Cynthia Mendoza, Amu Milo Crowned Queen and King at Helix Homecoming

Cynthia Mendoza and Amu Milo—both accomplished athletes—were crowned Homecoming Queen and King at halftime Friday night of the Helix Charter High School victory over visiting Valhalla. Cynthia, a lacrosse and field hockey player and president of Students Against Destructive Decisions, has a 3.7 grade-point average. Amu, a 5-foot-9, 260-pound lineman for the Scotties, was escorted by his sisters Samanthajane and Sara.

Other members of the royal court were ninth-grade prince Jose Chavez, ninth-grade princess Jennifer Sanchez, 10^th-grade prince Luke Holloway and 10^th-grade princess Mimi Tadele, 11^th-grade prince Sean White and 11^th-grade princess Marlie Adamson, and seniors Connor Turner, Victoria Nauman, Ben Rosenthal, Max Burnworth, Tianalei Siufanua, Christopher Scott, Lydia Insunza and Keana Nakata. Theme of the night was 0012: Mission to Save the World, a James Bond motif.