The Masters Upper School celebrated Halloween with an afternoon of skits, dances and memories on Friday, Oct. 3. After a shortened schedule, students and faculty gathered in the Strayer Theater to engage in festivities. Candy was thrown, mathematicians danced to Bangles-inspired Egyptian-math songs and each department and grade presented their themed skits.
The overarching theme for the 2026-2027 Halloween, assigned by the Senior class, was “Epic Eras in History”. Everyone showed up and showed out, with the freshmen representing the Stone Age, the sophomores showing off the medieval era and the juniors representing the Wild West.
Unlike past years, the Middle School did not make an appearance. Instead, the afternoon culminated with a video compilation of the current senior class’s freshman year Halloween skit videos. Seniors reminisced as they watched their younger classmates and selves jump and jive with their advisories under the “Kidz Bop” theme.
The festivities, however, were not limited to the afternoon. Throughout the day, students roamed to their classes among the likes of medieval princes, gladiators and even a lifesize Jabba The Hutt. The Cameron Mann Dining Hall and Student Life Center also pitched in by providing candy and Halloween-themed cupcakes.
And, as a lead up to this week’s events, the Writing Center held a spooky short story contest to further cultivate the spirit of Halloween.
Overall, The Masters School community gathered and dared to make this year’s Halloween a one to remember.
![Alumna Gabrielle Torres lived in Ford dorm during her high school years. She now gets to relive her days in Ford, this time as a dorm parent. “Jeff Carnevale said [to me], ‘Wouldn't it be funny for you to live in the same dorm as you did as a student?’ It’s a very full circle moment for me,” Torres said. From L to R: Gabrielle Torres, Yana Serry, Ciara Escobar and Jamilah Grizzle.](https://tower.mastersny.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/CA078B1D-2046-48F0-8832-48C77BED24E2_1_105_c.jpeg)
