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It’s the middle of winter and your students are working hard, but they may be slowing down a bit. Days of limited daylight and less time outdoors may be taking its toll. So, get your staff moving to keep the doldrums and stress at bay.
Brain teasers and small bursts of exercise will help them clear their brain and keep them inspired as they continue to work on their yearbook.
Amid the rush of deadlines and the holidays, did someone forget to plan a staff activity to pause and mark the occasion? Maybe this is the year for some spontaneity.
Here are some ideas for both fun and meaningful activities that can still be done before the winter break.
Every week may be yearbook week for you, but you can officially celebrate during National Yearbook Week next week, Oct. 3-7. Walsworth and the Yearbooks Blog are already making plans to mark the week with five themed days here in the Blog, on Facebook and on Twitter.
Take time now to plan fun activities and spread the word about yearbook throughout your school. This is a good week to market your yearbook to increase sales, explain what it’s like to be on staff to aid recruitment in a few months and tout your accomplishments.
Yearbook is hard work. Your staff needs to work well together to get the job done right and on time. It is helpful if your staff can get to know each other so they can understand each others’ strengths and weaknesses.
Spending time together having fun or sharing serious thoughts can lead all staff members to a greater understanding of how they can best work together on this large yearbook project. As school gets rolling in September, consider these activities for bonding.
A successful yearbook is one that readers enjoy, so they buy it, enabling the staff to meet its financial obligations.
“If you meet those two criteria, then your book is a success,” said Susan Massy, yearbook adviser at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, Kan., and leader of the Roundtable Yearbook Critiques session at Walsworth’s Adviser Academy on Wednesday morning.
The hunt proved successful – the Scavenger Hunt, that is. Molly Petrone, yearbook editor at Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, Mass., is seen here holding the iPad2 her staff won in Walsworth’s Scavenger Hunt contest at the CSPA convention in New York City in March.
With her are her adviser, Lorraine Zanini, right, and Michelle Sidwell, Walsworth yearbook sales representative in New England, who recently presented the staff with the iPad 2 in their classroom.
It is that time of year when one yearbook staff is wrapping up and another is beginning its work. An awards ceremony, with a fancy or casual banquet, is a great way to cap the year. Whether this is held at a small banquet room at a nearby hotel or at a park shelter, invite next year’s staff to give them something to look forward to.
If you have a summer or fall delivery book, you may have a staff that is still producing their book. Your staff for next year should have plans to sell ads this summer and go to workshop. Consider some of these ideas for relieving stress or bonding, depending on your staff’s needs.
Fresh air, clean water, healthy green spaces – you cannot take them for granted. The place where you live needs a little TLC from time to time. Be thankful for the planet you live on by acknowledging Earth Day this week on April 22. Earth Day is a great opportunity to add to your yearbook coverage, help the planet or have a little fun.
We’ve come up with ideas you can do to honor the day. You can come up with your own. Just let us know what you’re up to by telling us on the Yearbooks Blog.
Work with printed publications long enough and you know mistakes happen. The usual ones are typos and misspelled words. But sometimes it is a misidentified student in a caption or students left out of the book.
Some yearbooks put a disclaimer in the colophon reminding readers that the book is a student creation. Just like the rest of the colophon explains how the book was created with specific computers and cameras, the disclaimer adds that throughout the long process, which is done by students, mistakes can be made.
Watch as the Gold and Silver Crowns are awarded today as CSPA will be streaming the ceremonies live from the Spring Scholastic Convention at Columbia University in New York City.
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