This Halloween, students gave no tricks —just treats for our eyes, with  costumes to light up 2025.

“I’m gonna be a bumblebee for Halloween. We got my dog a Bumblebee costume a while ago, and I thought it would be a cute person costume, too,” senior Samantha Cohen said. “I’m matching with my dog. I bought different parts, different places. I bought a tank top and skirt that I know I’ll wear again. So I don’t waste money on a costume. And then I got wings in a headband and I got socks from Amazon, and I’m gonna paint my face with the face paint.”

Cohen explains that she appreciates reliable, funny and reusable costumes with deeper meaning. Her Halloween costume stems from her love for her dog.

“I’m gonna be rocky when he’s going on a run. I got the idea in my head, I was just thinking, and I just came up with it because it’s pretty easy to do,” junior Ruben Haroutounian said. “I had all the stuff. I just have to get a headband from Amazon.”

Haroutounian expresses his idea of caring more about how he looks in the costume than what’s trending. He chose Rocky because he loves it and it’s trouble-free, not because of others’ opinions.

“I am being one of the wild Krats with one of my friends, Owen Solomon,” sophomore Xander Kilbridge said. “I have not gotten it yet, but I will
most likely get everything from my closet…I [tend to] go for a simple duo costume.” 

Kilbridge’s love for a simple costume indicates that, for him, it’s all about having something to wear that is undemanding and that he can wear with his friend.

“For Halloween, I’m being Lydia Dietz, sophomore Estella Wrighton said, I’m getting married to Beetlejuice, in her red wedding dress. I saw it at Johnny Brock’s and I was like, yes, 100%.”

Estella’s fondness for Beetlejuice dictated her costume; she saw the dress while shopping and immediately knew it was for her, no questions asked.