As the leaves turn brown, the air becomes chilly, and stores fill with pumpkins in every aisle, the fall season change comes closer and closer. With that change comes Halloween.
Halloween and the month of October leading up to it, is full of activities like painting or carving pumpkins, costumes, candy and of course trick-or-treating.
But should teens have to give up that nostalgic childhood joy of going door-to-door? Or should they continue as long as they please?
“I don’t think you should ever stop Trick-or-Treating! I think it doesn’t matter. Your not going to go up to someone’s house and their gonna be like “You’re too old,” sophomore Tabitha Warren explains.
“Low-key not gonna lie, 16,” says 15 ½ -year- old Jazmin West.
Whitmer staff have their own takes. Social studies teacher Ms. Clemens has a lower estimate for what is the right age to stop the door to door fall tradition. “I was probably too old, but I went [for the last time] when I was 14, I was a freshmen,” Clemens admits.
While trick-or-treating might be left behind for some, the spirit of Halloween still lingers around Whitmer. Students and adult of all ages put on their costumes not only on the day of Halloween, but also on October 23, 2025 at our annual community ‘Trunk-or-Treat’ with costumes like Spider-Man, “101 Dalmatians”, and witches. Whether it was high school students passing out candy or elementary school students excited for another night of candy.
Decorating trunks with their groups, many costumes were on theme and the Whitmer CTC programs, clubs, and activities brought the Halloween season at Whitmer to life.
“The theme of our trunk is a grave yard, it has cob webs, skeletons and head stones, ” sophomore National Honors Society member Jayden Gomaz shows off.
The groups all planned out their costumes and trunks prior to the big day with many dressing up just for the trunk or treat.
“[Our theme is] La Llorona and an ofrenda, cause you know we have to do a Spanish trunk,” sophomore Allison Blocking explains about the Spanish club trunk theme.
For many, the most important part of Halloween isn’t trick or treating and candy, but dressing up in their own choice of costume. According to students like Gage Older and Katie Kiser, costumes make the whole night special and choosing the perfect costume to wear that makes you look good, but more importantly, feel great all night. According to them these costumes make the wait worthwhile.
“I’m dressing as Donatello…me and my friends are all gonna be the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, junior Gage Older said.
Sophomore Katie Kiser made her costume choice based on her favorite character from a Disney movie she enjoys. “I’m being Evie from “Descendants”…because she’s my favorite kid from Descendants 3”.
Other Whitmer students have chosen to take more creative choices with their costumes like junior Jordan Fielding. He said he has decided to be “Batman that pays his taxes”.
Halloween only comes once a year and while not everyone can agree on an age to stop trick-or-treating; eating candy, decorating a trunk or ofrenda, and dressing up still seems to be for any age.