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adviser<br />
staff<br />
Inspiring, encouraging, educating <strong>and</strong> equipping yearbook journalists.<br />
THIS ISSUE: Chronological yearbooks: Reader-friendly <strong>and</strong> practical.<br />
Making a fi rst impression with a dazzling cover design.<br />
The <strong>2008</strong> yearbook is finished. Now what?<br />
ISSUE 61 | SPRING <strong>2008</strong><br />
Technology exp<strong>and</strong>s page design creativity, effi ciency.<br />
GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Shannon Soule, Westlake High School,<br />
Austin, TX, earned top honors in the 2007 <strong>Jostens</strong> Photo Contest.<br />
Check out all the First Place winners on Pages 12–13.
<strong>Jostens</strong> <strong>Adviser</strong><br />
University<br />
Join us for a highly acclaimed<br />
professional development workshop<br />
exclusively for high school<br />
publications advisers.<br />
adviser<br />
staff<br />
ISSUE 61 | SPRING <strong>2008</strong><br />
FEATURES:<br />
2 7 C’s: The yearbook game plan<br />
By focusing on the 7 C’s, your staff will have an<br />
awesome educational experience while producing a<br />
relevant yearbook that connects with its readers.<br />
4 Chronological yearbooks<br />
A reader-friendly <strong>and</strong> practical approach to<br />
telling the authentic story of your school year.<br />
10 Subtle simplicity<br />
Versatile <strong>and</strong> creative, contemporary cover design<br />
can be summed up in a single word: simplicity.<br />
Saturday, June 21 to Tuesday, June 24, <strong>2008</strong><br />
Nashville Airport Marriott Hotel<br />
In its second year, <strong>Jostens</strong> <strong>Adviser</strong> University is geared<br />
to both beginning <strong>and</strong> experienced advisers. And since<br />
the focus is on strategies <strong>and</strong> methodologies, advisers<br />
working with any yearbook company will fi nd the<br />
curriculum relevant.<br />
WELCOME TO JOSTENS ADVISER & STAFF<br />
MAGAZINE — THE LARGEST-CIRCULATION<br />
MAGAZINE IN THE WORLD DEVOTED<br />
ENTIRELY TO PRODUCING AND MARKETING<br />
YEARBOOKS. YOUR SUBSCRIPTION IS<br />
PROVIDED COMPLIMENTS OF YOUR LOCAL<br />
12 Gallery<br />
Great photos come down to three simple things: good light, good composition,<br />
great emotion. Check out the Gr<strong>and</strong> Prize <strong>and</strong> First Place winners from the<br />
2007 <strong>Jostens</strong> Photo Contest.<br />
14 <strong>Adviser</strong> Roundtable<br />
<strong>Adviser</strong> & <strong>Staff</strong> magazine asked six yearbook advisers to tell us what happens<br />
in their yearbook classes after the final yearbook pages are completed.<br />
16 Business<br />
You’ve put a lot of hard work, passion <strong>and</strong> energy into creating an amazing<br />
yearbook. You owe it to your staff <strong>and</strong> the school to celebrate your<br />
accomplishment with a yearbook distribution event.<br />
JOSTENS REPRESENTATIVE.<br />
18 Technology<br />
Whether creating pages using InDesign with <strong>Jostens</strong> YearTech or using the<br />
Internet with <strong>Jostens</strong> YearTech Online, new technology upgrades for 2009<br />
give your staff the creative edge.<br />
• Workshop courses allow for in-depth, specialized instruction.<br />
• Breakout mini-sessions allow for quick training on a variety of topics.<br />
• Workshop faculty features respected experts in scholastic journalism.<br />
• Technology tips <strong>and</strong> tricks will be presented during evening sessions.<br />
• A yearbook plant field trip to the <strong>Jostens</strong> Clarksville, TN, facility is offered.<br />
• Academic credit, both post-baccalaureate <strong>and</strong> graduate, is available<br />
for those completing course requirements.<br />
Registration information available at www.jostens.com/jau<br />
EDITOR IN CHIEF:<br />
Gary Lundgren<br />
MANAGING EDITOR:<br />
Mary Saracino<br />
PROJECT COORDINATOR:<br />
Stephanie Wiegert<br />
ART DIRECTOR:<br />
Sigrid Lindholm<br />
PRODUCTION ARTIST:<br />
Leslie Dimond<br />
CONTRIBUTORS:<br />
A.J. Boudrie-Mendez<br />
Christine Br<strong>and</strong>ell<br />
Betty Bacon<br />
Rick Brooks<br />
Joanne Chapuran<br />
John Cutsinger<br />
Andrea Dailey<br />
Mitch Eden<br />
Hannah Eshleman<br />
Alison Fetter<br />
Jennifer Garner<br />
Mark Herron<br />
Tina Klecka<br />
Jeff Kocur<br />
Kerry Lowell<br />
Debra Nebel<br />
Laura Schaub<br />
Mark Schledorn<br />
Margaret Sorrows<br />
Joe Vulopas<br />
Chris Williams<br />
Shannon Williams<br />
Send correspondence, change of<br />
address, subscription requests <strong>and</strong><br />
article manuscripts to asmagazine@<br />
jostens.com or mail them to:<br />
<strong>Adviser</strong> & <strong>Staff</strong> magazine<br />
ATTN: Stephanie Wiegert<br />
<strong>Jostens</strong>, Inc.<br />
3601 Minnesota Drive, Suite 400<br />
Minneapolis, MN 55435<br />
20 <strong>Staff</strong> Profi le<br />
Something’s abuzz in room 203 at Cocalico<br />
High School in Denver, PA. The hum of activity<br />
is what adviser Joe Vulopas has come to expect<br />
from his Talon yearbook staff.<br />
22 Award Winners<br />
The two national press associations recently<br />
announced the yearbook finalists in their<br />
journalism competitions.<br />
24 The Last Word<br />
It was third period <strong>and</strong> class was in session at<br />
Moscow High School, Moscow, ID. It wasn’t a<br />
calculus class. It wasn’t English literature. It<br />
was far more serious. It was yearbook <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Bear Tracks staff was on deadline.<br />
FROM THE<br />
EXPERTS<br />
From creative consulting to<br />
teaching workshops, the<br />
<strong>Jostens</strong> Creative Accounts<br />
Managers travel the country<br />
working with yearbook staffs.<br />
These <strong>Jostens</strong> yearbook gurus<br />
are all former award-winning<br />
yearbook advisers with more<br />
than 100 years combined<br />
experience. Learn from the<br />
experts in this issue:<br />
Page 9: Tina Klecka<br />
Page 11: Shannon Williams<br />
Page 17: John Cutsinger<br />
Page 19: Mark Herron<br />
Page 21: Laura Schaub<br />
© <strong>2008</strong> by <strong>Jostens</strong>, Inc. [07-0828] Printed in U.S.A. All rights reserved. Limited non-commercial reproduction of this publication for educational <strong>and</strong> classroom use is allowed with appropriate credit to <strong>Jostens</strong>. <strong>Jostens</strong>, the <strong>Jostens</strong> logo, Image Share, ItPays,<br />
<strong>Jostens</strong> Direct Solutions, <strong>Jostens</strong> Yearbook Avenue, <strong>Jostens</strong> YearTech, <strong>Jostens</strong> YearTech Online, Page Surfers, <strong>and</strong> Yearbook It! are either registered trademarks or trademarks of <strong>Jostens</strong>, Inc.
