StuCo Nightmare's Live! Behind-the-Scenes Fieldtrip

It’s October, and that means Halloween is right around the corner! To help gain ideas for this year's Haunted House, the Highlands Student Council and friends headed down to Flora Dec and Hawaii’s scariest haunt, Nightmares Live!  On the bus ride down, Mr.White told so many true ghost stories about Highlands Intermediate, the old Metal Shop and our very own StuCo Room -- what a fun and scary ride it was!  When we finally arrived, we were greeted by Mr. Kevin Okada, owner and producer of Nightmare’s Live!, some of his actors and builders. We asked many questions on how to run a successful Haunted House and we got to demo a lot of their costumes and gadgetry. After we were done with our “research,” we got to finally experience their haunted house several times -- itt was so scary, but oh, so fun!!! Get ready, Highlands, we’re pumped up for Highlands Haunted House 5: “The Thing That Should Not Be!”  Taylor, SG V.P.

StuCo Halloween Bonding Fieldtrip

On the evening of October 3, 2015, the Highlands Intermediate StuCo and some alumni StuCo members met up at Pearl City Highlands Center. Everybody was super stoked for the night that was planned ahead! First up in the to-do list was to visit the Spirit Store and look at all of the costumes and decorations that could be used for our upcoming Highlands Haunted H 4. Let me just tell you -- that store was crazy!! They had costumes, spooky decorations, creepy dolls, masks, and much more! Next up on our list was our annual pilgrimage to the Haunted Plantation in Wahiawa! The council members were broken into small groups as they prepared to enter a house FULL of screams from other people. Inside the haunt you would pass through clowns, ghosts, and demons! We weren’t afraid to admit how scared we were. -- some even said they just closed their eyes and held onto the person in front of them! On the other hand, some people (myself included) were screaming and jumping at every single scare! After the haunted house we got to take a ride on the ghost train, traversing the entire plantation in the dark and with spooky stories. Sadly, the night had to come to an end...a night we shall soon never forget! Jaeda McFarland , 8th Grade Vice-President

Student Council Halloween Research & Bonding Mission: Nightmare's Live!

Our mission was two-fold: 1.) Meet up with Nightmare's Live! Director, Kevin Okada, and his ace team of haunt builders/special FX/costume/actors in order to make our Highlands Haunted House 3 the best haunt ever... and 2.) See Nightmares Live! on opening night in full effect!  The Highlands Student Council did just that and both events went off beyond expectations!  We cannot thank Mr. Okada and the Nightmare's Live! crew for hosting us and giving us their time and sharing their vast experience and wisdom in the haunting business!  The best part of each night was hearing the REAL ghost stories that went down in Nightmare's Live! throughout the years which gave everyone "chicken skin" and left all screaming and frightened throughout the night.  We will never forget these epic, over-the-top missions and these experiences will no doubt make our haunt even better than we could ever dream of!    

Mr. White, Student Activities Coordinator