SOUTH COUNTY : Schools, Cities Plan Halloween Events

The Saddleback Valley Unified School District is sponsoring several Halloween celebrations in conjunction with South County cities.

The district’s Recreation Department and Mission Viejo’s Parks and Community Services Department will collaborate to offer an annual “Haunted Chambers” Oct. 22, 23, 29 and 31 at Del Lago Elementary School, 27181 Entidad, Mission Viejo. The event will be a “fun and frightful” experience, organizers said; each evening’s program costs $2 and runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The city of Lake Forest and the school district will co-sponsor the “Halloween Magic Spooktacular” on Oct. 27 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Lake Forest Elementary School, 21801 Pittsford Drive, Lake Forest. The event will feature Steve Spellman, television’s master magician. Tickets are $3 for children and $5 for adults in advance, or $4 for children and $6 for adults at the door.

The last event on the calendar is the annual “Halloween at the Mall,” from 3 to 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Mission Viejo Mall. Aimed at children ages 12 and under, activities will include a costume contest, witches fun fair, trick or treating and souvenir photos with mall merchants.

For more information, call (714) 768-0981.