7 C’s:<br />
The yearbook<br />
game plan<br />
Yearbooks, like schools, come in all shapes <strong>and</strong> sizes. No<br />
two yearbooks are exactly alike, <strong>and</strong> that is what makes<br />
them unique <strong>and</strong> special.<br />
While each yearbook is a unique creation, there is a<br />
game plan for yearbook publishing that works for every<br />
school — big or small, urban or rural, private or public.<br />
By focusing on the 7 C’s, your staff will have an awesome<br />
educational experience while producing a relevant<br />
yearbook that connects with its readers.<br />
■ Class: Yearbook publishing is the ultimate, outcome-based<br />
academic experience, training students in a wide variety<br />
of areas including journalism, leadership, technology,<br />
marketing, sales <strong>and</strong> public relations. A diverse staff<br />
with many different interests <strong>and</strong> skills will be the most<br />
successful.<br />
■ Cover: It’s true, we do judge a book by its cover. Make a<br />
positive first impression on your readers by designing a<br />
unique cover with a look <strong>and</strong> feel that reflects your school<br />
community.<br />
■ Chronology: Presenting the story of the year using a<br />
chronological approach makes sense for both your readers<br />
<strong>and</strong> your staff. Readers appreciate having the yearbook<br />
organized in the order that the year unfolded. For the staff,<br />
a chronological approach allows pages to be produced with<br />
a more logical workflow while making it easier to complete<br />
printing multiples <strong>and</strong> signatures.<br />
■ Content: Feature every student in the yearbook at least<br />
three times while presenting stories that reflect the<br />
richness, diversity <strong>and</strong> interesting elements of your<br />
school. Break out of the yearbook room to photograph<br />
<strong>and</strong> interview your student body. And don’t forget that all<br />
students, not just those on your staff, can contribute photos<br />
<strong>and</strong> stories to the yearbook.<br />
■ Community: Interest in your yearbook extends beyond<br />
the hallways of your school. In many towns, the entire<br />
community has a sense of pride <strong>and</strong> ownership in the<br />
yearbook. Engage parents, business owners <strong>and</strong> civic<br />
leaders. Business <strong>and</strong> recognition ads both generate income<br />
<strong>and</strong> allow the community to show its support for the school<br />
<strong>and</strong> its students.<br />
■ Commerce: Like your counterparts in the professional<br />
newspaper <strong>and</strong> magazine publishing world, your staff needs<br />
to sell its product. A table in the lunchroom is often not<br />
the most effective way to reach today’s savvy consumers.<br />
A host of tools are available from <strong>Jostens</strong> ranging from<br />
e-commerce to direct marketing programs. However,<br />
these cool tools need to be managed by a student business<br />
manager with assistance <strong>and</strong> support from the entire staff.<br />
■ Celebrate: A yearbook is a celebration of life, so why not<br />
host a meaningful, school-wide distribution event? And<br />
be sure to celebrate your success along the way. There’s<br />
something to celebrate in the yearbook room nearly every<br />
day, so take a few minutes each week <strong>and</strong> reflect on your<br />
accomplishments.<br />
Photo by Chris Williams, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overl<strong>and</strong> Park, KS;<br />
Becky Tate, adviser<br />
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“MAKING DEADLINES<br />
IS SO MUCH<br />
EASIER BECAUSE<br />
CHRONOLOGICAL<br />
FORCES THE KIDS<br />
TO STAY ON TASK.”<br />
Chrono<br />
A<br />
logical<br />
Students live their lives day-by-day, so it makes sense that storytelling<br />
refl ects the ways in which your readers live in the real world.<br />
Once your story ideas are developed <strong>and</strong> fi nalized, consider presenting<br />
your yearbook spreads using a chronological approach.<br />
READER-FRIENDLY<br />
AND PRACTICAL<br />
APPROACH TO<br />
TELLING THE<br />
AUTHENTIC STORY OF<br />
YOUR SCHOOL YEAR<br />
yearbooks<br />
BY GARY LUNDGREN<br />
A seasonal arrangement with four major sections — summer, fall, winter<br />
<strong>and</strong> spring — is effective. Within those chronological sections, content<br />
will still fall into these broad categories — student life, academics, sports<br />
<strong>and</strong> clubs.<br />
“I HADN’T REALIZED HOW<br />
INFLEXIBLE TRADITIONAL<br />
SECTION ORGANIZATION<br />
IS COMPARED TO THE<br />
CHRONOLOGICAL<br />
APPROACH.”<br />
And what about the portraits <strong>and</strong> group shots? Since these popular<br />
yearbook features don’t have a time element, they can be placed in a<br />
“people” section.<br />
Planning a chronological yearbook isn’t much different than building<br />
a ladder diagram for a traditional section approach. On the following<br />
page, you’ll fi nd information on a couple of useful forms to help you<br />
organize the story of your year in a chronological format. >><br />
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Success stories<br />
Margaret Sorrows<br />
BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL, BRYANT, AR<br />
Chronological coverage totally creates<br />
a content-driven yearbook, making the yearbook<br />
a complete reflection specific to the year. I like<br />
the chronological approach. It is a great way to<br />
tell the stories of one particular year, keeping the yearbook<br />
fresh <strong>and</strong> specific.<br />
Also, it was so easy to meet deadlines. Each month we<br />
sent in more pages than required because it had happened,<br />
<strong>and</strong> we covered it, so we sent it in. Also there was no lastminute<br />
photo-taking.<br />
Each month had a monthly divider page highlighting<br />
the significant events of that month.<br />
The yearbook staff has to be organized. The photographers<br />
have to be working a month ahead of the designers.<br />
Sports were covered by season — fall, winter <strong>and</strong> spring.<br />
Sports <strong>and</strong> organization group shots were placed in separate<br />
sections at the end of the content pages.<br />
YEARBOOK BUILDER:<br />
Before jumping head-fi rst into planning your ladder, take<br />
a minute to complete this worksheet. By beginning with<br />
accurate page counts, the job is much easier. Download a<br />
copy of the Yearbook Builder at www.YearbookAvenue.com.<br />
CHRONOLOGICAL PLANNER:<br />
This planner will assist you in listing each story you will cover<br />
in your yearbook <strong>and</strong> the seasonal section in which it will<br />
appear. Download a copy of the Chronological Planner at<br />
www.YearbookAvenue.com.<br />
LADDER DIAGRAM:<br />
The Ladder Diagram is where all the details of your yearbook<br />
come together. After completing steps 1 <strong>and</strong> 2, completing the<br />
chronological ladder is easy. Download a copy of the Ladder<br />
Diagram at www.YearbookAvenue.com.<br />
Mark Schledorn<br />
WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL,<br />
MELBOURNE, FL<br />
Our customers were generally pleased with<br />
the chronological format because it made more<br />
sense to them. The school year occurs, after all,<br />
in chronological order.<br />
The advantages to a chronological approach are many.<br />
Most importantly, staff members cannot procrastinate.<br />
We have four chronological teams of four staffers. Each<br />
chronological team has been chosen to include skilled writers,<br />
designers <strong>and</strong> photographers. Each team knows that once its<br />
week has passed, it is impossible to take photographs for the<br />
assigned spread. As a result, each team is forced to plan better.<br />
Then, they have the luxury of choosing the best of what they<br />
have covered for their spreads.<br />
The 2007 book was my 16th as an adviser, <strong>and</strong> even though<br />
it was one of the most comprehensive books I’ve ever advised,<br />
meeting deadlines was never a problem.<br />
Our customers, my staff <strong>and</strong> I all love the chronological<br />
approach. Three years in, I can’t fathom going back to the<br />
old way.<br />
Debra Nebel<br />
FATHER RYAN HIGH SCHOOL,<br />
NASHVILLE, TN<br />
One of the main advantages of the chronological<br />
approach is being able to cover things as they<br />
happen. When setting up the ladder using the<br />
section method, one cannot anticipate unexpected events <strong>and</strong><br />
happenings that inevitably occur. The chronological approach<br />
gives more flexibility.<br />
