Screams heard from QVPS
| 31 October 2011
The students of Quaker Village Public School were treated to thrills and chills as they hazarded through the haunted house (portable!) that was set up as a joint venture between the Uxbridge Stars Bantam AE hockey team and the QVPS Fun Squad, led by Mrs. Beattie. The team’s coach, Chris Kelly, brought over a truckload of props and the team, along with the Fun Squad members, spent hours creating a spectacular trail of spooky fun. The QVPS students paid an entrance fee of one food bank donation in order to gain entrance to the haunted halls of Portable 2. Within the building, they encountered an eerie setting, including a springy “bridge”, creepy music, fog, glow in the dark skeletons, dark corners, and mysterious coffins and boxes. Students quickly learned that Fun Squad members and/or hockey team mates were lurking in the shadows, dressed as werewolves, creepy clowns, grim reapers and the like, ready to jump out and scare them. And scare them, they did! As one QVPS student said, “It had amazing decorations, and all the jump out scares were brilliant. Also, I could tell a lot of time and effort had been put into it – it didn’t even look like a portable.” Overall, the event was a great success – a truly collaborative effort between the Uxbridge hockey team and the school spirit leaders.
