Secrets Revealed About the 2012 Yearbook

The school yearbook is one of the
most highly anticipated events during the final weeks of the school year. The
day that the yearbooks are handed out seems to be a very distracting time in
which teachers are forced to constantly nag on students to put their yearbooks
away.
Most
students that receive the yearbook are interested in shuffling through the
pages, reminiscing about the past school year. What most kids don’t realize is
how the yearbook is put together and what it takes to create the craft in front
of their eyes.
No
yearbook can look exactly the same. There must be something unique about each
one. “The younger staff this year have really helped to bring in new ideas. I
feel like we have a wider variety of people in the actual yearbook rather than
the same people,” says Anna Reubish, Head Editor of the yearbook committee.
Creating
such a big book takes a lot of time and effort. The yearbook committee usually
stays after school on most days doing page layouts, taking pictures, writing,
editing, and submitting. This seems like a very fun, but frustrating process.
“The
majority of the frustration comes from deadlines. We have to send in our page
layouts page by page to a company called Jostens,” explains Anna. “There can
also be minor frustrations when working with the same people every day in a
small, crowded room but we give each other constructive criticism rather than
conflicts.”
On the
other hand, the cover of the yearbook is what catches most people’s eye. This
cover has to be one of the most creative pieces of the entire yearbook. Anna
shares, “We actually designed the yearbook cover in the summer at yearbook
camp. The background is scattered pictures from the start of the school year
which creates a more lively effect.”
If
you’re interested in checking out the 2012 yearbook cover, there’s a copied
picture of what it looks like outsides of Mr. Reynolds room.