Previously when we used a section organization, a staff<br />
member who covered girls’ soccer would do the spread on girls’<br />
soccer. With the chronological organization, several activities,<br />
sports <strong>and</strong> events might appear on a spread.<br />
The editors designed the chronological templates, <strong>and</strong><br />
then assignments were made by spread <strong>and</strong> module. <strong>Staff</strong>ers<br />
received a printout of the spreads with placeholder text <strong>and</strong><br />
boxes for the pictures so they could see who was doing what<br />
by module within each spread. Of course, modifications were<br />
often necessary.<br />
Chronological organization necessitates extreme<br />
organization. Once you get a h<strong>and</strong>le on it, though, it’s great!<br />
TYING IT TOGETHER<br />
IRISH PRIDE, FATHER RYAN HIGH SCHOOL, NASHVILLE, TN<br />
DEBRA NEBEL, ELAINE DEMETER, ADVISERS<br />
The trendy colors <strong>and</strong> square graphics used to introduce the<br />
“Square Change” theme also unify the yearbook’s chronological<br />
approach. The palette features four colors, with a color<br />
incorporated into the design of each section. The greenish<br />
color is used in the spring section.<br />
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FROM THE EXPERTS<br />
Chronological close-up<br />
IMPRINTS<br />
PAUL VI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL<br />
FAIRFAX, VA<br />
EILEEN KILEY, ADVISER<br />
TINA KLECKA<br />
ONE DAY AT A TIME:<br />
TELLING THE STORY<br />
OF THE YEAR AS IT<br />
HAPPENS IS LOGICAL<br />
The “One Year” theme nicely coordinates<br />
FALL DIVIDER:<br />
An orange-red color <strong>and</strong> a photo of colorful<br />
leaves are cool tools that are used to<br />
symbolize the fall section. The calendar<br />
highlights key dates during the fall.<br />
SPORTS:<br />
The same sports design is used in each<br />
seasonal section; however, the color used<br />
for the design changes to reflect the color<br />
for that section. Oversized numbers appear<br />
on all spreads <strong>and</strong> highlight something<br />
significant that happened on that particular<br />
day, in this case on 9/1.<br />
ACTIVITIES:<br />
A second design is used in each section for<br />
non-sports coverage including student life,<br />
activities, academics <strong>and</strong> organizations.<br />
Again, this design is used in all four seasonal<br />
sections with the color changing in each<br />
section. This spread features social studies<br />
<strong>and</strong> history classes. The 10/31 sidebar<br />
reports on a reenactment of a historical<br />
battle in a Western Civilization class that<br />
happened on that day.<br />
A hot trend that is quickly<br />
becoming the foundation for a<br />
new yearbook tradition is the<br />
chronological approach.<br />
Readers have said they want more<br />
complete <strong>and</strong> relevant coverage<br />
of the full year. They said that<br />
representative coverage of major<br />
activities <strong>and</strong> events is not enough.<br />
Those staffs who have tackled<br />
the chronological approach<br />
have discovered they cover<br />
more intimate stories of the<br />
year. <strong>Adviser</strong>s also claim that<br />
chronological completion <strong>and</strong><br />
submission of the book makes<br />
deadlines more logical <strong>and</strong><br />
manageable, resulting in a<br />
less stressful environment.<br />
Organization ranges from<br />
weekly or monthly to seasons<br />
<strong>and</strong> semesters.<br />
with the chronological approach, but<br />
places emphasis on the individual students<br />
who come together as one school<br />
community.<br />
COVER:<br />
Several visual “cool tools” are introduced<br />
on the litho cover <strong>and</strong> carried inside<br />
the yearbook for unity. The four colors<br />
introduced on the cover coordinate with<br />
the colors used to represent the summer,<br />
fall, winter <strong>and</strong> spring sections. Small<br />
strips of “seasonal” photos form a border<br />
along the bottom of the four crowd shots.<br />
A crowd shot is used of each of the four<br />
classes. The brackets <strong>and</strong> fonts premiered<br />
on the cover also repeat inside the book.<br />
OPENING:<br />
Driven by the “One Year” concept, two<br />
spreads are used to introduce the theme.<br />
The first spread focuses on the individuals<br />
who come together as “one” school<br />
community. The second spread focuses on<br />
the “year” everyone experienced together.<br />
The seasonal photos are a major element<br />
on the second spread — setting the stage<br />
for the dividers <strong>and</strong> section designs.<br />
DIVIDERS:<br />
Each of the seasonal sections is assigned<br />
a color that is featured on the divider<br />
<strong>and</strong> incorporated into the design of<br />
that particular section. Each seasonal<br />
divider features a cool photo calendar<br />
highlighting content from the section.<br />
Procrastination is impossible<br />
with chronological coverage —<br />
yearbook transforms into an<br />
everyday activity. Editors <strong>and</strong><br />
the adviser must implement<br />
strategies to promote coverage<br />
of both routine daily activities <strong>and</strong><br />
important school events. Weekly<br />
coverage reports keep all staffers<br />
constantly engaged.<br />
TRY THIS: Charge each staff<br />
member with the tasks of<br />
compiling coverage reports<br />
<strong>and</strong> taking pictures each week.<br />
Organize digital images by setting<br />
up a folder for each week. Inside<br />
each folder, make a folder for<br />
each story idea <strong>and</strong> include<br />
the photographer’s name. With<br />
information <strong>and</strong> photographs,<br />
chronological coverage takes on<br />
added depth <strong>and</strong> reader appeal.<br />
For questions or comments,<br />
e-mail tina.klecka@jostens.com.<br />
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FROM THE EXPERTS<br />
Newhart Middle School, Mission Viejo, CA; Gin Japlit, adviser<br />
The King’s Academy, Sunnyvale, CA; Carolyn Phoa-Ting,<br />
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, CA;<br />
Meghan Eagle, adviser<br />
Glenwood High School, Glenwood, IA; Laura Flahive, adviser<br />
Day Creek Intermediate School, Etiw<strong>and</strong>a, CA;<br />
Cheryl Lingenfelter, adviser<br />
SHANNON WILLIAMS<br />
OLD ADAGE IS TRUE:<br />
MANY READERS DO<br />
JUDGE A YEARBOOK<br />
BY ITS COVER<br />
Creating a cover that clearly sets<br />
a tone <strong>and</strong> mood while conveying<br />
the theme can be both challenging<br />
<strong>and</strong> fun.<br />
Subtle<br />
simplicity<br />
TRENDY COVER<br />
DESIGNS, COLORS<br />
INSPIRED BY POP<br />
CULTURE<br />
Versatile <strong>and</strong> creative, contemporary cover<br />
design can be summed up in a single word:<br />
simplicity.<br />
Influenced by design trends prominent<br />
in popular culture — from magazines <strong>and</strong><br />
book jackets to the Internet <strong>and</strong> advertising<br />
campaigns — today’s yearbook designers<br />
reach outside the design box to create<br />
covers that resonate with the tastes <strong>and</strong><br />
sensibilities of their teenage buyers.<br />
Though the design emphasis is on<br />
simplicity, you’ll never mistake that for<br />
boring.<br />
It’s subtle simplicity at its finest. Think<br />
iPod. And Hoolad<strong>and</strong>er designs, those<br />
vine-like, intricate swirling designs that are<br />
sometimes tinted so lightly as to be nearly<br />
invisible.<br />
Movies <strong>and</strong> TV continue to impact<br />
yearbook cover designs as well.<br />
Color-tinted photos, like the ones used in<br />
movie posters, are cropping up on yearbook<br />
covers <strong>and</strong> crossing over into internal design.<br />
Trendsetting ideas from TV ads for<br />
programs like “Law <strong>and</strong> Order SVU” that<br />
depict characters breaking through headlines<br />
<strong>and</strong> titles are starting to show up in yearbook<br />
design as well.<br />
For cover colors, the hottest yearbook<br />
designers are dipping into a wide spectrum<br />
of options — ranging from understated<br />
neutral shades <strong>and</strong> rich browns to shocking<br />
yellow-green <strong>and</strong> jewel tones.<br />
Metallic Pantone colors, in a variety<br />
of shades from green to red, give a<br />
contemporary edge to yearbook covers.<br />
Adding super matte lamination to these<br />
metallic inks lends a sheen that’s reminiscent<br />
THOUGH THE DESIGN<br />
EMPHASIS IS ON<br />
SIMPLICITY, YOU’LL<br />
NEVER MISTAKE<br />
THAT FOR BORING.<br />
