This is homecoming week at Newton High School with the theme “At Last Cardinals See the Light(Tangled). There are special dress-up days for students throughout the week. The coronation of the 2024-2025 Homecoming King and Queen will begin in the High School’s upper gym shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday. The king candidates are Ezra Bartell, Cade Bauer, Jose Benitez, Landon Bozarth, Zane Munger, Peyton Rozendaal, Damien Smith, and Derek Wermager. The queen candidates are Paige Benson, MeLayna Budinich, Alex Garvis, Macy Lampe, Ella Machin, Peyton Ray, Alex Riney, and Delaney Woollums. A homecoming parade from Newton High School to downtown, followed by a short pep rally, will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday night. Later that evening there is a student’s only Dodgeball tournament at the High School. The Homecoming football game against Marshalltown will kick off at 7:30 next Friday night and can be heard live on kniakrls.com KRLS3. Newton’s 2024-2025 Homecoming Dance will be Saturday night from 8:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. in the High School’s lower gym.