Halloween in school

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

Well, it's Halloween day here at the school, and as predicted by past patterns on "party days", the pace has stalled.  Kids just don't get as sick on a fun day.  A true mystery of medical science!!  Hope you all are getting a similar benefit today.  Enjoy it if you are.  Come Monday - the day after Halloween, may the odds forever be in our favor!!

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Specializes in School Nurse.

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I love Halloween!

 

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Specializes in School Nursing, Pediatrics.

We do not celebrate Halloween as a whole at my school. The K classes are having pajama day, but other than that, no costumes or anything.  Some of the classes are doing a special craft or a movie. Also, every Friday we do have ice cream as a special treat for the end of the week, so there is that. 

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We don't celebrate Halloween either.  Neither do the schools in my home district. I remember mentioning this last year and being surprised how many were unaware of this holiday's Christian origins and the fact that many cultures do not celebrate and some are firmly opposed/frightened by the holiday.

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hahaha this post gave me a good chuckle it is such a mystery ...almost as if....they really werent that sick at all this whole time ?

already 5 minutes into the halloween hangover and I already had the first tummy ache...

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Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

We had a no school day Friday for conferences, so our parties were on Thursday.  We do the whole thing - costumes for students and staff, parade trick or treating around the school, ect.  And yes, true to form, magically, very few kids were sick!   This morning however is a different story!

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Community Health, School Health.
On 11/1/2021 at 11:09 AM, Eleven011 said:

We had a no school day Friday for conferences

If the schools were smart they would schedule no school for the day AFTER Halloween! Give all us nurses (and the kids) a break and chance to recover!

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Specializes in pediatrics, School LVN.

I was fortunate, my district had a professional development day on Monday, so I spent the day teaching first aid and CPR to the bus drivers and secretaries. It was a nice to do something other than deal with COVID.

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Specializes in School Health.

We had Friday off before Halloween due to conference's and on Monday we had a Professional Development Day. Which I was grateful for, however, on Tuesday I was slammed all day with illnesses! 

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Last few years we have done "Red Ribbon Week" the last week in October and have a Dress up theme every day of the week with the last day being "Book Character Day" - so almost like dressing up for Halloween minus the scary costumes ? 

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