of the matted sheen flip-side of everyday<br />
aluminum foil.<br />
Super matte backgrounds with spot<br />
UV application is ultra-trendy <strong>and</strong> ultrabeautiful.<br />
Virtually every commercial<br />
publication with a litho cover incorporates<br />
this technique. Adding graining to these<br />
super matte backgrounds simply enhances<br />
the soft effect <strong>and</strong> minimizes the risk of<br />
having the covers scuff in shipping.<br />
In the ever-exp<strong>and</strong>ing universe of<br />
yearbook creativity, embossing has busted<br />
out of the design box. More traditional<br />
covers still utilize beautiful dies in which<br />
color is registered to the embossing <strong>and</strong><br />
antiqued with h<strong>and</strong>-applied rubs. But<br />
unique, new approaches include dramatic<br />
cover effects such as applying embossing<br />
to litho covers <strong>and</strong> registering to images,<br />
graphics or text.<br />
And last, but not least, new laser-cut<br />
technology enables designers to cut virtually<br />
any shape — letters, words, even complex<br />
designs — into the cover, allowing designers<br />
to create covers in ways that were previously<br />
beyond the realm of possibility. &<br />
Most designers need look no<br />
further than their own living room<br />
or bedroom for design inspiration.<br />
Product packaging <strong>and</strong> design<br />
continues to be a fast-growing<br />
fi eld. Take inspiration from<br />
everything from a shampoo bottle<br />
to a cereal box.<br />
Unique product <strong>and</strong> cover design<br />
comes when the yearbook’s<br />
overall tone is set. This can<br />
happen not only by using the<br />
right colors but by choosing<br />
appropriate typefaces, textures<br />
<strong>and</strong> special applications. <strong>Jostens</strong><br />
cover creation capabilities are<br />
practically limitless.<br />
Applications like foil, UV coating,<br />
varnish, graining, padded covers<br />
<strong>and</strong> more can give your book a<br />
unique look year-after-year.<br />
Jenks High School, Jenks, OK; Tonya Morgan, adviser<br />
Miami <strong>Spring</strong>s Senior High School, Miami <strong>Spring</strong>s, FL;<br />
Jennifer Donates, adviser<br />
Black River Falls High School, Black River Falls, WI<br />
Julie Tiedens, adviser<br />
Marina High School, Huntington Beach, CA;<br />
Michelle Jones, adviser<br />
Plymouth Regional High School, Plymouth, NH;<br />
Marla Okrant, adviser<br />
TRY THIS: Using the resources at<br />
home including magazines, DVD<br />
covers, video game packaging<br />
<strong>and</strong> anything else you can fi nd,<br />
create a multi-tabbed scrapbook<br />
for cover ideas using these<br />
techniques:<br />
■ Color: Find color swatches <strong>and</strong><br />
organize them from warm to cool<br />
colors<br />
■ Typeface: Find a variety of<br />
typefaces <strong>and</strong> organize them into<br />
sections for body copy, headline<br />
type, decorative typeface, etc.<br />
■ Screens: Organize swatches with<br />
different texturized effects<br />
For questions or<br />
comments, e-mail<br />
shannon.williams@jostens.com.<br />
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GALLERY<br />
GREAT PHOTOS COME DOWN TO THREE SIMPLE THINGS:<br />
GOOD LIGHT, GOOD COMPOSITION, GREAT EMOTION.<br />
Photo Contest winners<br />
SHANNON SOULE, a sophomore at<br />
Westlake High School in Austin, TX,<br />
earned the $1,000 Gr<strong>and</strong> Prize in the<br />
2007 <strong>Jostens</strong> Photo Contest for her<br />
powerful image of a football fan in the rain<br />
gesturing with a “W” during a kick-off.<br />
Seven other student photographers earned $500 First<br />
Place honors. Their photos are displayed on these<br />
pages. In addition, 76 other photographs placed in the<br />
contest. Visit www.jostens.com/yearbook to view all of<br />
the winning images. &<br />
magnim nulla adigna<br />
faccumm odolorem<br />
dolortis niamcommy<br />
nulluptat, quismol<br />
endiam ing exero<br />
ercipsuscin euisi eum<br />
augait inim veniam,<br />
quatuer in voloreet<br />
ullaorem irillam, sum<br />
GRAND PRIZE: School Spirit · “The Kick-Off Symbol”<br />
Shannon Soule · Westlake High School, Austin, TX<br />
1ST PLACE: STUDENT LIFE | ACTIVITIES · “Over Me”<br />
Madison McElroy · Bryant High School, Bryant, AR<br />
1ST PLACE: JUNIOR HIGH | MIDDLE SCHOOL<br />
“The Good Ol’ Days” · Katie DeJuneas · Jay M Robinson Middle School, Charlotte, NC<br />
1ST PLACE: ACADEMICS<br />
“Manic Mechanic” · Holly Riffl e · Ansonia High School, Ansonia, OH<br />
1ST PLACE: SCHOOL SPIRIT · “Coach” ·<br />
Chris Williams · Shawnee Mission North High School, Overl<strong>and</strong> Park, KS<br />
1ST PLACE: LIFE IN THE HALLWAY · “She Hates Me”<br />
Eric Gardner · Bronson Jr/Sr High School, Bronson, MI<br />
1ST PLACE: ATHLETES IN ACTION<br />
“The Pain of Loss” · Shannon Soule · Westlake High School, Austin, TX<br />
1ST PLACE: OPEN · “Smile On a Stick”<br />
Olivia Chaaban · Sonoma Valley High School, Sonoma, CA<br />
SPRING <strong>2008</strong> | ISSUE 61 | 13
ADVISER ROUNDTABLE<br />
The yearbook<br />
is fi nished. Now what?<br />
ADVISER & STAFF<br />
MAGAZINE ASKED<br />
YEARBOOK ADVISERS<br />
TO TELL US WHAT<br />
HAPPENS IN THEIR<br />
YEARBOOK CLASSES<br />
AFTER THE FINAL<br />
YEARBOOK PAGES ARE<br />
COMPLETED. HERE’S<br />
WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.<br />
Joanne Chapuran<br />
MILLARD WEST HIGH SCHOOL,<br />
OMAHA, NE<br />
After that final deadline, we<br />
first collectively breathe. Then<br />
we throw a classroom party<br />
complete with food, movies, food, games,<br />
food, awards <strong>and</strong> more food.<br />
Then, we get back to work. Teams of<br />
underclass students work on theme packets<br />
<strong>and</strong> prepping for next year. Seniors draft<br />
distribution plans including publicity,<br />
organizing materials <strong>and</strong> manpower, even<br />
diagramming the setup.<br />
We initially distribute yearbooks in the<br />
journalism room from 5-7 p.m. the same<br />
night as the senior awards banquet, which<br />
is held from 7-9 p.m. across campus in the<br />
auditorium.<br />
After the yearbooks are out, we vote on<br />
the theme packets, select editors <strong>and</strong> prepare<br />
for our summer workshop.<br />
Christine Br<strong>and</strong>ell<br />
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL,<br />
GILBERT, AZ<br />
The Talon staff is busier in<br />
the last part of the semester<br />
than when they are actually<br />
producing the book. I assign the editors to<br />
head committees for our auction, banquet,<br />
signing party, contest organization <strong>and</strong><br />
yearbook recruiting.<br />
The auction committee is responsible<br />
for soliciting vendors for donations for<br />
the auction we hold at the end of the year.<br />
Yearbook staff members earn year “bucks”<br />
throughout the year for going above <strong>and</strong><br />
beyond the call of duty. It’s a form of<br />
currency they can use to bid on auction<br />
items.<br />
Our yearbook signing party committee<br />
plans, organizes <strong>and</strong> sets up the distribution<br />
event we hold in mid-May every year. In<br />
addition to book <strong>and</strong> ad sales, this event<br />
serves as one of our biggest fund-raisers.<br />
The banquet committee plans, organizes<br />
<strong>and</strong> implements the yearbook banquet we<br />
hold for staff members <strong>and</strong> their parents<br />
every year.<br />
The recruitment committee goes to<br />
our eighth-grade feeder school to begin<br />
recruiting for the high school yearbook<br />
program. This committee also recruits new<br />
staff members here at the high school.<br />
This year I am adding another committee<br />
to organize all of the contest materials for<br />
submission prior to the end of the school<br />
year.<br />
Once the yearbook is done we also create<br />
a yearbook supplement. Students who are<br />
potential editors for the following school<br />
year oversee the supplement.<br />
As their final exam, staff members break<br />
into groups of three <strong>and</strong> four <strong>and</strong> create a<br />
theme project. The following year’s yearbook<br />
theme evolves out of one or more of these<br />
projects.<br />
Mitch Eden<br />
KIRKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL,<br />
KIRKWOOD, MO<br />
After the final pages are<br />
completed we take a deep<br />
breath <strong>and</strong> celebrate — then<br />
we get ready to plan our distribution event,<br />
send our seniors off in style, <strong>and</strong> get next<br />
year’s staff organized <strong>and</strong> ready to produce<br />
another yearbook.<br />
