Coppell ISD students wait outside New Tech High@Coppell to enter the annual haunted house on Thursday, Oct. 27. The haunted house included themed rooms with clowns and other scary figures. Photo by Hannah Tucker.
New Tech dares the Coppell community with a scare
November 1, 2016
Fall is for freaky, fun Halloween events celebrated every year. New Tech High@Coppell continued this tradition on Thursday with its annual spooky haunted house fundraising event that gives a heart-pounding rush.
It takes about seven minutes to go through multiple rooms that includes clowns, zombies and horrifying doctors.
“The atmosphere is just full of energy, people really put their all into scaring others.” NTH@C sophomore Bella Souders said. “The makeup is done very well and other things that made everything look realistic.”
There were up to 70 participants who made the haunted house into a success. The realistic Halloween makeup was done by NTH@C senior Peyton Pelham and decorations including fogs, creepy LED lights and insects that were helped set up by volunteers.
Last October, NTH@C sophomore Kayla Madureira had volunteered as a zombie but this year she was excited to share her experience as a clown.
“I thought it was pretty funny to watch the kids scream their heads off by just one glance at my face and that didn’t happen last year,” NTH@C sophomore Kayla Madureira said.
Anyone was allowed to come in to enjoy their time at the NTH@C haunted house for a $5 charge.
Coppell High School chemistry teacher Chris Stricker attended the event with his family for the first time.
“It was really worth the $5,” Stricker said. “The fire truck came right before the event started which really set the scene for us. My daughter was so scared that she had to cling on to me throughout the maze.”
The NTH@C haunted house helped create a remarkable mark in the Coppell community by bringing friends and families together with laughs, smiles and screams.