Yes, WFES Does Have a Creepy Outbuilding Haunted by Rabbits

At least once a year during the WFES Fall Festival.

A chilly, windy, October’s eve was the setting for the WFES Fall Festival and its annual must see event – the WFES Haunted House.  Shannon Cioffi, WFES Parent Liaison,  Charlene Hubbard,  WFES Librarian, three FCHS students and WFES parent volunteers put together this years’ open house.  The high school haunters knew how to get out screams by waiting until the precise moment to jump out of the shadows and yell, “Boo!”  High school haunter Eiron Welch was perfecting her technique before her next haunting Blue Ridge performance at the Kiwanis’ Fright Night Haunted House starting Wednesday, Oct. 26^th.

 

The haunted outbuilding wasn’t the only place where WFES kids could show off their bravery.  They could scale heights on an inflatable mountain or endure wind-whipped waters inside a water wheel. One adult went even further by standing inside the wind-whipped chilly water for two hours making sure the children stayed safely tucked in their bubble.  “I’m the owner.  That’s why I am the lucky ducky,” said drenched and shivering Laura Wilson of Jumpers Inc Party Rentals out of Murphy, NC, who brought the inflatable mountain and water wheels.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, inside the cozy gym, festival-goers cakewalked to win one of the record 125 pastry prizes and parents bought raffle tickets to win one of the six grade-level baskets.  Each grade level put together prize baskets of contributions from families of students within the grade.

 

Altogether, Cioffi estimates that the Fall Festival brings $6,000 into the school, all of which goes to the teachers for use in their classrooms.  Cioffi thanks the parent volunteers, high school help and Fannin businesses for contributing to the festival.  WFES sends out a special appreciation to these Fannin businesses that donated to the festival:  Ingels, Merciers, Tri-State Electric, IGA, Walmart, Home Depot, United Community Bank, United Community Bank Junior Board, Fannin County High School Arts Department, Food Lion, Papa John’s and Horace Mann