In his latest column, Walsworth's Jim Jordan explains how the Adviser Mentor Program helps new yearbook advisers by providing a friend to guide and encourage them.
For their 2017 yearbook, the staff at Timber Creek High School in Fort Worth, Texas, chose the unifying, inclusive theme of “Shine Brighter Together.” That’s why when students received their books earlier this months and began flipping through the People section, they found a portrait of service dog Soldier Campbell mixed in with the freshmen,…
Here’s a cool idea from the yearbook staff at First Flight High School in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, for a way to put those unused photos that didn’t make it into the yearbook to use. The First Flight staff was looking to make one final sales push as they headed into May with 100…
If you need a good idea to help your recruiting for next year’s yearbook staff, or you simply want to create some good yearbook culture at your school, take a cue from Indian Rocks Christian School in Largo, Florida. The Indian Rocks staff recently held a Yearbook Open House and allowed students to come in…
One of my favorite memories of advising yearbook has very little to do with the actual production of the yearbook. Instead it has to do with developing caring young adults. I was determined to teach my students that giving a portion of themselves to the world around them is more important than constantly taking from…
As we get closer to the holidays, here’s another fun story to remind you just how special yearbooks can be. The 2016 yearbook staff at Walsworth Yearbooks school Windsor High School in Windsor, California, had a braille version of their book printed for blind student Maycie Vorreiter. Vorreiter had always ordered a yearbook, but needed…
As the year progresses, your staff may get stressed during deadlines; tension may even appear in the classroom. That’s why students need to continue to work on team building to keep relationships strong. Also, games and activities relieve stress and foster comradery while bringing fun into the yearbook room. Try “Get to Know You Bingo.”…
National Yearbook Week is here once again! That means it’s time to celebrate all things yearbook. From Oct. 4-10 every year, yearbook staffs across the country take a little extra time to have fun and promote all the hard work they put in to their books. This year, Walsworth Yearbooks will be observing National Yearbook…
Yearbook distribution days are taking place all over the country this month, and we want to hear your stories and see your pictures! Visit the Walsworth Yearbooks Facebook and Twitter pages (@yearbookforever) to see posts and retweets from schools celebrating their distribution days. Send us your distribution day pics! You can message us on Facebook,…
Many staffs have already completed their 2016 yearbooks, and the books are arriving for distribution day. It’s an exciting time of the year, and one where your staff should take some time to celebrate all the hard work that has gone in to creating this year’s book of memories. Staffs have shown us different ways…
Earlier this month on the week of Valentine’s Day, NBC’s morning Today show began a new segment called “Show Heart,” which focuses on random acts of kindness all over the country. In one of the first “Show Heart” segments, Today reporter Jenna Bush Hager met up with singer Sheryl Crow and traveled to the star’s…
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