The De Queen High School Student Council is excited to announce Alexa Monroy as the 2023 DHS Homecoming Queen and 12 DHS homecoming maids. The De Queen Leopards Football team will be playing their homecoming game against the Camden Fairview Cardinals on October 13, 2023. Homecoming festivities will kick off with spirit week beginning on October 9th going through October 13th. The DHS Student Council selected this year’s homecoming theme to be board/video games. Spirit days include: Monday- “Sweet Dreams” in Candy Land (dress in your favorite pair of pajamas), Tuesday-Scrabble (dress as something that starts with your first name initial), Wednesday-Minecraft “Building Spirit” (dress in construction gear), Thursday-UNO Color Wars (Dress in your designated class color for color wars day. (Yellow-Kinder, 4th, & 8th; Green-1st, 5th, & 9th; Red-2nd, 6th, Sophomores; Blue-3rd, 7th, & Juniors; Wild=Purple-Seniors), Friday- “Make Camden Fairview Angry Birds by showing Leopard Pride'' (dress in black and gold for the Leopards). School dress code will apply to spirit week.
The homecoming festivities will begin at 1:45 PM with a downtown parade around the square with the parade continuing down School Drive at 2:15 PM for Kindergarten through 12th grade. The afternoon coronation ceremony will begin at 2:30 PM at the DHS Coliseum followed by a pep rally. The evening ceremony will begin at 6:30 at Leopard Stadium before the Leopards vs. Cardinals game starting at 7 p.m.
Front Row: Queen Alexa Monroy; 2nd row: Senior Maids Kenlee Ward, Karla Zapata, Presli Young, Olivia Cooley; 3rd row: Senior Maids-Jocelyn Rosas, Ashlee McCullough, Juliette Perez, Elizabeth Marrufo; 4th row: Junior Maids Katelyn Ponce, Megan Buendia; 5th row: Sophomore Maids Mareli Melendez, Emmie Hale.
Homecoming Attendants are Ty Shelton and Ximena Buendia with Queen Alexa Monroy.