Sebring Elementary Celebrates Annual Harvest Festival with Hayrides, Scavenger Hunts, Relay Races, Halloween Parade and More!
B.L. Miller Elementary held its annual Harvest Festival, a day filled with festive crafts, games, snacks, a cartoon, scavenger hunts, hayrides and a parade around town, with students showing off their Halloween costumes and festive spirit.
Students in Kindergarten through sixth grade rotated through stations of fall-themed and sensory-focused activities, led by parent volunteers and organized by B.L. Miller’s Parents in Education (P.I.E).
From making Halloween treat bags and magnet crafts, rolling pumpkins in the gym, and locking arms with a partner for a scavenger hunt through a sensory playground, to enjoying a Halloween cartoon and snack, as well as riding through town behind a tractor on a hayride, students and staff enjoyed an afternoon full of energy and fun.
The packed itinerary had many helping hands that volunteered to organize and lead the day’s activities.
“We’re grateful for our village of people, who volunteered their time, resources and energy to make this such a special day for our students,” said B.L. Miller Principal Nichole Hanley.
Snacks, crafts, supplies and treat bags were purchased by P.I.E. with donations.
Ag Pro Companies, a tractor and farm equipment dealer, volunteered its time and equipment to provide hay rides for students.
In the afternoon, students paraded around the two blocks nearest to the school, with families gathered around, watching their superheroes, princesses, knights, ninjas, video game characters, clowns, vampires, skeletons, and more, marching up and down the sidewalks, led by the witches of B.L. Miller.
Kindergartener Tanner Wickersham dressed up as a police officer because he wanted to be like Sebring Village Police Chief, Ray Harris.
“One of the best parts about a day like today, is that the kids get to see us teachers and staff, having fun and playing the part, which in turn makes it fun for them, and as a result they get a chance to see the human element of teachers,” said Hanley.
