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Dear Mount Hope Parent(s)/Guardian(s),

As we approach Halloween, we recognize that our students are looking forward to their first special event day this school year!

Please note the following when preparing your child for Halloween on Friday October 29th:

• Students can wear costumes to school as per prior years practice (e.g., no cultural appropriation, no offensive and insensitive costumes, no weapons, no costume masks that might impede vision, no inappropriate images, etc.)
• Students choosing to wear a costume should come to the school already wearing the costume and keep the costume on for the duration of the day.
•   Student costumes must be able to accommodate a face covering as per COVID requirement
•   No costume parades will be permitted indoors or outdoors.
•   No in-person assemblies will be permitted
•   Activities must take place within a student cohort and not involve a mixing of cohorts.
•   No sharing/distributing food or drink will be permitted
•   Students will maintain safe practices including physical distancing and
•   hand hygiene

The following are suggested questions, to reflect on when choosing a costume for your child.

•  Is the costume making fun of a group of people, their culture, religion and/or belief systems?
• Does the costume reinforce jokes and stereotypes about certain groups, cultures, religions and/or belief systems?
• Are there alterations in skin color, facial/body features to make it like a particular race, ethnicity, or cultural group?

Thanks for your support,