VALDOSTA — Lowndes High School will be asking Alice what all the fuss is about next week.

Homecoming 2008 is titled “LHS is a WONDERLAND” and “Alice in Wonderland” is the inspiration, Mary Ann Hand, student council sponsor said.

Student council president Stephanie Hancock, 17, presented the idea of “Alice in Wonderland” as a theme earlier this semester.

While traveling out of town, Hancock said she overheard someone talking about attending a dance with the same theme. Inspired, Hancock brought the idea back to LHS.

“We figured so many cool things happen here in athletics, academics and the clubs that LHS really is a wonderland,” Hand said.

While the students don’t seem to mind homecoming happening so early in the year, it puts an extra stress on teachers as they try to get the students settled in academically, Hand said.

Student council has planned a mad cap variety of events for each day during homecoming week.

On Monday, Mad as a Hatter Day will inspire students to dress in their craziest, tackiest, wackiest outfit possible.

Tweedle Dee/Tweedle Dum day’s title for Tuesday pretty much explains itself. Students are encouraged to gather as many of their friends as possible and dress alike.

For many students Wednesday will have their worst nightmare or sweetest dream come true. In honor of Alice’s crazy dreams students can dress up as something that puts shivers down their spines or something that prompts them to sleep peacefully.

Thursday will have the halls filled with everyone’s favorite hero or villain for The Queen of Mean meets the Teen Day.

LHS will be bursting with Viking pride on Friday during Spirit Day with students, teachers and administrators decking themselves out in maroon and silver.

Students are encouraged to dress up all five days but must remain within dress code policy.

The parade, beginning at 4 p.m. in the LHS parking lot, will draw all the wonderland themes together as the classes and student organizations march down Norman Drive in the fifth annual homecoming parade.

The parade route will be circular, moving down Norman Drive to the James H. Rainwater Conference Center and then making its way back to the high school, Hand said