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- Theme: "Viva"
Adviser: Sarah Jones
Editors: Laura Conger, Kaley Fennell, Karly Krasnow
Walsworth representatives: Missy Green, Adam Livesay, Tracy de la Feuilliez
Award: CSPA Silver CrownViva! – an exclamation of support or long life. The students at Vero Beach High School are full of spirit for their school and community, and the choice of “Viva” for the theme expresses that sentiment well. The book packs in a ton of coverage with a clean design that keeps it enjoyable to read. The name of the book is Arrowhead, and small triangles reminiscent of both arrowheads and the play button symbol, angled brackets and long lines with arrows are used as directional accents throughout. Main stories, sidebars, captions and graphics are rich in first-person accounts and quotes, infusing a student angle throughout – no small feat for a yearbook covering 2,700 students plus faculty and staff.
- Theme: "Power Full"
Adviser: Britton Taylor
Editors: Holly Fohr, Taylor Fohr
Walsworth representatives: Missy Green, Adam Livesay, Tracy de la Feuilliez
Awards: CSPA Silver Crown, NSPA PacemakerThe Hagerty staff responded to a year of change, which included the arrival of a new principal, by creating the 2014 Fusion with a bold theme and content. In the opening, the editors proudly proclaimed, “Amidst all of the changes, we not only maintained excellence from previous years, but built upon it… our spirit only grew stronger.” The visual elements of the color bars, lines, boxes and small images started on the cover are carried throughout the book. The stories focus on “powerful” students and events, and are reinforced by dynamic photos.
- Theme: "There's Just Something"
Adviser: Susan Massy
Editors: Sarah Godke, Harley Knapp
Walsworth representative: John Kelley
Award: CSPA Gold CrownAs the opening copy of the 2014 Lair said, “Is it just me, or is there just something different about this year?” There’s always something unique about a school year, and good yearbook staffs find a way to tell that story just like the Northwest staff did. Memorable images from the opening spreads appear on the cover, including a fun dominant of the school’s cougar mascot. In addition, the layered triangles from the cover appear throughout as a theme element. The Lair’s diverse coverage includes stories on social media, mental health, tattoos and first-person accounts. The book makes 2014 look like a fascinating year at Northwest, or as the closing copy says “there really is just something about it.”
- Theme: "Breakthrough"
Adviser: Allison Staub
Editors: Ann Bennett, Carly Bogdajewicz, Claire Carlson
Walsworth representative: Jared Wojtas
Awards: CSPA Gold Crown, NSPA Pacemaker FinalistFlipping through the pages of the 2014 Westfield Scrapbook is inspiring. Using the theme “Breakthrough,” you’re looking at the work of a confident staff and it comes through right away in the opening copy, “Try out for the annual fall play. It doesn’t matter if you fail, really, so what if you fail? All that matters is that you give it a shot.” The Westfield staff provided outstanding coverage, using a variety of sidebars to include student quotes and additional stories. Throughout, the 2014 Scrapbook shows Westfield students loving middle school life to the fullest and striving for their own “breakthrough.”
- Theme: "Think About It"
Adviser: Renee Burke - MJE
Editors: Blake Waranch, Morgan Rowland
Walsworth representatives: Missy Green, Adam Livesay, Tracy de la Feuilliez
Awards: CSPA Gold Crown, NSPA PacemakerSo much happens over the course of a school year for just about every high school student. The editors of the 2014 Legend asked readers to stop and “think about it.” Think about all the experiences of the past year, which they illustrated on the cover and started to write about in the opening spreads, “We don’t just go to school. We experience Boone. Think about it.” There is amazing photography everywhere in Legend, most notably on the division pages of this chronological book. Each section is represented by a color, and spreads are identified by a color bar broken up with chevrons – a theme element repeated consistently all over the book.
- Theme: "More to it..."
Adviser: Sabrina Schmitz
Editors: Natalie Capshaw, Baylor Cherry
Walsworth representatives: Missy Green, Adam Livesay, Tracy de la Feuilliez
Awards: CSPA Silver Crown, NSPA Pacemaker FinalistWith the 2014 edition of The Stampede, the J.W. Mitchell staff wrote that these days students “have found ourselves spending our time taking selfies and posting statuses about what we had for breakfast.” But when you look closer at Mitchell, there’s “more to it.” The Stampede illustrated that there was more going on in the big picture at Mitchell with eye-catching design choices, including images that overflow the frames, interesting headline fonts like andarhillo, and the use of black and white photos to, as the editors put it, “show that there can always be more to what is seen.”
