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By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief
The Marquez Halloween Festival—described as a “frightfully fun afternoon”—will take place on campus on Sunday, October 20, from 12 to 3 p.m.
Festivities are slated to feature a haunted house, carnival games, pumpkin patch and prizes.
“Join us for our annual Halloween Festival,” read an event description, “where spooks and thrills await around every corner.”
A haunted house will offer a “chilling adventure,” created by the school’s fifth-graders. Carnival games and inflatables will allow guests to “test [their] skills and have a blast,” with tickets awarded that can be cashed in at a prize booth.
“This decades-long tradition unites the local community for an exciting and festive afternoon filled with entertainment, carnival games and the featured Haunted House designed and haunted by the fifth-grade students,” read a statement about the event.
Food available during the festival will include pizza, hot dogs, cotton candy and watermelon. The event will include performances by area groups, including Fancy Feet Dance Studio, Palisades Dance Studio, Gerry Blanck’s Martial Arts Center, Tae Ryong Taekwondo School and Matty Gottesman.
“Our Halloween Festival is open to all children in the community, so bring the whole family,” the description read. “Costumes are highly encouraged, so come dressed to impress.”
The event is hosted by Friends of Marquez—a parent-run nonprofit that is designed to “fund supplemental educational programs to enrich the curriculum of basic education offered to all students at Marquez.”
Admission is free, but tickets for games will be available for purchase. The event will take place on campus, located at 16821 Marquez Avenue.
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