkin as they chose.
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Junior’s Harambe themed pumpkin. This was their submission for the pumpkin decorating contest. Image courtesy of Meg Shirk.
Vivian Shay ’20 shows off her Newsies inspired costume. Newsies is a Broadway musical about the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City.
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Summer de Vera ’18 spins the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ run by student council. This activity was one of many ways for students to earn tickets worth spirit points.
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Student council sets up for ‘Pumpkin Pop.’ This is another activity that encouraged students to compete for tickets. Image courtesy of Meg Shirk.
Emily Cadenas ‘22 and Lily Kerner ‘22 smile in the courtyard. Both girls made their costumes.
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Sabrina Kim 22 attempts the ‘Pumpkin Toss.’ For each throw made, the thrower earned a ticket to redeem spirit points.
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Anna Allgeyer ’18 shows off her NOLS instructor costume. Archer students have the chance to go on three NOLS courses before graduation.
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From left to right, Fitness teacher Stephanie Ferri and Director of Upper School Samantha Coyne Donnel celebrate during the festivities. In addition to students, most Archer teachers dress up too.
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Kaia Turowksi ‘17 helps with the senior‘s haunted house. The haunted house was carnival theme.
Photo credit: Anika Bhavnani
Seventh grade students dress as a camel. Many coordinated costumes with peers.
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Teachers, from left to right, Alison Hirshan and Erin Harris walk in the fashion show. The seventh grade advisors dressed as Snapchat filters.
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Teachers Mike Carter and Chris Kub dress as gas station sky dancers. All sophomore advisers coordinated costumes.
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From left to right, Sydney Shintani ’18, Cybele Zhang ’18 and Cat Oriel ’18 show off their homemade sushi costumes. The three won best group costume.
Photo credit: Saskia Wong-Smith
Correction Statement Dec. 8 2016, 3:10 pm: One image from the original photo gallery was deleted as per staff manual policy and the editorial board’s unanimous decision.
Cybele Zhang joined the Oracle writing staff in 2015. She was promoted to Sports Editor as a sophomore and to Editor-in-Chief as a senior. Cybele graduated...
Anika Bhavnani became a member of the Oracle staff in 2015. She was promoted to co-Voices editor in 2016 and was promoted to editor-in-chief for the 2016-2017...
![Freshman Milan Earl and sophomore Lucy Kaplan sit with their grandparents at Archer’s annual Grandparents and Special Friends Day Friday, March 15. The event took place over three 75-minute sessions. “[I hope my grandparents] gain an understanding about what I do, Kaplan said, because I know they ask a lot of questions and can sort of see what I do in school and what the experience is like to be here.](https://archeroracle.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/grandparents-day-option-2-600x400.jpg)
