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Yearbooks got some more good publicity this week. This time from an article in The Shaunavon Standard, a Canadian newspaper, which wrote a feature story detailing how popular the yearbook still is with schools in their community.
“The kids’ enthusiasm and joy when a yearbook’s done and when we get it back in September remains the same. People just want to relive the year,” yearbook adviser Gail Balfour told the paper.
With the summer workshop season now in full swing, we know there are yearbook staffs all across the country getting to work on next year’s book at camp.
The Yearbooks Blog wants to hear stories about what’s going on out at workshops this summer – fun tales from the road, the twists and turns of developing a theme and interesting stuff from the sessions and activities.
For those whose yearbook is still on the way in the weeks ahead, here are some more helpful tips to keep in mind when you hit the signing party.
This article from the website ehow.com emphasizes that the messages are best when they are heartfelt and funny.
What’s one of the first things you flip back to look at when you dig out your old yearbooks? Your picture? Sure. But most people I know first go back through all those signatures from their friends to see what hilarious words of wisdom were etched on the pages for posterity.
In this article from the Issaquah Press, Stacy Buell from Washington’s Skyline High School reminds readers that getting creative with your signature is important. After all, “How do you say goodbye, tell people you love them and summarize all of high school in one little note?”
The yearbook staff, and all the rest of the students, at Kalamazoo Central High School got to experience one memorable graduation ceremony this week when President Obama spoke at the school’s festivities – an honor the school earned for winning the White House’s Race To The Top High School Commencement Challenge in May.
The ceremony was held on the campus of Western Michigan University, and included an appearance by NBC’s “Today” show host Matt Lauer.
The Yearbooks Blog would like to send out congratulations and good luck wishes to adviser Kenneth Henderson from Florida’s Tarpon Springs High School, who is retiring this year after 31 years as a yearbook adviser.
This article from the St. Petersburg Times recaps some of Henderson’s career highlights, and quotes some of his former students on the impact Henderson made on their life.
It’s a guideline mentioned often in yearbook circles, but it’s a valuable one usually worth mentioning again – your staff should feature as many different students in the yearbook as possible. Every student featured is more likely to buy.
The yearbook staff at Mount Zion High School in Mt. Zion, Ill., really takes this principle to heart according to this recent article from the Herald-Review.com.
To all the readers of the Yearbooks Blog – remember to have a safe, fun Memorial Day! As always, be sure to take some time to enjoy with your family and friends on the holiday. And of course, take a moment to remember what Memorial Day is all about – all the soldiers who have given their life for this country.
Be sure to check back the rest of this week with more updates from around the world of yearbooks.
Take a look at this great piece about yearbooks from Jim Higley – a humorous blogger from Chicago who goes by the moniker “Bobblehead Dad.”
Yearbooks have been on a lot of minds this month as the spring books have been getting delivered to schools, and Higley wrote his own hilarious recollections about what the yearbook meant during his high school days.
In case you haven’t heard yet, Walsworth announced over in the News area yesterday afternoon that three schools have been named winners in this year’s It’s Worth It sales contest.
The Yearbooks Blog wants to offer a well-earned congratulations to the yearbook staffs from Coastal Christian High School, Taylorville High School and Rockingham County Middle School.
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