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Halloween by the numbers

By Sydney Stone, Editor-in-Chief
October 27, 2014
Graphic created by Syd Stone ’16.

The Oracle surveyed the entire Archer community about their Halloween habits and received 292 responses through Google forms. The additional information was obtained through an informal interview with Luke Robertson, one of the Student Council advisors.

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About the Contributor
Sydney Stone
Sydney Stone, Editor-in-Chief
Syd Stone graduated in 2016. She became the Voices Editor and the Social Media Manager during the 2013-2014 school year and continued in that position in 2014-2015.  She served as the Co-Editor-In-Chief of the Oracle with Sarah Wagner during her senior year. She played cello in the Upper School Orchestra, was a member of the Honor Education Council and was the senior chair of the Ambassador Leadership Team. She attended the journalism institute for high school seniors at Northwestern University, where she went on to pursue a journalism major in college.