OAK CREEK SCHOOL

Dress up Guidelines for Halloween

Halloween continues to be an enjoyable community festivity in which most of our children participate. At Oak Creek School, we will allow the children to come to school dressed in costumes on Wednesday, October 31st. Besides our classroom parties, however, there will be no school-wide activities. If you would like your child to come dressed in costume on October 31st, please adhere to the following guidelines that our teachers have outlined for you. We truly enjoy the fun and community spirit of this celebration, but it is important that students who wish to dress‑up do so in a way that doesn't interfere with the instructional day.

COSTUME GUIDELINES

· Children come to school dressed in their costume. We will not allow costume changes to take place at school. (This takes far too much adult assistance for our little ones. We have had far too many difficulties with changing into costumes at school when we have allowed it in past years.)

· Children should wear a costume that can be comfortably worn throughout the entire day.

· Be sure to have your children wear proper clothes and underclothes underneath their costume just in case they find their costume to be too hot or uncomfortable and wish to take it off before the day is over.

· Children may not wear masks to school.

· Children may not wear make‑up to school. (For example, no full face make‑up, no dripping blood, no make‑up on hands that will smear on papers.)

· Children should not bring any object that they will need to hold in their hands. Of special emphasis is our State Education Code that states children may not bring any toy weapons to school of any sort at any time.

· Children should not come in costumes that depict any kind of graphic violence.

· Children should be discouraged from wearing any costume material that could be easily damaged. (We don't want a mishap at school to interfere with the fun of Halloween night.)

· Children should not wear costumes that make fun of others or make others feel uncomfortable.

Thanks for your help and cooperation in making sure that this is both an enjoyable and productive day for all of our children.

Halloween Candy Safety Tips

Instruct children not to snack on candy while out trick-or-treating. Be sure you examine all candy for tampering before consumption.

• Tell children not to accept and, especially, not to eat anything that is not commercially wrapped.
• Discard candy or treats that are homemade, unwrapped or if they appear to have been tampered with (pinholes in wrappers, torn wrappers, etc.).
• Parents of young children should remove any choking hazards such as gum, peanuts, hard candies or small toys.

Please remember that IUSD has a healthy snack policy. Please do not send your students with candy items and/or sweets to hand out in their classroom. Pencils, healthy snacks and other non-consumable goodies are appropriate. Thanks!