The Penn-Trafford high school has little monsters roaming the halls this Halloween from the preschool. The preschool, run by teacher Deborah Cuccaro, has an annual Halloween party where they dress up then go around the hallways of Penn-Trafford high school and visit the teachers. 

     Cuccaro said,“ I have a couple teachers that have been doing it the past couple years that are willing to give out treats and I think those classrooms enjoy having the preschoolers there for a couple minutes anyways to see their costumes, it’s just a nice break in their day. The preschoolers enjoy seeing the high school”

    The students will do multiple fun activities relating to the season such as a hide n’ seek, Cuccaro described it as, “Hiding skeleton bones and they have to find and build the skeleton.” They have another activity called a monster mash with sprinkle eyeballs and marshmallow ghost boogers together. Nina Marucci did an activity with the preschoolers creating spooky masks, “I did a small group activity with some of my preschoolers and they got to make pumpkin emoji masks.”

   Preschool is the first introduction to school for a young child and these activities and events with the preschoolers will be remembered by them for years to come.

     “We want to make it a fun enjoyable time for them that they can hopefully enjoy coming back for years to come,” Cuccaro said.    The preschool has high school students that act as teachers for the preschoolers. Learning with the preschoolers benefits these students for future careers in pediatric nursing, teaching, or getting a better handle on what they want to do in the future. This also helps the preschoolers as multiple people can be helping and giving them their undivided attention. Junior Nina Marucci is one of these helpful high schoolers.

   Marucci sees how her interaction with the preschoolers has changed them into more extroverted and social kids: “I’ve truly enjoyed seeing so many of them become more expressive since the first day they walked into the classroom and how much they’ve learned already.”