Our staff organizes a distribution event<br />
that celebrates <strong>and</strong> showcases the yearbook<br />
to the entire school. It’s also our staff’s day<br />
to shine.<br />
We hold a staff recognition night, too. It<br />
is a wonderful way to say thank you to the<br />
staff <strong>and</strong> recognize everyone who worked so<br />
hard to produce the yearbook. We gather in<br />
the school’s cafeteria <strong>and</strong> enjoy desserts <strong>and</strong><br />
drinks. It’s simple <strong>and</strong> fun.<br />
At the event, our editors give all staff<br />
members a certificate <strong>and</strong> say a few words<br />
about the year. We then give out annual<br />
awards such as Best All-Around <strong>Staff</strong>er, New<br />
<strong>Staff</strong>er, <strong>Adviser</strong>’s Award, etc. Each senior is<br />
also given time to say a few words.<br />
After recognition night, I make finalizing<br />
staff selection <strong>and</strong> positions for the following<br />
year a priority. With the help of next year’s<br />
editors <strong>and</strong> staff, I begin planning theme<br />
projects, summer camps <strong>and</strong> workshops,<br />
summer coverage, ad <strong>and</strong> book campaigns<br />
<strong>and</strong> a little bit of summer fun mixed in.<br />
“OUR STAFF ORGANIZES<br />
A DISTRIBUTION EVENT<br />
THAT CELEBRATES<br />
AND SHOWCASES THE<br />
YEARBOOK TO THE ENTIRE<br />
SCHOOL.”<br />
Jeff Kocur<br />
HOPKINS HIGH SCHOOL,<br />
MINNETONKA, MN<br />
The ritual celebration of<br />
submitting the last pages of the<br />
book is short-lived in our class.<br />
Because we are a spring delivery book<br />
<strong>and</strong> cannot include any spring sports or<br />
activities, we use the bulk of fourth term<br />
creating a spring supplement.<br />
The students hit the ground running at<br />
the beginning of fourth term, as we would<br />
with any other deadline cycle.<br />
The remaining four weeks until<br />
distribution pose a greater challenge as<br />
senioritis becomes even more acute. That<br />
does not mean we put away the cameras <strong>and</strong><br />
shutter the computers, though. The students<br />
complete three signature projects, choosing<br />
from a menu of options including:<br />
■ Re-creating professionally<br />
published photos<br />
■ Creating <strong>and</strong> designing a photo<br />
<strong>and</strong> story tribute to a retiring teacher<br />
■ Creating advertisements highlighting<br />
some of our best work to sell the<br />
remaining books<br />
■ Committing to selling at least five books<br />
to classmates<br />
■ Working with the television production<br />
students to piece together a senior video<br />
■ Sifting through all the photos we have<br />
taken, choosing the best photos, <strong>and</strong><br />
defending the choices<br />
■ Photographing, designing <strong>and</strong> writing<br />
a senior tribute to be posted in the<br />
commons area<br />
■ Creating their own project that<br />
will showcase their skills <strong>and</strong> benefit<br />
the school<br />
The end result is an additional showcase<br />
of their work <strong>and</strong> more practice for<br />
underclassmen in piecing together <strong>and</strong><br />
telling the story of our school.<br />
Photo by A.J. Boudrie-Mendez, Milwee Middle School, Longwood FL; Mark Sherwood, adviser<br />
Kerry Lowell<br />
PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL,<br />
PETALUMA, CA<br />
Phew! Let’s take a breather!<br />
The first thing I do is give my<br />
staff a much deserved break.<br />
We take about two weeks to watch movies,<br />
walk downtown for coffee <strong>and</strong> snacks, relax,<br />
chat, play games <strong>and</strong> regroup. We also try to<br />
attend the spring NSPA/JEA National High<br />
School Journalism Convention.<br />
When we return, we start working on<br />
next year’s theme. Students divide into<br />
groups <strong>and</strong> brainstorm possible theme ideas<br />
<strong>and</strong> begin making a theme packet. How<br />
h<strong>and</strong>y that this corresponds into a final<br />
exam for them as well!<br />
They take all they learned during the<br />
year <strong>and</strong> show it off with great ideas for the<br />
following year. All seven components of the<br />
theme must be presented, along with spinoffs<br />
for each section <strong>and</strong> visual <strong>and</strong> verbal<br />
“cool tools” to carry the theme along.<br />
Our yearbook representative participates<br />
in presentations of each theme packet,<br />
pointing out the positives <strong>and</strong> possible hangups<br />
of each, <strong>and</strong> then we vote. The winning<br />
packet accompanies us to yearbook camp in<br />
the summer.<br />
We also plan our pre-distribution party<br />
<strong>and</strong> gear up for actual distribution day.<br />
We also always end the year with a party<br />
celebrating our work on the Enterprise!<br />
“WE BEGIN PLANNING<br />
OUR BIG DISTRIBUTION<br />
EVENT BY ORGANIZING<br />
THE STAFF INTO<br />
COMMITTEES.”<br />
Jennifer Garner<br />
LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL,<br />
HOT SPRINGS, AR<br />
We begin planning our<br />
big distribution event by<br />
organizing the staff into<br />
committees. We also prepare for our state<br />
convention <strong>and</strong> competition, which is held<br />
in April. Some years we have been an “officer<br />
school” for the Arkansas Scholastic Press<br />
Association, <strong>and</strong> that requires a great deal of<br />
work <strong>and</strong> preparation for the convention.<br />
In April, we begin planning next year’s<br />
book with staff meetings <strong>and</strong> brainstorming<br />
sessions.<br />
After the book is distributed, we all<br />
breathe a sigh of relief. The last few days of<br />
school we clean up computer hard drives,<br />
store <strong>and</strong> archive digital photos <strong>and</strong> generally<br />
clean up the mess we made all year.<br />
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BUSINESS<br />
Starting a YEARBOOK DISTRIBUTION<br />
celebration tradition<br />
FROM THE EXPERTS<br />
You’ve put a lot of hard work, passion <strong>and</strong> energy into<br />
creating an amazing yearbook. You owe it to your staff<br />
<strong>and</strong> the school to celebrate your accomplishment with<br />
a yearbook distribution event.<br />
The impact that a strong, inclusive distribution event can<br />
have on your school is immeasurable. Build school pride.<br />
Boost your yearbook sales. Generate extra funds. Increase<br />
interest in the yearbook for next year. It all starts with a<br />
great distribution celebration.<br />
There are many exciting ways to celebrate your<br />
achievement, but the best way to start is by planning a<br />
signing party for the whole school. This generates instant<br />
excitement <strong>and</strong> buzz around the yearbook, <strong>and</strong> it serves as a<br />
platform for all other aspects of your event.<br />
To start a great yearbook signing tradition at your school,<br />
follow this four-step plan.<br />
Step 1: Plan your celebration event<br />
■ Determine items/supplies you’ll need.<br />
■ Determine if you will charge admission.<br />
■ Obtain adviser <strong>and</strong> administration approval.<br />
■ Finalize location, date, time <strong>and</strong> set-up.<br />
■ Create a plan to sell extra yearbooks before,<br />
during <strong>and</strong> after your celebration event.<br />
Step 2: Prepare for your celebration event<br />
■ Secure <strong>and</strong> schedule student, staff, teacher <strong>and</strong> parent<br />
volunteers.<br />
■ Clearly communicate assignments to all volunteers.<br />
■ Prepare sales lists to use for distribution.<br />
■ Organize yearbooks <strong>and</strong> set up the event the day before.<br />
Step 3: Promote your celebration event<br />
■ Get the word out about the event <strong>and</strong> also communicate<br />
how to buy a yearbook.<br />
■ Be very clear when communicating when <strong>and</strong> where to<br />
pick up yearbooks, how to gain entrance to the event <strong>and</strong><br />
how to buy a yearbook.<br />
Step 4: Celebrate!<br />
■ Gather your volunteers. Put your plan into motion.<br />
■ Enjoy the energy <strong>and</strong> celebrate your success.<br />
It’s never too soon to start planning for next year.<br />
Get feedback from the school for next year’s yearbook.<br />
Include a yearbook survey to gather feedback.<br />
CELEBRATION EVENT IDEAS<br />
Here are some great celebration ideas<br />
from schools across the country:<br />
■ Get local businesses to donate food <strong>and</strong> drinks.<br />
■ Invite student b<strong>and</strong>s to perform at the event, or hire a DJ.<br />
