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Creating a great yearbook

Great yearbooks • Share stories in and outside of school • Showcase the lives of today’s teens • Cover the complete school year • Reflect the personality of the school

Celebrate culture | Northview High School, GA

Celebrate culture | Capital High School, NM

3 Everyone should be included in the yearbook at least 3 times — once in a portrait and at least two additional times as a unique individual. x

Tracking coverage • New Year. Tech Online Coverage Report tracks the students featured in your yearbook and the pages where they appear • Guides photo selections and helps your staff meet the at least 3 times in the yearbook goal

Coverage Report | Year. Tech Online

Chronological • A logical approach to organization • Content presented within seasons • Not the yearbook’s theme • Traditional content still included • Makes deadline planning easier • Completes multiples and signatures

Chronological | Sample ladder

Chronological myths • Myth: It involves a lot more work • Reality: Makes it easier to meet deadlines • Myth: Staff reorganization required • Reality: Staff positions remain the same • Myth: Confuses the reader • Reality: More logical for the reader • Myth: Makes it difficult to develop theme • Reality: Any theme can be developed

Photos are the key • Spreads now feature 20+ photos • Photo strips • Folio faces • Senior “personality” photos • Cover shots • Buddy pics > often in ads • Baby/childhood photos > often in ads

90 photos | Whitney High School, CA

Picture strips | Etiwanda High School, CA

Picture strips | S&S Consolidated High School, TX

Picture strips | Milliard West High School, NE

Folio faces | Wayzata High School, MN

Folio faces | Kennedy High School, MN

Senior photos | Newton County HIgh School, GA

Senior photos | Garden City ISD, TX

Senior photos | Bishop Gorman High School, NV

Cover shots | Penns Grove High School, NJ

Cover shots | Brookings High School, SD

Cover shots | Dana Hills High School, CA

Buddy pics | Noblesville High School, IN

Recognition Ads | High Tech High School, NJ

Everyone takes pics • Ask students, parents, advisers, teachers and chaperones to take photos • Image Share allows your school community to upload photos to your staff using Yearbook. Avenue. com • Promote the images. jostens. com site

Year. Tech Online | Image Share

My yearbook space • Distribute 4 x 6 inch cards • Illustrate cards with words, art, photos • Scan the cards and place as jpegs • Monitor for appropriate content

My yearbook space | Stratford High School, SC

Content templates • New Jostens Year. Tech and Year. Tech Online Page Surfer templates make it easy to expand coverage • Topics include volunteering, music, skateboarding, jobs, environmental awareness, gamers, communicating and more

Page Surfers | Content-driven templates

Extended Edition • Spring coverage is some of the most important in the yearbook including prom, awards and graduation • Extends yearbook coverage with a spring section • Extended Edition section is mailed to the customer at home in the summer