The first round of voting for homecoming royalty opened Monday, September 17. Here’s the list of the nominees!

Girls:

• Sarah Al-Hilfy-Leon
• Skylar Anderson
• Janet Bacon
• Abby Blankenbiller
• Kelsey Blum
• Madison Croomes
• Sidney Doty
• Cali Eichelberger
• Maddie Elbracht
• Claire Euse
• Averie Frye
• Brynn Fuelberth
• Emma Gevelinger
• Meg Hatfield
• Kaitlyn Hays
• Helen Howard
• Alyssa Johnson
• Hannah Johnson
• Tillie Jones
• Anna Keester
• Evangelia Lengel
• Cecily Liphardt
• Yar Madit
• Neveah Madlock
• Molly Mar
• Berkley Mclnerny
• Nedra Napue
• Cassie Nash
• MaKenzie Page-Thiessen
• Klaire Petersen
• Sara Petersen
• Isabella Petty
• Hana Pham
• Miriya Pinkerman
• Whitney Reinmiller
• Shelby Schoen
• Maggie Stoltenberg
• Jada Sundermeier
• Carlie Thompson
• Catherine Wedin
• Katie Whitehead

Boys:

• Luke Anderson
• Caleb Baker
• Lukas Boehm
• Karson Bratt
• Grant Detlefsen
• Jack Dobson
• Seth Householder
• Marko Jerkovic
• Brehan Lambert
• Jonathan Logan
• Calen Olsen
• Chris Payant
• Skyler Peterson
• Thomas Reinke
• Eli Schmit
• Canyon Skare
• Walter Turner
• Logan Van Treek
• Avery Watts
• Adam Wehrman
• Quin Woods
• Ravon Woods

Today is the last day to vote for Homecoming Royalty Finalists. After today, each list will be voted down to ten nominees per category. The voting is only open to seniors and the link is available on the LSE web page.

This year, the theme for homecoming is Under the Sea, with the clever nickname H2CO. Student Council is hoping that the decor on homecoming night will resemble the ocean, but will not get confused with other things, like The Little Mermaid.

“We’ll set it up so that upstairs Prasch will be in shallow water and lower Prasch will be under the deep sea,” senior Tillie Jones said. “A lot of time and planning goes into homecoming, and the planning lies in the hands of Student Council. [Student Council] plan decorations, theme, advertising, pick out the style of the crowns and sashes, and organize the entire event.” Jones is a homecoming royalty nominee who is also a member of Student Council.

Seniors on Student Council made a ballot for each other, supporting one another and hoping that a member of Stuco will win a sash or at least make it to the top ten. Winning royalty to these seniors could mean a lot more to them than the average nominee. “We’re working really hard on setting up homecoming, so it’d be kind of like an award to us,” Jones said.