■ Sponsor a student (<strong>and</strong> faculty) talent show.<br />
■ Show a slideshow of photos that didn’t make it<br />
into the yearbook.<br />
■ Host class picnics where you h<strong>and</strong> out the yearbooks.<br />
■ Invite school clubs to set up booths at the party for selling<br />
everything from face painting to pizza.<br />
■ Ask local businesses to donate door prizes.<br />
■ If you can’t fi t your whole student body into your event<br />
location, hold two events split by grades.<br />
■ Order imprinted pens with your yearbook theme <strong>and</strong> sell<br />
them at your event along with autograph sections.<br />
THINK INSIDE<br />
THE BOX<br />
Distribution Event in a Box<br />
is a h<strong>and</strong>y kit containing<br />
everything your staff needs<br />
to plan <strong>and</strong> host an event to<br />
remember:<br />
■ Event Booklet: Walks you<br />
through the basic steps to<br />
planning a distribution<br />
event <strong>and</strong> provides some<br />
great examples from<br />
schools across the country.<br />
■ Event Guide DVD:<br />
Instructional video,<br />
event planning <strong>and</strong><br />
marketing materials.<br />
■ Banner <strong>and</strong> Posters:<br />
Large “Yearbooks Are Here”<br />
banner will comm<strong>and</strong><br />
attention.<br />
■ Supplies: Markers,<br />
tape <strong>and</strong> a receipt pad.<br />
The Distribution Event<br />
in a Box is available<br />
from <strong>Jostens</strong> Marketing<br />
Services for $17. Request<br />
item #1710 when calling<br />
1.800.972.5628 or visiting<br />
www.YearbookAvenue.com.<br />
WANTED: YEARBOOK<br />
BUSINESS MANAGER<br />
A successful yearbook is a product — one that<br />
needs to be compelling to its prospective customers.<br />
So an organized, motivated yearbook business<br />
manager is an important, essential member of the<br />
yearbook team.<br />
Your yearbook business manager should be equal<br />
in status to the editor in chief. And both these<br />
student leaders need to work together to incite<br />
interest <strong>and</strong> dem<strong>and</strong>.<br />
The yearbook business manager position isn’t just<br />
about financial <strong>and</strong> promotional responsibilities.<br />
Your business manager will also collaborate with the<br />
rest of the staff to plan <strong>and</strong> create the best yearbook<br />
possible.<br />
Check out the new Yearbook Business Manager<br />
Student Guide <strong>and</strong> Weekly Planning Guide in the<br />
Sell It! Kit in your 2009 Yearbook Kit.<br />
JOHN CUTSINGER<br />
NOW IS THE TIME<br />
TO INITIATE<br />
PLANNING FOR<br />
NEXT YEAR<br />
Yearbook planning <strong>and</strong><br />
production should be a<br />
seamless, renewable circle.<br />
The smartest advisers <strong>and</strong><br />
staffs know that you don’t<br />
completely fi nish planning<br />
a book before you begin<br />
production on it. One cycle<br />
continually overlaps the other.<br />
Careful consideration should<br />
be given to both the idea<br />
brainstorming <strong>and</strong> development<br />
stages of the next yearbook<br />
as well as the processes <strong>and</strong><br />
procedures that best guarantee<br />
successful execution of staff<br />
plans.<br />
TRY THIS: Post two lists in<br />
a visible place where staff<br />
members, editors <strong>and</strong> the<br />
adviser can write ideas for<br />
next year. The fi rst list could<br />
be a “to-do” list with all the<br />
actions next year’s staff will<br />
want to take, including theme<br />
<strong>and</strong> coverage ideas as well<br />
as processes <strong>and</strong> procedures<br />
that worked magic <strong>and</strong> are<br />
repeatable. The second list<br />
could be a “never again” list<br />
on which everyone could write<br />
the ideas that just didn’t work<br />
or processes <strong>and</strong> procedures<br />
that need refi nement or total<br />
revision.<br />
Compile all the ideas on<br />
posters <strong>and</strong> use as agenda<br />
items for a spring planning <strong>and</strong><br />
training session as well as the<br />
summer workshop focus for<br />
next year’s staff.<br />
For questions or<br />
comments, e-mail<br />
john.cutsinger@jostens.com<br />
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TECHNOLOGY<br />
FROM THE EXPERTS<br />
WHETHER CREATING PAGES USING INDESIGN WITH JOSTENS<br />
YEARTECH OR USING THE INTERNET WITH JOSTENS YEARTECH ONLINE,<br />
NEW TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES FOR 2009 GIVE YOUR STAFF THE<br />
Creative edge<br />
<strong>Jostens</strong> YearTech continues to set the st<strong>and</strong>ard for<br />
creating yearbooks using desktop publishing with Adobe<br />
MARK HERRON<br />
WARM FUZZIES,<br />
INCENTIVES<br />
AND REWARDS<br />
MOTIVATE THE<br />
YEARBOOK TEAM<br />
InDesign. A new dockable CS3 toolbar, Portrait Editor,<br />
Image Share <strong>and</strong> an updated Picture Placer are among<br />
the upgrades included in YearTech 2009.<br />
CS3 Dockable Toolbar<br />
Not only is there a full YearTech toolbar available for CS3,<br />
but it can be docked at the top or the bottom of the screen so<br />
that it doesn’t get in the way of your creativity.<br />
Portrait Editor<br />
<strong>Staff</strong>s seeking more<br />
control over editing <strong>and</strong><br />
placing their portraits<br />
will love the new Portrait<br />
Editor.<br />
A new YearTech toolbar<br />
button launches the<br />
Portrait Editor, giving<br />
staffs the ability to edit a<br />
PSPA-formatted portrait CD. Editing names is quick <strong>and</strong> easy<br />
<strong>and</strong> portraits are saved by grade/class so staffs can easily flow<br />
portraits onto their InDesign pages.<br />
<strong>Staff</strong>s still have the option of using Panel Flow <strong>and</strong> having<br />
<strong>Jostens</strong> edit <strong>and</strong> flow their portraits.<br />
Picture Placer<br />
Selecting photos using Picture Placer is easier on the eyes<br />
with a new photo preview box. After clicking on a thumbnail<br />
photo, a larger version of the image appears in a special<br />
preview box.<br />
Image Share<br />
The school community can now share photos with the<br />
yearbook staff using Image Share. Students <strong>and</strong> parents<br />
upload photos to the site for possible inclusion in the<br />
yearbook. The images are accessible through the Yearbook<br />
Avenue website <strong>and</strong> can be downloaded for placement<br />
directly on yearbook pages.<br />
YearTech Online 2009 is packed with<br />
exciting enhancements.<br />
Powerful, enhanced features make online<br />
creation easier while offering staffs even<br />
more creative functions.<br />
With millions of yearbooks produced for<br />
thous<strong>and</strong>s of schools, <strong>Jostens</strong> is the<br />
world’s largest provider of online-created<br />
memory books.<br />
Check out some of the upgrades staffs will<br />
be using next school year:<br />
Drop shadows<br />
Add a dimensional look to elements <strong>and</strong><br />
images with drop shadows.<br />
Save as a template<br />
Spreads can now be saved as templates<br />
allowing them to be reused.<br />
<strong>Staff</strong> activity report<br />
Grading <strong>and</strong> tracking staff performance is<br />
easier with this new record of staff logins.<br />
Faster image uploader<br />
A new Flash uploader allows multiple<br />
image files to be quickly uploaded at once,<br />
speeding up the page creation process.<br />
Flowing portraits<br />
Creating panel pages is a breeze with new<br />
functionality that flows portraits into Page<br />
Surfer templates or staff-created designs.<br />
As a leadership team, the<br />
adviser <strong>and</strong> editors can nurture<br />
an environment that stresses<br />
the value of personal best <strong>and</strong><br />
self-motivation. While it would<br />
be ideal for all staff members<br />
to view their contributions as<br />
worthy <strong>and</strong> meaningful, the<br />
reality remains that incentives<br />
<strong>and</strong> rewards are motivators.<br />
Consistency is the key to the<br />
success of any motivational<br />
program. <strong>Staff</strong> members will<br />
have expectations regarding<br />
desired personal behaviors<br />
<strong>and</strong> the incentives <strong>and</strong> rewards<br />
become symbols of that<br />
achievement.<br />
TRY THIS: Once editors have<br />
been selected, the adviser<br />
should plan a leadership<br />
workshop to discuss the model<br />
behaviors that will create a<br />
nurturing work environment <strong>and</strong><br />
the successful achievement of<br />
staff goals.<br />
