Halloween at Kaplan
Here at Kaplan we’re HUGE fans of Halloween. From dressing up in spooky costumes, to watching scary films and eating far too many Halloween themed sweets, what’s not to love? Whether you’re studying in the USA or one of our UK schools, here’s a rundown of how our Kaplan schools are celebrating the spooky holiday, and what you can look forward to in the run up to Halloween.
Ghost Tours
As the spookiest and scariest holiday of the year, what better way to celebrate Halloween than to go on a ghost tour? Allow yourself to be scared senseless (maybe) as you take a guided tour around haunted houses, ghost sites and scary attractions: Fancy being scared? Then check out the must see ghost tours at these Kaplan schools:
- Shiverpool Ghost Tour – Kaplan Liverpool
- Blood Ghosts and Tears of London Horror Walk - London Leicester Square
- Visit to Ordsall Hall - Manchester
- House of the Dead Scare Attraction (Manchester)
- Ghost Tour (Salisbury)
- The London Dungeons – London Leicester Square
Pumpkin Carving
Although pumpkin carving originally began in Ireland during the 19th century and was initially used as a method to warn off strange travellers, it has become a popular tradition for people to carve scary faces into pumpkins and place them in doors and windows at Halloween to scare away evil spirits. All around the world towns and villages hold pumpkin carving contests, where people are awarded prizes for the scariest and most creative carved pumpkins. Think you can win a prize for your pumpkin carving skills? Then make sure you enter our competitions at these Kaplan schools:
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Salisbury
- London Leicester Square
- Santa Barbara
- San Francisco
- Philadelphia
- Whittier
- LA Westwood
- Toronto
- Irvine
- Harvard Square
- Dublin
Dia de los Muertos
For UK students, perhaps our biggest event to take part in this Halloween is Kaplan’s Dia de Los Muertos party, which is held in London’s ‘Garage’ clubs. The Halloween party celebrates the positive Mexican attitude to death, and holding 1500 people from Kaplan schools across the country, it is one of the biggest Kaplan parties of the year.
Fancy Dress Competition
Seeing as fancy dress costumes are one of the biggest and most popular parts of Halloween, our Kaplan schools across the world have decided to throw a number of fancy dress competitions. Whether you’re dressing up in scary costumes, covering yourself in cuts and bruises, or covering your clothes in fake blood, join in the spooky fun at your Kaplan school and compete against your friends to win a prize for the best costume! Here are our Kaplan schools that are hosting fancy dress costumes this year:
- Portland
- Philadelphia
- Chicago
- Manchester
- Salisbury
- London Leicester Square
- Whittier
- Seattle
- LA Westwood
- Toronto
- Irvine
- Washington DC
- Harvard Square
We hope you enjoy our Halloween activities! Want to learn more about the history behind Halloween? Then check out our fun facts on Halloween trivia here.