Vote for Argus Leader's Student of the Week: An introduction

Welcome to the Argus Leader's newest feature, Student of the Week!

As often as we can have nominations for the rest of the school year, we'll be highlighting and celebrating high school students across Lincoln and Minnehaha counties, and you get to help determine who we should recognize.

In a poll (seen below), similar to our Athlete of the Week feature, you can vote for the student you want us to feature Friday mornings online and in our weekend print edition.

The nominations are sent in by area principals and superintendents. We collect them, and then share them for a short voting period between 6 a.m. Monday mornings through 5 p.m. Thursday evenings, when the poll closes.

Come 6 a.m. Friday morning, you'll see who the winner is, and we get to highlight their accomplishments.

While we think of all these students as winners, and we want to showcase your great students and your great school, it's your vote that helps make this special. And we need your participation to make this happen.

A note, though: We're testing this new feature, gauging interest and identifying hiccups for the rest of the school year. When the school year ends, we'll have a better idea of how to bring this back next fall. And we're aiming to do so in a way that may allow for some prizes down the line. Maybe it's a gift card, or a bit of money for school supplies. Maybe it's even a scholarship.

We're still determining the best course of action, but your participation can help us shape that. So, check out these wonderful students below, and vote.

We can't wait to recognize our first Argus Leader Student of the Week this Friday!