🍂 Fall Fun at Nisswa Elementary! 🎃

It’s one of our favorite times of the year at Nisswa Elementary — a week filled with fun, tradition, and community!Below you’ll find details and guidelines for two upcoming events that make this season so special:— A festive evening of games, food, and family fun hosted by our amazing PTO!
💙 Nisswa Chamber Halloween Parade
— Our beloved community tradition where students and staff parade proudly through downtown Nisswa!
Please take a few moments to read through the details below — each section includes important event information, costume guidelines, and volunteer opportunities. Thank you for helping us make this season safe, memorable, and full of Nisswa spirit! 💙🧡🎃 Nisswa Spooktacular Family Fun Night! 👻
🗓 Thursday, October 30 | 🕠 5:30–7:00 PM
Hosted by the Nisswa PTO
Get ready for a fang-tastic evening filled with games, food, prizes, and family fun! We need your help to make this community favorite a howling success. Check out the volunteer opportunities below and sign up where you can — thank you for helping make the magic happen! 💙
📍 Location: Nisswa Elementary
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Who: Nisswa Students & Families (preschool - 5th & family)
🕸️ Event Highlights:
🎲 Games & Prizes
📚 Scholastic Book Fair
📸 Photo Opportunity with Bill from Picture Day Pro
🍕 Pizza Dinner (cash preferred)
🎃 Halloween Vibes & More!
👗 Costume Guidelines:
Come dressed in your favorite elementary-appropriate Halloween costume, but please remember:
🚫 No weapons or replicas
🚫 No gore
🚫 No scary masks
🚫 No clown costumes, violent, or inappropriate themes
🍕 Dinner Option:
Enjoy pizza and other Halloween goodies! (Cash preferred — limited quantities available.)
⚠️ Please be mindful and advised that food served at this event may contain common allergens such as dairy, gluten, and nuts.
If your student has allergies, please monitor food choices accordingly, as adult supervision will be required.
🎃 This is a free event for Nisswa Elementary students and their families.
⚠️ All students must be escorted and monitored by an adult throughout the event.

🎃 Nisswa Elementary Chamber Halloween Parade 👻
🗓 Friday, October 31 | 🕐 1:15 p.m.
It’s almost time for one of our favorite Nisswa traditions — the Chamber Halloween Parade! Students and staff will parade out the main Nisswa doors, through the bank’s fun (and not-too-spooky!) haunted house, and then make their way down Main Street for a true “Only-in-Nisswa” experience! 💙
🍔 Lunch & Root Beer Floats:
A huge thank-you to Nisswa A&W and the Krueger family for providing lunch and root beer floats to all students and staff!
We’re also grateful to our amazing Nisswa Fire Department for volunteering to support food prep and serving. This community is the best! 🙌
💛 And thank you to our Chamber membersfor hosting this special event and helping us make memories for our Warriors!

✨ What Families Need to Know

👀 Watching the Parade:
Families may:

• Wait outside the main Nisswa entrance to cheer as students begin, and/or
• Walk along with classes (if not volunteering), OR
• Wait downtown along Main Street to see the full parade route.

📍 Be sure to check out the attached parade route map to plan the best viewing spot!
🎭 Costumes:
Please send costumes to school in a labeled bag. Students will change before the parade so costumes stay clean and safe during the school day.
🚫 Costume Guidelines:
To keep this a positive, safe, and family-friendly event, please remember:

• No masks or face coverings of any kind — students’ faces must remain visible so they can be easily identified and safely navigate the parade route.
• No weapons or props
• No clown costumes
• No violent or inappropriate themes
• No aerosol sprays (hair paint, glitter, etc.) at school — these can trigger asthma
• All make-up, face paint, and hair styling should be done at home

✅ Costume guidelines apply to both students and spectators.

💙 Parade Update & Volunteer Information 🎈

🎉 Grand Marshal Announcement:
We’re thrilled to announce that Marley Miles (Baker’s Class) will serve as this year’s Parade Grand Marshal! 💙
🎃 Parade Order by Grade:
➡️ Grade 3 ➡️ Grade 4 ➡️ Grade 2 ➡️ Grade 1 ➡️ Kindergarten ➡️ Grade 5 ➡️ Preschool
👶 Preschool Families:
There’s no class on Fridays, but guardians are warmly welcome to join the parade at the end!
This lets our littlest Warriors enjoy the fun at their own pace — and skip the “Not-So-Spooky Bank” portion if preferred.
🙌 Volunteers
If your student’s classroom teacher needs parade volunteers, they will reach out directly to families via ParentSquare. All volunteer coordination for the parade will go through the classroom.
If your student’s class does not need volunteers — no worries!
We still need plenty of spectators to cheer on our Warriors and help make the parade special for everyone! 💙🎃
⚠️ Public Event Disclaimer:
Both the Nisswa PTO Spooktacular and the Nisswa Chamber Halloween Parade are public events. Please note that photography or videography may occur and is not regulated by the district.
If you wish for your student not to participate in the Nisswa Chamber Halloween Parade, please provide that information directly to their classroom teacher.
Students not participating will remain in the Nisswa Office during the event and will be supervised until their class returns.
💙 Thank you for helping make these events fun, safe, and memorable for all of our Nisswa Warriors!