- Theme: "Candid"
Adviser: Judy Cannaday
Editors: Libby Jourdan, Brianna Winoski, Savannah Ryburn
Walsworth representatives: Sabrina Schmitz - CJE, Donna and David Hutcherson
Award: NSPA Pacemaker FinalistThe Aftermath looks at the 2014 school year three ways: the things students can do, the things they did do, and all the candid moments in between. The first two sentences of the opening copy capture the positive attitude of this book: “We as a student body can accomplish so many things. What did you do?” From there, the book shows what students did, using large color photos and graphics that dominate on white backgrounds. This book has an interactive feel to it. Most spreads have questions to the readers that would evoke a memory, such as quizzes, matching games and questions on the spread topic: “Did you give a pint of blood to save three lives?” with the story on blood drive. In addition to the photos, the visual appeal of the book comes from its theme colors of red, teal, yellow and green, used in circles, slash-style lines and strips for text.
- Theme: "Yours"
Adviser: Jim Jordan
Editors: Madison Bell, Sarah Foreman, Elisabeth Smith
Walsworth representatives: Kelly Parsons, Christine Foxworthy
Awards: CSPA Silver Crown, NSPA PacemakerWhat’s ours is yours – that’s how the theme of the 2014 Decamhian explains that the lives of the students at Del Campo are intertwined and how “you made the year ours.” As stated in the headlines of the opening copy: “The year is yours for the taking. The year is ours for the making.” Highlighting the letters “our” in the word “yours” is a clever graphic illustration depicting how students’ lives are connected. Simple dashed lines and squares in five colors create corners used to frame spreads and indicate the spread topic (green for academics, blue for sports, yellow for student life, orange for people, red for clubs/organizations, plus gray, like the cover, for reference and ads). While the amount of coverage in this 287-page book is staggering, what is extremely impressive is the number of quotes per spread, not only in stories and captions, but along the bottoms of the pages.
- Theme: "Radical"
Adviser: Jai Tanner
Editors: Haewon Ma, Sayde Mendivil, Bailey Rae Bridler
Walsworth representative: Lori Garcia
Awards: CSPA Silver Crown, NSPA Pacemaker FinalistIn attempting to use a fresh perspective to cover their school, the Pride staff came up with the theme “radical,” which, as the back cover explains, can be used mathematically and to find the uniqueness in each person. Within the traditional organization format, this book looks at life at Franklin High in 2014 from the angles of all of the students. Lots of photos and captions with quotes relate how students feel and think about what’s going on. The pages sparkle with lots of bold colors, anchored by a rich lime green. The radical sign is just one of the math symbols used, and among the most creative graphics are the curves, such as the thin and thick curved arrows used to highlight people on the page being quoted in the caption. This bold book matches the bold lives of students at Franklin High School.
- Theme: "Stuff & more"
Adviser: Patricia Monroe
Editors: Cynthia Alvarez, Jordan Steyer
Walsworth representative: Lori Garcia
Award: NSPA PacemakerThe stuff that life is made of – that’s what the 2014 Hoofbeats yearbook is about – and more. The staff worked to cover everything that was important to students, including details that made teen life what it was in 2014. The opening copy is minimal (as is the closing copy), almost like a list that evokes different yet personal memories for each student. The design concept includes strokes and rectangles, with bit-mapped photo effects added to the backgrounds to avoid using plain white. The coverage, from big events such as the homecoming parade and a local outdoor music festival, to personal profiles of a student with 17 pets and an Olympic hopeful, are all told with outstanding photography.
- Theme: "Scratch That"
Adviser: Crystal Kazmierski
Editors: Hayley Park, Makayla Marvin
Walsworth representatives: Shaunna Taylor, Anne Scott
Awards: CSPA Silver Crown, NSPA PacemakerTo highlight a year of changes at Arrowhead Christian Academy, the staff used the theme “Scratch That” to mark through what had been the norm and explain what was new. This book is a great example of the importance of font choice and how to use InDesign and Photoshop to provide the look of handwriting and scribbles throughout. The merger of Arrowhead Christian Academy with Redlands Christian School brought several changes, including administrators, the start date, class times and the tardy policy. Amid these changes, this yearbook staff stayed true to its job of covering students inside and outside of school, finding compelling stories and telling them with excellent writing.