Ever wonder what it feels like to squeeze an eyeball? How about an ogre's ear?
Ever been in a detention dungeon or watched Dracula rise from his coffin?
Students at Jasper Elementary School will put their curiousity to rest, Oct. 29, when Connie Sawka's Grade 6 class hosts its annual Haunted House.
That day, Classroom 14 will be transformed into a house of horrors and tricks to raise funds for Plan Canada, a not-for-profit that mobilizes millions of people around the world to support social justice for children in developing countries.
Sawka and her students have fundraised for Plan Canada as part of their social studies curriculum for the past six years.
Students touring the haunted house will be asked to donate $2. Once inside they'll meet fortune tellers, play pin the nose on the witch and answer Halloween riddles. They'll also catch a glimpse of the detention dungeon and get a chance to touch some slimy eyeballs.
As well as the haunted house, Sawka's students hold a bottle drive each year.
After a year of fundraising, the students look at the projects on the Plan Canada website and work together to decide what projects to donate their funds to.
“Using collaboration, discussion and exercising democratic principles, the students decide how they want to invest the funds to make a better life for those less fortunate than us,” said Sawka.
Over the last six years, Jasper students have purchased 30 mango trees, five birth certificates, two beehive kits, literacy training for women, classroom essentials for children, clean water for seven families, four goats, a baby buffalo, mosquito nets, a motorcycle ambulance and a farm load of animals, among other things.
Nicole Veerman
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