Halloween is here, and students are talking about it.  Halloween, for some, is a way to get out and have fun during the fall season.

Halloween is a day that offers many fun activities in which friends and families may participate. Some students dress up and attend costume parties; other students dress up and go door-to-door to get free candy, and some just like the holiday for decorating their homes and classrooms.

For others, Halloween can be the opposite of fun, and they do not like it.

Whether you like the holiday or not, there are always some fun fall activities to do.

Trick or treating is an obvious and a good “go-to” activity for most people.

“My girlfriend and I are going to dress up and go trick-or-treating on Halloween,” junior Nik Gray said.

Many students actually do go trick-or-treating on Halloween night.

“I like it because I get to dress up however I want.  I also like getting free candy,” freshman Taye Williams said.

Other activities include pumpkin picking, corn mazes, and even visiting haunted attractions or real haunted sites.

“I am going to go to Legends of the Fog on Halloween, but I would never visit a real haunted site,” senior Emma Ingrassia said.

Many students think that it is a fun day that they can spend with their friends.

Senior Miranda Dillon said, “Since I am older now, I am not too sure I will dress up. I think I am going to just go to my friend’s house and hand out candy to the younger ones.”

Many older students are choosing not to participate in Halloween, but some still are.

Halloween this year falls on a Thursday, which is a school night, so some students are choosing to stay in due to school work and studies.

“I am staying in on Halloween because it’s a school night, and I don’t want to put off my school work,” senior Chuck Hafer said.

Other students are going to put off their school work to take part in the holiday.

Senior Gabby Clough said, “I am going to celebrate the holiday even though it falls on a school night.”

Halloween can be a fun time for anyone who chooses to celebrate it as long as it is done appropriately.