As the school year winds down, yearbook advisers and staff face a critical transition period. This time isn’t about winding down – it’s about setting the stage for next year’s success. Watch our latest training video, “What To Do When the Yearbook is Done,” to explore the proven strategies to make the most of your post-deadline momentum. Celebrate Your Achievement
Strong theme copy helps introduce your unifying concept to your readers. Learn some tips and tricks for creating the optimal copy.
Empowering you to create the most fantastic yearbook possible – that’s what our 2026 Planning Kit is all about! Whether you’re a veteran yearbook adviser or diving in for the first time, the Planning Kit is your essential companion. Our goal is to set you up for a successful yearbook journey, and the Planning Kit was created by specifically crafting
Each year National Teacher’s Day and Teacher Appreciation Week helps us recognize and celebrate the invaluable contributions of teachers around the globe. Teachers not only shape future generations, they’re mentors, role models, counselors, cheerleaders and more. Celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week as yearbook staffers offers some unique and creative opportunities, given your skills and the resources you have available. Below are
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.
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