The sun slowly sets outside HHS as leaves fall and the night begins to cool. The crinkling of candy wrappers and children’s laughter fills the air. Parents try to keep up as their kids hurriedly run from room to room. On Thursday, Oct. 24, HHS hosted its annual Spooky Buddies event.
Classes, clubs, and sports teams all get a room or table assigned to them. Then, they work hard to come up with a creative theme. For the lacrosse team, that meant that they had to decorate their table with skill fully created zombie sports players, leering over whoever passed them.
“This is my first year doing Spooky Buddies. We wanted to connect with more of the youth in the community,” organizer of the lacrosse table, Samantha Merritt said. “It seems great, I brought my kids here two years ago.”
“It’s my second year doing Spooky Buddies,” senior Sara Willis said. “It’s a good way to get kids and the community in the high school and do an extra Halloween for them. I like seeing everyone’s costumes.”
Like Willis and Merritt, many people believe that school events like Spooky Buddies help bring the community of Huntley together.
At the high school, many clubs and activities require members to earn a certain number of service hours. On top of this, people who are a part of several groups have to volunteer twice as much to make the quota. For some, Spooky Buddies is a great opportunity to earn hours for their volunteering commitments, such as Silver Chord and National Honors Society.
“I think that it is pretty cool,” National Honors Society member Sophia Gutzwiller said. “I first heard about it through an NHS email…My job is to help people find all of the rooms and exits.”
When the night came to an end, parents walked their now even more energetic children to the car. With their bags now full of candy, the kids can hardly wait for next year.
