With flowers blooming and sunny days shining bright, April is a month of happiness for most. Summer is on its way, but before its arrival, tricksters of all kinds patiently await their day of glory, April Fool’s Day.

Traced back to France in the late 1500’s, an eight-day celebration ending on April 1 was held each year to mark the beginning of spring. A new calendar soon formed under Charles IX, but because news traveled slowly, many people failed to accept the new calendar, and were labeled “fools.” Before long, All Fool’s Day, commonly called April Fool’s Day, evolved, an is now set aside for the pranksters in us all.

Here are how some of Stoughton High’s most conniving have spent their day:
• I covered the toilet seat with Saran Wrap. – Lauren Hefez, 9
• I put itching powder in someone’s socks. – Suzanne Berkowitz, 10
• I called a friend and told him I was a cop and he was busted for vandalism. – Dan DiCenso, 12
• I removed all the screws on our door hinges. – Courtney Galanis, 10
• I told Mr. Gormley that Mr. Boushell needed him in his office immediately. – June DeSousa, hall monitor
• I put Tabasco sauce on my friend’s Big Red gum. – Lisa Spiegel, 11
• I Saran Wrapped my friend’s car before he got out of school. –Craig Barry,12
• I told my friend that I saw her boyfriend cheating on her. – Leah Brunson, 12
• I wrapped an elastic around the sink sprayer so it would spray when the sink turned on. – Chrissy Mate, 9
• I set all the clocks back in my house so everyone woke up an hour early. -Jenna Olem, 9
• I put cream cheese under all my friend’s car door handles. –Jay Laferte, 12
• I Saran Wrappped my friends car. – Erin Foley, 12
• I used the classic Whoopee Cushion prank. –Smitty, 10
• I mushed up a brownie and put it on a toilet seat. –Ami Patel, 9
• I woke my parents up at 3:00 a.m. and told them they were late for work. -Nicole Whitney, 10