Meaningful incentives <strong>and</strong><br />
rewards that can be effectively,<br />
effi ciently <strong>and</strong> consistently<br />
implemented should be planned<br />
as motivators for individual <strong>and</strong><br />
collective staff members.<br />
Other leadership workshop<br />
topics could include roles <strong>and</strong><br />
responsibilities, process work<br />
fl ow <strong>and</strong> time management.<br />
For questions or<br />
comments, e-mail<br />
mark.herron@jostens.com.<br />
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STAFF PROFILE<br />
Journalistic<br />
leaps & bounds<br />
CREATING OUTSIDE<br />
THE BOX AT<br />
COCALICO<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Something’s abuzz in room 203.<br />
In this classroom of 36 students <strong>and</strong> one<br />
teacher, something’s reverberating off<br />
the walls, the desks <strong>and</strong> the computer<br />
keyboards.<br />
It’s the sound of teenagers brainstorming,<br />
designing, discussing, deciding <strong>and</strong><br />
collaborating.<br />
The hum of activity is what Joe Vulopas,<br />
yearbook adviser, Cocalico High School,<br />
Denver, PA, has come to expect from his<br />
yearbook staff.<br />
“My classroom is a creativity lab,” Vulopas<br />
said. “Students learn that room 203 is a<br />
playground of sorts. Our motto is ‘Creativity<br />
is Intelligence at Play!’”<br />
That creativity is grounded in a thorough<br />
underst<strong>and</strong>ing of journalistic st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong><br />
anchored in exceptional reporting <strong>and</strong> storytelling.<br />
It’s a philosophy gleaned from Vulopas’<br />
real-life experiences as an education reporter<br />
for the Lancaster New Era — a career he<br />
pursued before he became a teacher.<br />
He’s been on the faculty at Cocalico<br />
High School for nine years <strong>and</strong> yearbook<br />
adviser to The Talon for eight years. He also<br />
teaches English <strong>and</strong> journalism classes. To<br />
keep his journalism skills honed, he writes<br />
a newspaper column called “Life Apparent,”<br />
which he’s been penning for the Lancaster<br />
New Era since 1992.<br />
As a professional journalist <strong>and</strong> a teacher,<br />
Vulopas sets high st<strong>and</strong>ards for his students,<br />
<strong>and</strong> they deliver.<br />
“Our yearbook is about people, about<br />
<strong>Adviser</strong> Joe Vulopas demonstrates the importance of putting a face on a story to his class. “If you don’t add<br />
life or a face to a story, it’s the same as writing about a lifeless mannequin,” Vulopas said. Yearbook editors<br />
Jessica Esparra, Chelsea Mitchell <strong>and</strong> Leah Stoner help make the point with their emotionless expressions<br />
<strong>and</strong> a mannequin head.<br />
stories,” he said. “I tell my students that<br />
there are 1,300 kids in this school <strong>and</strong> you<br />
better look at all those faces.”<br />
While this might seem like a tall order,<br />
the sentiment is reflective of Vulopas’ vision<br />
that good storytelling is essential to a<br />
journalistically sound yearbook.<br />
“It’s not my book, it’s the students’<br />
book,” Vulopas explained. “I drive home the<br />
importance of good, solid journalism <strong>and</strong><br />
communications skills, <strong>and</strong> then they put<br />
their own voices to it.”<br />
He runs his classroom like a professional<br />
publication with editors at the helm,<br />
followed by copy editors, designers,<br />
reporters <strong>and</strong> photographers. This real-life<br />
approach includes a separate advertising<br />
<strong>and</strong> marketing group that designs its own<br />
marketing plan before selling ads <strong>and</strong><br />
yearbooks.<br />
“I became an educator because I wanted to<br />
help students discover who they really are,”<br />
he said. “I wanted to help them learn the<br />
leadership <strong>and</strong> communication skills they<br />
would need to succeed in the real world.”<br />
Technology plays an important role in his<br />
forward-thinking, motivational approach.<br />
Easy access to InDesign, Photoshop <strong>and</strong><br />
other technological tools have transformed<br />
the yearbook classroom, mirroring state-ofthe-art<br />
capabilities found in newsrooms <strong>and</strong><br />
magazine offices.<br />
That’s just one of the many reasons<br />
Vulopas is a champion of journalism classes.<br />
Photo by Hannah Eshleman<br />
He believes they offer an environment that<br />
fosters technical proficiency <strong>and</strong> encourages<br />
collaborative effort, creative thinking,<br />
problem-solving <strong>and</strong> good written <strong>and</strong> verbal<br />
communication skills. Without a doubt all<br />
are valuable skills for a successful career<br />
no matter what field a student happens to<br />
pursue upon graduation.<br />
As The Talon co-editor Leah Stoner noted,<br />
“No class I have ever taken has brought me<br />
closer to my classmates or taught me more<br />
important lessons than this yearbook class.<br />
I will take what I learned in room 203 with<br />
me after I leave high school. I have so much<br />
fun creating the publications that I don’t<br />
even realize I’m learning some of the most<br />
important lessons in my life.”<br />
By <strong>and</strong> large, the majority of the 36<br />
students in Vulopas’ yearbook class focus<br />
their efforts on producing the 220-plus<br />
page Talon yearbook. However, during<br />
the 2007-<strong>2008</strong> school year, a h<strong>and</strong>ful also<br />
“MY CLASSROOM IS<br />
A CREATIVITY LAB”<br />
devoted a considerable amount of time to<br />
producing a second book-length publication<br />
called Pages of Changes.<br />
Pages of Changes is a 240-plus page<br />
retrospective look at the extra-curricular<br />
activities offered by the Cocalico School<br />
District. Comprehensive in scope <strong>and</strong><br />
journalistic in tone, the project covers<br />
events, people <strong>and</strong> activities dating back to<br />
1931. It includes hundreds of photos as well<br />
as interviews with retirees, former coaches<br />
At the computer, Leah Stoner seeks feedback on a<br />
design from Jessica Esparra, Chelsea Mitchell <strong>and</strong><br />
Joe Vulopas (adviser).<br />
<strong>and</strong> people who participated in the school<br />
district’s many <strong>and</strong> varied extracurricular<br />
programs.<br />
“I felt it was important for my students<br />
to look outside their classroom <strong>and</strong> do<br />
something for their community,” Vulopas<br />
said. “I wanted to give them the opportunity<br />
to create something that wasn’t written for<br />
their peers, like the yearbook is. With Pages<br />
of Changes, they’re writing for a different<br />
audience, one that is broader in scope.<br />
They’re writing for their community.”<br />
Without a doubt, the Cocalico High<br />
School “creativity lab” in room 203 is alive<br />
<strong>and</strong> well <strong>and</strong> in good journalistic h<strong>and</strong>s with<br />
Vulopas <strong>and</strong> his yearbook staff. &<br />
Ercilio Costa, Joe Vulopas (adviser), Jessica Esparra, Chelsea Mitchell, Leah Stoner <strong>and</strong> Matthew Carty review<br />
plans for the <strong>2008</strong> Talon.<br />
Photo by Alison Fetter Photo by Alison Fetter<br />
FROM THE EXPERTS<br />
LAURA SCHAUB<br />
GREAT PHOTOS<br />
REQUIRE PLANNING,<br />
STAFF DISCUSSION,<br />
TEAMWORK<br />
Great yearbooks contain magic<br />
moments — hundreds of images<br />
that tell stories of our lives —<br />
but capturing those moments<br />
isn’t easy.<br />
Prior to photographing any<br />
activity or event, photographers,<br />
writers, designers <strong>and</strong> editors<br />
should meet to discuss<br />
coverage, raising questions such<br />
as, “What single image will best<br />
tell this story?” <strong>and</strong> “What are<br />
the secondary images that will<br />
add depth <strong>and</strong> meaning to this<br />
visual story?”<br />
TRY THIS: Divide the class<br />
into teams of three or four<br />
diverse staff members (one<br />
photographer, one reporter, one<br />
designer, one editor).<br />
Teams should determine<br />
their written story angle <strong>and</strong><br />
brainstorm for their visual/photo<br />
coverage.<br />
Teams should work together to<br />
shoot the assigned photos as<br />
well as look for <strong>and</strong> shoot other<br />
photos that supplement the<br />
story. Finally, have the teams<br />
design the spread, writing the<br />
headline, copy <strong>and</strong> captions<br />
to refl ect <strong>and</strong> cover the story<br />
