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What You Should Do With Your Halloween Candy

Rohani Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief November 7, 2023

At the beginning of November, every household in the United States has tons of candy and they never know what to do with it. Many people just throw it away. Why would someone do that if there are many...

The top five movies in poster form

Top Five Scariest Movies

Maddie Lewis, News Editor November 2, 2023

With the Halloween season officially coming to an end, one of the most famous traditions is to watch scary movies. Some of the most famous seasonal movies are: “Scream”, “Halloween”, “The Exorcist”...

Eight Children dressed up in costumes in the spirit of Halloween

Trick or Teach

Ava White, Staff Writer October 31, 2023

Halloween, a treasured holiday of all ages, provides a sweet—but scary—escape from the ordinary world into a world of horror.  Most holidays allow for no school for students K-12, such as Christmas...

Trunk or Treat

Rohani Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief October 29, 2023

It is officially the fall season, which means that it is also the Halloween season. Towards the end of the month, North Forsyth High School hosts events for Halloween. One of those events is Trunk to Treat....

Illustration of Death

Beauty in Death

Kate Jennings, Feature Editor October 25, 2023

Growing up, according to my mother, I had always had a strange fascination with death. It wasn’t like I was always around death; in fact, I’ve only ever been to one funeral in my life, and I’m almost...

The Sanderson Sisters, Winnifred, Mary and Sarah, from Hocus Pocus

Is Hocus Pocus a Top Halloween Movie?

Kate Jennings, Feature Editor October 25, 2023

Halloween has been home to many entertaining traditions for kids and adults alike. From trick-or-treating to Halloween parties, there is a wide range of things to do that are fun for all ages. There is...

Halloween has arrived!

Need Costume Inspiration?

Christina Manes, Staff Writer October 24, 2023

Fall has arrived. The pumpkin spice lattes and leaf piles have now become a staple in most of society’s eyes; as well as one of the most iconic holidays in history, Halloween. The amount of candy available...

Slaughterhouses Haunted House

Haunted Houses: Scary or Dangerous?

Ross Akins, Staff Writer October 23, 2023

Haunted Houses are one of the most popular events in October as people like to attend them leading up to Halloween. Some people like to be scared out of their minds while others get dragged there by their...

Never run into a starving patch. Photo taken by Howard Bagby

Pumpkin Patch

Janis Parry, Staff Writer October 27, 2022

Beyond lumping hills, the clouds reached for the Earth. A pumpkin patch lies between the two, cloaked in fog and secretly babbled from deep below. The patch extended for miles upon miles of acres of horizon....

The Sanderson sisters are forced back into modern day times to fight the aspects of life at a grocery store. Photo By: TV Insider.

Hocus Pocus vs. Hocus Pocus 2

Maddie Lewis, Staff Writer October 27, 2022

As Halloween approaches, many people are getting into what some call, “the Halloween spirit.” These traditions can range from carving jack-o’-lanterns and decorating homes, to satisfying your thrill-seeking...

Michael Myers hiding in the shadow. Photo from Halloween, 1978

The Shape

Josh Dixon, Staff Writer October 27, 2022

O Michael how your knife is shining bright; Your shape hides in the very dark shadows; Stalking your victim on Halloween night; Unsuspectingly you deal the deathblows. Spending fifteen years...

Light has never been so beautiful. (Photo from Clarksville Online)

Beauty of Light

Tori Harrill, Staff Writer October 10, 2022

On the eve of Halloween, I walked down the sidewalk to the musical beat of vibrant leaves falling to their impending doom. Their destiny to end beneath the sole of my shoe. They harmonize with the tune...

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