Costumes, parades and even airborne pumpkins brought Halloween spirit to students across the North Shore Central School District this Halloween.
The Oct. 31 celebration was districtwide. At Sea Cliff Elementary School, students took part in a festive outdoor parade organized by Principal Megan McCormack.
Sea Cliff wasn’t alone in the fun. Students at Glen Head and Glenwood Landing elementary schools also participated in parades outside their buildings, under the direction of their principals, Thomas Sheehan and Bridget Finder, respectively.
At North Shore Middle School, students gathered in the common area to cheer on classmates during the annual Halloween Costume Contest. Costumes ranged from clever group themes to creative solo entries, with an enthusiastic crowd of students joining in or applauding from the sidelines.
Meanwhile, outside North Shore High School, science got spooky. Physics teacher Sara LeMar led the annual Pumpkin Drop, which saw pumpkins launched from more than 40 feet in the air using a ladder truck provided by the Glenwood Landing Fire Department.
The experiment demonstrated concepts like gravity and impact. Allowing students to experiment with concepts like how mass affects acceleration, the impact of air resistance, and how potential energy converts to kinetic energy as the object falls.
District officials thanked faculty, staff, families and first responders for making the celebrations safe and successful.
