Every year, the standard is set for how to ask that special girl to homecoming in a creative way. This year, five proposals stood out among the rest. Each proposal was something that no one else has done.
1. Morgan Kruczek and Alex Isaac
On an ordinary night at cheer practice, senior Morgan Kruczek was quite surprised to walk outside to find a lifesize cardboard cutout of her celebrity crush, and senior Alex Isaac’s lookalike, Harry Styles.
“My original plan was to kidnap the real Harry Styles and get him to do it,” Isaac said with a smile, “but when I discovered the length of jail time and my lack of resources I was forced to go to my backup plan and get a cut out.”
Waiting outside with three roses, Isaac stood next to the cardboard Styles with a speech bubble from the celebrity sweetheart saying, “Morgan, I know I can’t take you to homecoming but I would be honored if you would take Alex!”
“It was so out-of-the-box creative way my jaw dropped,” Kruczek said. “I told him I wasn’t one of those crazy fans who has a t-shirt with One Direction on it, but now I have a Harry Styles cardboard cutout sitting in my house.”
2. Melody Portnoy and Chase Asman
It appears Southern Lehigh’s biggest romantic may very well be senior Chase Asman. According to him, “My goal was to make [Melody] the happiest girl and I did just that.”
About a month ago, junior Melody Portnoy posted a picture on Instagram of herself under the Eiffel Tower, holding cotton candy. She made the caption, “put me under the Eiffel Tower with cotton candy and I’ll be the happiest girl on Earth.” This was Asman’s inspiration.
During school one day, Portnoy walked into the French room expecting nothing out of the ordinary. Instead she found her boyfriend, Chase, standing beneath a cutout of the Eiffel Tower holding both cotton candy and flowers.
“It was the sweetest, most thoughtful thing in the world,” she said. “I was so surprised and happy, I couldn’t stop smiling, and carried the flowers around all day.”
3. Emily Marshall and Ryan Kearns
To ask his girlfriend to homecoming, senior Ryan Kearns first lead her to believe he was not even able to attend the event.
“He left the room and my new kitten (Zelda) came in with a note attached to her that said he was just kidding,” senior Emily Marshall said. “There were also instructions to meet him outside. He was waiting there with a sign, flowers, and glitter.”
Kearns explained he had a brainstorming session with mutual friends to think of the idea. Incorporating Marshall’s love of glitter made the proposal extra special.
4. Julie Williston and Jacob Martin
After a long school day, junior Julie Williston walked to her car with friends. To her dismay, she found a parking ticket from the school waiting on her dashboard. The citation was apparently for speeding in the parking lot.
“I was freaking out and almost in the point of tears cause it looked really legit!” Williston said.
To her relief, the bottom of the ticket said: ‘If you don’t want to pay the fine, that is fine too. This is Jake Martin, will you go to homecoming with me?’
Junior Jacob Martin said it worked out very well, and her reaction couldn’t have been better.
5. Zoe Geis and Chris Schell
A trail of hydrangeas waited for sophomore Zoe Geis upon returning home from practice. She followed her favorite flower into her basement and underneath a handmade sign, was her boyfriend, sophomore Chris Schell.
Schell held a bouquet of flowers to go along with the trail of hydrangeas.
“He knows I have an obsession with cool water bottles so he had flowers in one!” Geis said.
All in all, it was a thoughtful way to ask a girl, proving that Schell paid careful attention to her personal likes and dislikes.
“Zoe was so surprised and her reaction made everything I put into it worth it!” he said.
