It’s National Yearbook Week, aka the best week of the year! If you are a newbie, you might be asking yourself, what in the world is National Yearbook Week? So, let’s start with the back story. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan declared the week of Oct. 4 each year as “National Yearbook Week.” Most holidays…
National Yearbook Week
Success takes many shapes and forms. Many of you already have a successful yearbook – it’s a good book that sells. But if you staunchly believe normal is overrated, if your pursuit of excellence is what drives you, if you keep searching for how to infuse the yearbook with your unique school flavor and spice,…
Nearly 500 yearbook advisers from all over the country entered Walsworth’s “The Best Thing About Yearbook is…” contest during National Yearbook Week 2018 last week. Once the dust settled, two lucky winners were drawn at the end of the day on Friday as winners. Mary Beth Lee from Chisholm Trail High School in Fort Worth,…
Walsworth’s Jim Jordan and Susan Massy, yearbook adviser at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, Kansas, held the second of two live National Yearbook Week webinars on Thursday. Their session, Feature It!, was focused on in-depth yearbook storytelling and feature writing. What is the best way to tell a yearbook story? The options for…
Walsworth’s first webinar of National Yearbook Week 2018 took place on Tuesday afternoon, with Mike Taylor’s presentation, “Content-Driven Yearbook Design.” Taylor spent 60 minutes discussing how your yearbook coverage can directly impact your book’s design. Replay of the webinar is now available. Creating page templates helps yearbooks keep a consistent look and allows students to…
We love National Yearbook Week and you should too! It is basically a big spirit week for yearbooks and we’ve been busy making party plans. We want you to join in on the fun all next week! If you are new to yearbook, you might be asking yourself, what in the world is National Yearbook…
Earlier this month as part of National Yearbook Week, yearbook adviser Tyraysha Peterson from Crescenta Valley High School in La Crescenta, California, was one of more than 400 advisers who entered Walsworth’s Why I Yearbook drawing by sending in her thoughts on what she loves about yearbook. For doing so, Peterson won the Crescenta Valley…
Tyraysha Peterson from Crescenta Valley High School in La Crescenta, California, and Courtney Nickel from Steinbrenner High School in Lutz, Florida, were drawn Friday afternoon as the two winners of mini-fridges in Walsworth’s Why I Yearbook drawing for yearbook advisers. More than 400 yearbook advisers entered the drawing as part of Walsworth’s National Yearbook Week…
We’ve been having a blast celebrating during National Yearbook Week and watching social media to see how various yearbook staffs have been celebrating. National Yearbook Week is another good occasion to stop and realize how important scholastic journalism is. Leland Mallett, the award-winning adviser at Walsworth Yearbooks school Legacy High School in Mansfield, Texas, recently…
National Yearbook Week has begun and schools everywhere are joining Walsworth Yearbooks in the celebration! A prime example can be found in the yearbook staff from Bloom Trail High School, a Walsworth Yearbooks school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Yearbook adviser Stephanie Kapaldo said the staff was inspired by Walsworth’s National Yearbook Week festivities to plan…