in words. Remember, photos<br />
should refl ect, but not repeat,<br />
the written content.<br />
For questions or<br />
comments, e-mail<br />
laura.schaub@jostens.com.<br />
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AWARD WINNERS<br />
Crown,<br />
Pacemaker<br />
fi nalists<br />
The two national press associations recently<br />
BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL<br />
The Hornet ■ Margaret Sorrows, adviser<br />
[Crown <strong>and</strong> Pacemaker Finalist]<br />
■ Bryant, AR<br />
CORONADO MIDDLE SCHOOL<br />
The Surfer ■ Am<strong>and</strong>a Casares, adviser<br />
[Crown Finalist]<br />
■ Coronado, CA<br />
DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ■ Duncanville, TX<br />
Panther Tale ■ Mary Pulliam, adviser<br />
[Pacemaker Finalist]<br />
FENTON HIGH SCHOOL ■ Fenton, MI<br />
Fentonian ■ Pam Bunka, adviser<br />
[Crown <strong>and</strong> Pacemaker Finalist]<br />
announced the yearbook fi nalists in their<br />
journalism competitions.<br />
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association<br />
[CSPA] Gold Crown Award <strong>and</strong> the National<br />
Scholastic Press Association [NSPA] Pacemaker<br />
Award are considered the top national<br />
journalism awards for student publications.<br />
Winners will be offi cially announced at<br />
their respective spring national journalism<br />
conventions.<br />
As the nation’s number one yearbook company,<br />
<strong>Jostens</strong> is proud to have worked with 13 of the<br />
Crown <strong>and</strong> Pacemaker fi nalists.<br />
GLENBROOK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL ■ Glenview, IL<br />
Etruscan<br />
[Pacemaker Finalist]<br />
■ Brenda Field, adviser<br />
LAWTON CHILES MIDDLE SCHOOL ■ Oviedo, FL<br />
Panther Pride ■ Melissa Laundani, adviser<br />
[Crown Finalist]<br />
LOUDOUN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Saga<br />
[Pacemaker Finalist]<br />
■ Martha Akers, adviser<br />
■ Purcellville, VA<br />
MAIZE SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL ■ Wichita, KS<br />
Eagle ■ Mary Patrick, adviser<br />
[Crown Finalist]<br />
JEA HONORS<br />
NATION’S TOP<br />
ADVISERS<br />
Mary Kay Downes,<br />
yearbook adviser at<br />
Chantilly High School,<br />
Chantilly, VA, learned<br />
that the Journalism<br />
Education Association<br />
named her the 2007<br />
National Yearbook<br />
<strong>Adviser</strong> of the Year<br />
during a surprise assembly at her school on<br />
December 3.<br />
Downes has been a yearbook adviser for<br />
23 years, including the last 20 at Chantilly<br />
High School where the Odyssey is a regular<br />
CSPA Gold Crown <strong>and</strong> NSPA Pacemaker<br />
winner.<br />
In addition to naming Downes as the<br />
<strong>Adviser</strong> of the Year, JEA also recognized<br />
three Distinguished <strong>Adviser</strong>s:<br />
■ Kathy Habiger, Mill Valley High School, KS<br />
■ Margaret Sorrows, Bryant High School, AR<br />
■ C. Dow Tate, Shawnee Mission<br />
East High School, KS<br />
JEA also named two Special Recognition<br />
<strong>Adviser</strong>s:<br />
■ Nancy Smith, Lafayette High School, MO<br />
■ Mitch Ziegler, Redondo Union<br />
High School, CA<br />
MILLARD WEST HIGH SCHOOL ■ Omaha, NE<br />
Prowler ■ Joanne Chapuran, adviser<br />
[Crown Finalist]<br />
NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Mnemosyne ■ Michelle Morris, adviser<br />
[Crown Finalist]<br />
■ Duluth, GA<br />
RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL ■ Richmond, IN<br />
Pierian<br />
[Pacemaker Finalist]<br />
■ Ann Herrman, adviser<br />
ROCKLIN HIGH SCHOOL ■ Rocklin, CA<br />
Tonitrus ■ Casey Nichols, adviser<br />
[Pacemaker Finalist]<br />
WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL ■ Rocklin, CA<br />
Details ■ Sarah Nichols, adviser<br />
[Crown <strong>and</strong> Pacemaker Finalist]<br />
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THE LAST WORD<br />
Real skills<br />
for the real world<br />
GARY LUNDGREN<br />
To the casual observer, it appeared as though not much learning could possibly be<br />
happening in room 57 — a classroom with bright yellow walls, buzzing fl uorescent lights<br />
<strong>and</strong> a furnace that pumped out cold air in the winter <strong>and</strong> hot air in the spring.<br />
Donuts from the Moscow Bakery <strong>and</strong><br />
popcorn from Hunter’s C<strong>and</strong>y powered the<br />
already energized teenagers. The radio,<br />
tuned to KRPL on the AM dial, blasted<br />
the popular hits of the late 1970s.<br />
It was third period <strong>and</strong> class was<br />
in session at Moscow High School,<br />
Moscow, ID. It wasn’t a calculus class.<br />
It wasn’t English literature. It was far<br />
more serious. It was yearbook <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Bear Tracks staff was on deadline.<br />
At the time, we were high school kids<br />
having fun <strong>and</strong> working on the yearbook.<br />
It was that simple. Today, 28 years later,<br />
I realize just how much the activities in<br />
“the Yearbook Room” impacted my life.<br />
Yearbook is a writing class, a design<br />
class, a journalism class, a business class,<br />
a marketing class, a public relations<br />
class, a photography class, a management<br />
class <strong>and</strong> a technology class. (In 1980,<br />
technology was an electric typewriter<br />
<strong>and</strong> a fresh bottle of Wite-Out.)<br />
And most importantly, in yearbook,<br />
I learned leadership. In room 57, I<br />
was a leader not a follower. Few other<br />
classes provided that opportunity.<br />
I sometimes wonder if I ever would have<br />
taken an interest in journalism education<br />
had I not enrolled in yearbook. Or, for that<br />
matter, if I even would have attended college.<br />
I do know that in yearbook, not<br />
English, I learned to write. In English, I<br />
wrote essays <strong>and</strong> they were returned with<br />
commentary <strong>and</strong> a grade. In yearbook,<br />
TODAY, 28 YEARS LATER,<br />
I REALIZE JUST HOW<br />
MUCH THE ACTIVITIES IN<br />
“THE YEARBOOK ROOM”<br />
IMPACTED MY LIFE<br />
stories were rewritten again <strong>and</strong> again,<br />
sometimes as many as ten times, before they<br />
earned the red initials “CH” from adviser<br />
Carole Hughes, indicating that the copy<br />
was ready to be typed on a copy sheet.<br />
It was in yearbook that I learned that<br />
a lot is two words. The “E” comes before<br />
the “I” in receive. Sophomore has an “O”<br />
s<strong>and</strong>wiched between the “H” <strong>and</strong> the “M.”<br />
There is “a rat” in separate. And, adviser ends<br />
in “ER” because the AP Stylebook says so.<br />
As yearbook advisers <strong>and</strong> editors,<br />
you know firsth<strong>and</strong> that yearbook isn’t<br />
a “blow-off” class or an “easy A.” It is a<br />
skill-focused, outcome-based lab class.<br />
However, sometimes we need to remind<br />
others of the skills learned in yearbook.<br />
Visit YearbookAvenue.com for a “30 Skills;<br />
One Class” h<strong>and</strong>out to share with parents,<br />
teachers, counselors <strong>and</strong> administrators.<br />
We’ve also provided sample résumé entries<br />
to help you sell your yearbook experience<br />
to colleges <strong>and</strong> prospective employers.<br />
I would also love to hear about your<br />
yearbook experiences or your ideas for<br />
<strong>Jostens</strong> <strong>Adviser</strong> & <strong>Staff</strong> magazine. You can<br />
write me at asmagazine@jostens.com.<br />
Pass the popcorn. Turn up the radio.<br />
And, get busy. We’re on deadline. &<br />
Gary Lundgren<br />
Editor in Chief<br />
30 SKILLS;<br />
ONE CLASS<br />
Few classes or activities offer<br />
the diverse skills that are gained<br />
from working on the yearbook:<br />
LIFE SKILLS<br />
■ Communication<br />
■ Leadership skills<br />
■ Time management<br />
■ Project management<br />
■ Problem solving<br />
■ Writing<br />
■ Photography<br />
■ Team building<br />
■ Confl ict resolution<br />
■ Public speaking<br />
JOURNALISTIC SKILLS<br />
■ Concept brainstorming<br />
■ Reporting<br />
■ Researching<br />
■ Writing<br />
■ Editing<br />
■ Photography<br />
■ Photo editing<br />
■ Graphic arts<br />
■ Public relations<br />
■ Media law<br />
BUSINESS SKILLS<br />
■ Budget planning<br />
■ Promotion & advertising<br />
■ Marketing<br />
■ Selling<br />
■ Customer relations<br />
■ Market research<br />
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS<br />
■ Business software applications<br />
■ Desktop publishing applications<br />
■ Photo-editing software applications<br />
■ Online design<br />
■ Online research<br />
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