Caught Our Eye

Future coverage – Often, yearbook staffs don’t think about how students, during high school, are making decisions on the next steps in their lives. Add to that facts or figures that can explain the outcome of an event, and the reader can easily deduce what has or will occur. The Golden Leaf staff conducted a survey that illustrated what graduating students will be doing following high school. With 49% of students enlisting in the military, 44% of students planning to attend college and 6% deciding to go to work or an alternative school, the 100 students surveyed displayed results that are atypical of U.S. high schools. These survey results may be compared to future graduating classes. In addition to the survey, the primary coverage was served in six different forms to help tell the story of the JROTC program this year.

– written by Brad Cook, adviser, Gresham High School