Halloween is one of my favorite holidays so I was really anticipating the party we were going to throw at school. And then I stayed at work until 12:40 decorating my room... and I wasn't so excited anymore. Plus the bulk of the decorating fell on the shoulders of the foreign teachers since it's a western holiday... major bummer. 
In all honestly, it was all worth it b/c the kids really loved it, and would have never gotten a Halloween otherwise. But here's the rundown of our TWO day Halloween party... just for shiggles.
In all honestly, it was all worth it b/c the kids really loved it, and would have never gotten a Halloween otherwise. But here's the rundown of our TWO day Halloween party... just for shiggles.Wed, 10/31: IP (intense preschool) Students' Party from 10:00 to 1:00 - This part was pretty easy.. we just took the kids outside and they "trick-or-treated" for their parents. Which basically meant that they walked in a circle getting candy from their moms. Then we shuffled them from room to room and helped them play games... after that we had kimbap for lunch - and other than Jun Hyuck eating so much that he almost choked - the morning went smoothly. I dressed as Minnie Mouse, as did You Eun (one of my students). So my kids called me Mommy Minne Mouse all day and got major kicks out of it.
The kids costumes for the most part fell in one of 4 categories: there were a lot of Snow Whites, a lot of Power Rangers, a handful of Harry Potters and a few Angels - and most importantly 150 happy preschool students that went home EARLY. Then came the afternoon students...Wed, 10/31: AP (afternoon preschool) Students' Party from 2:40-4:10 - This was the kicker. On Mon/Wed/Fri at 2:50, about 180 kids come for English lessons at SLP... each of these kids were allowed to bring a friend. This meant that in the space of two and a half hours about 300+ kids came through my room (the skeleton room) and every other room at SLP. This wouldn't be quite so daunting except that only 1/2 the kids are SLP students, which means only 1/2 the kids speak English. Then add that these kids are older, mostly too cool to dress up and could care less about Halloween and more about the free candy and games and ... well yeah. It was exhausting to say the least. THEN...
Wed, 10/31: JH (Jump High) and Grammar Students' Party from 4:20 - 6:20 - ditto to above. Luckily these kids are a bit older, so most of them weren't into our "easy" skeleton relay race and cared more about the haunted house, so we weren't quite as busy. But of course our room ran out of
candy and the kids practically revolted. At 6:40, I closed our room, didn't bother washing of my Minnie Mouse make-up and went straight home ... I was asleep by 7:00. It was great, haha! THEN...Thurs, 11/1: We did it ALL OVER AGAIN!!! Except for IP, luckily. But we did have another short day! So Kimberly (my coteacher) and I taught Mars and Libra together and then sent the kiddies home at 1:00 again. The kids couldn't really focus because they were still hopped up on sugar and all of the Halloween decorations were still up - not to
mention the teachers had to come in costume again, so that didn't help. Then we had Halloween for the afternoon students who come for Tues/Thurs classes (can't gyp them!) ... we were supposed to stay until 7:20, but I wanted to be sure I got to mass for All Saint's Day which was at 7:00, so I left when we had our break from 5:30-6:20... by the time I made it back to SLP the clean up was finished so I got off the hook there! Good karma I guess. I was so out of it I went home and crashed again...
I have never been so tired of Halloween in my life. But, like I said, it was worth it because the students really loved it, and I was truly able to spread the spirit of Halloween!! haha.Peace,
Erica
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