Students and families donned their best costumes and showed up ready for cheer and fear at the Halloween Spooktacular, held on October 24 inside the Salt River Accelerated Learning Academy gymnasium. Visitors were greeted with a gruesome graveyard as they approached, and inside they found photo booths and a sign-in table where they received raffle tickets for prizes distributed throughout the night. The full-scale takeover included a large area where Community partners and programs shared information about education, health and safety resources at thematically decorated trick-or-treat tables. Beyond that, Indigenous horror fans Woodenhead Collective returned with their legendary Haunted Hallway on one side of the gym and a cakewalk on the other. The cakewalk kept it cultural and used Halloween-related words in O’odham and Piipaash like masad/xyl’a (moon) and ha:l (pumpkin). Outside, smoke from the grill added to the eerie atmosphere as families took a break from the festivities to enjoy a meal. Spooktacular has proven to be one of the most popular events for families to celebrate Halloween festivities safely, maintaining the spirit of the season in more ways than one.