It’s official! The 2024 President’s Collection video series has come to a close. As you were listening to Jim Jordan and Sabrina Schmitz, CJE, celebrate all 34 books in this year’s President’s Collection, you may have noticed there were some common themes (pun intended) throughout. Let’s take a look at the top six things that set award winning yearbooks apart.
Nothing makes a yearbook work night more bearable and bonds a group quite like food, but with so many food sensitivities now, find accommodating snacks can be a chore. Pizza and donuts, while simple, may exclude students with gluten or dairy sensitivities. As we celebrate National Yearbook Week, we think everyone deserves delicious snacks. Read on for some of our
Create a classroom routine for a class that isn’t a normal class. It sounds simple enough, but it can be overwhelming trying to get everyone on the same page, doing ice breakers to build up the team, jumping into yearbook ideas and settling students into a routine so class is fun and productive. A few simple strategies can help jumpstart
When Steven Covey penned his bestseller, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, he might have visited the typical yearbook room beforehand for ideas. In many of these rooms are the most productive, creative and effective people on the planet.
This is not to say that all yearbook staffs are well-run machines. The ones that struggle may benefit from these tried-and-true methods used by highly effective yearbook staffs.
When I started advising yearbook at my alma mater, I was pretty set on being a fall delivery book; it was what I knew. After a few conversations and seeing how other schools could successfully put out spring books and the support of my stellar rep, John Kelley, I was eager to jump to a spring delivery. The Adjustment I’m
Since school will be ending soon, it is time to start cleaning the classroom, checking equipment for repairs and replenishing supplies, even if you are a fall delivery book.
Whether your staff has worked hard this year or is still working hard, an occasional break can make work go faster and smoother.
Our latest video series, “Now Trending: Yearbook Trends for 2025” highlights patterns in design trends that should be considered when planning for your next yearbook. Hosts Jim Jordan and Sabrina Schmitz, CJE, meet with three experts in the field: advisers Emily Arnold, CJE, and Tucker Love, as well as Walsworth Graphic Design Supervisor Zach Field. Find Inspiration Everywhere Your journey
Yearbook distribution is an exciting but busy time that requires careful planning. In our video training series, “Distribution Day: Plan to Get Your Book to Your Audience”, we break down the process of distribution day between spring and summer/fall delivery. Karen Johnson, MJE, yearbook adviser from Lawson High School in Missouri, shares her methods for effectively distributing their yearbooks to
Yearbook distribution is an exciting but busy time that requires careful planning. In our video training series, “Distribution Day: Plan to Get Your Book to Your Audience”, we break down the process of distribution day between spring and summer/fall delivery. Kathy Beers, yearbook adviser at Timber Creek High School in Texas, shares her tried and true methods for distributing over 1,500
Putting together a printed publication with hundreds of pages can be intimidating. Without guidance it becomes easy to feel overwhelmed. How do you get students motivated to attend events and take pictures? What tools increase book sales? Can there be systems in place to keep photos organized? Walsworth’s Adviser Academy answers all these questions and so much more. The summer event allows
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