Caught Our Eye

Tackling issues that students deal with day in and day out is sometimes an uncomfortable topic to approach for a yearbook staff. In this year’s edition of Panther Tracks from Putnam City High School in Oklahoma City, they went for it. Using five features as divider pages, they started with large, natural light portraits that set an immediate mood. These photos stop the viewer and invite them to dive in and explore the text. In the text each spread covers a student and a challenge they have overcome. These range from immigration, depression, religion, leadership and mental health. Each story is a short synopsis of the students’ challenges that they were dealing with privately, and how they overcame them.

– written by Michael Lee, adviser, Lewis & Clark High School