This year’s Halloween Party was a TOTAL blast!! Everyone had an amazing time dressing up, eating pizza, and enjoying a costume competition.

We had a very tight race between 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place winners in the costume competition.

Trick or treating just doesn’t cut it once you reach a certain age. Halloween is a great time of year , and of course we hosted a party for our students to award the best 3 costumes with prizes , Here are some pictures of the party !!

Why did you decide to study in English in NYC?

My study is “structural health monitoring.” [A professor] at Columbia University also researches “SHM.” I want [her] to give me some advice about my research. So, I decided to go to Columbia University and my English skill is poor, so I want to improve my English skills. So, I came to NYEA. That is my reason.

How will studying English at NYEA help you in your future career?

If I am able to improve my English skills, I want to communicate with a lot of people. For example, I want to tell people all over the world Japan is beautiful and to design theme parks like Disneyland and Universal Studios in the future.

“…to dream about a monkey. This dream has two significations, the first is that you have many enemies…some other people say that you will die…the only way to escape this is to make a gift to a poor person.” – Bassirou, Niger

“In my country, when people hear the dog howls that means someone will die…the dog sees witches.” – Aminata, Guinea

“..if we smell incense at night without lighting it, it means that a soul of a deceased family member comes to visit us.” – Siriwan, Thailand

“…another common superstition is clean the room to welcome positive change but the funniest superstition is wear yellow underwear to encourage wealth.” – Diana, Colombia

“When you want to give others a gift, you musn’t send clock, umbrella, [or] watch.” – Liz, China

“The Maneki Neko, it is an ornament of a cat. If you want to manage a shop, you should display this ornament…” – Junko, Japan