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- 2022 Gladius American Leadership Academy Ironwood High School
- 2022 Clarion Davie County High School
- 2022 Raider Gulliver Preparatory School- Middle School Campus
- 2022 Valor St. Michael-Albertville High School
- 2022 Talon Eastlake High School
- 2022 Talon 2Eastlake High School
- 2022 Talon 3Eastlake High School
- 2022 Marquee Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
- 2022 Marquee 2Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
- 2022 The Tiger Tigard High School
- 2022 Lance Fairview High School
- 2022 El Corazon El Roble Intermediate School
- 2022 El Corazon 2El Roble Intermediate School
- 2022 The Wildcat Har-Ber High School
- 2022 Genesis Rock Ridge High School
- 2022 Genesis 2Rock Ridge High School
- 2022 Hawkeye West Wilkes High School
- 2022 Blackhawk Davenport Central High School
Jumping from designing a regular spread to a gatefold spread, which unfolds into much longer pages, it’s quite a leap, and the Gladius designers filled their large space with a timeline that races across the spread. The large font for the days that visually connected to their theme created a strong flow. Different-sized photos added visual variance that create an emphasis on events while the cut-outs and hand-drawn arrows told the stories of individual experiences. The design encompassed a strong balance of copy vs. visuals using small chunks of text that tell the story without taking away from the visual appeal. The designers took something very linear and added a modern flair making it upbeat and downright fun.
– written by Karen Johnson, MJE, adviser at Lawson High School
When the Clarion staff sought to cover women’s tennis, they included the latest in music trends: a Spotify playlist. Music includes a deep level of relevance in coverage, especially when the participants choose meaningful pieces that represent their activity or pump them up for competition. In this instance, the staff provided the Spotify code to a playlist the players contributed their choice songs to, letting the reader find more in common with the players and providing a time capsule of music for the 2022 season.
-written by Ronna Sparks-Woodward, MJE, adviser at Liberty North High School
With circles as an integral element of the theme, the Raider staff found different, inventive ways to use the shape throughout the book. My favorite usage is the cut-out hoop that visually connected the headline with the sidebar. The circle and her arm led the eye right down into the photo and then over to the copy to pull the reader into the page.
The circles behind the cutouts also served the purpose of anchoring the cut-out backgrounds, instead of making the students float in white space. They used two pull colors from the main photo to tie the sidebar together and bring the reader’s eye to the bottom corner of the spread.
-written by Karen Johnson, MJE, adviser at Lawson High School
The Valor staff planned ahead to get their coverage of student sections returning to games after COVID protocols were lifted. They inclded a variety of students in the photos and went beyond just plopping those photos on the page by including details about the competition, date, etc. They used posed photos with a purpose — ones that students typically do take while cheering in the student section at events.
-written by Karen Johnson, MJE, adviser at Lawson High School
With the return of grunge, yearbook staffs are bringing back texture and movement to their themes and spreads. The Talon staff took this concept to the next level, then leveled that up and leveled it up again. There aren’t many (or any) staffs that could even attempt this look, much less do it well, but the designers and writers at Eastlake High School went all in. With cut out letters and numbers to form headlines, torn edges, layered photos and textures, retro color choices and more, the theme “What Makes Us” was more than just what made up the students in 2022; it was also what made the stories what they were and continue to be. With the storytelling, powerful pull quotes and true student-centered content, the 2022 Talon took a lot of things that would be wrong in the yearbook world and made them so right.
With the return of grunge, yearbook staffs are bringing back texture and movement to their themes and spreads. The Talon staff took this concept to the next level, then leveled that up and leveled it up again. There aren’t many (or any) staffs that could even attempt this look, much less do it well, but the designers and writers at Eastlake High School went all in. With cut out letters and numbers to form headlines, torn edges, layered photos and textures, retro color choices and more, the theme “What Makes Us” was more than just what made up the students in 2022; it was also what made the stories what they were and continue to be. With the storytelling, powerful pull quotes and true student-centered content, the 2022 Talon took a lot of things that would be wrong in the yearbook world and made them so right.
With the return of grunge, yearbook staffs are bringing back texture and movement to their themes and spreads. The Talon staff took this concept to the next level, then leveled that up and leveled it up again. There aren’t many (or any) staffs that could even attempt this look, much less do it well, but the designers and writers at Eastlake High School went all in. With cut out letters and numbers to form headlines, torn edges, layered photos and textures, retro color choices and more, the theme “What Makes Us” was more than just what made up the students in 2022; it was also what made the stories what they were and continue to be. With the storytelling, powerful pull quotes and true student-centered content, the 2022 Talon took a lot of things that would be wrong in the yearbook world and made them so right.
The book has a classic, clean feel, a great use of black and white photography without overdoing it. The Marquee staff understood that black and white photography could be impactful in the right context. Their layouts were consistent but not boring, and despite not including stories on many of their spreads, the staff figured out ways to highlight so many students with extensive captions, Q&As and quote sidebars, allowing participants to tell the story.
The theme “So Many Questions, Finding Our Answers” was illustrated on so many spreads, especially pages 82-83 when the staff found out answers while “exposing” the hidden rooms on campus and how they were utilized.
-written by Karen Johnson, MJE, adviser at Lawson High School
The book has a classic, clean feel, a great use of black and white photography without overdoing it. The Marquee staff understood that black and white photography could be impactful in the right context. Their layouts were consistent but not boring, and despite not including stories on many of their spreads, the staff figured out ways to highlight so many students with extensive captions, Q&As and quote sidebars, allowing participants to tell the story.
The theme “So Many Questions, Finding Our Answers” was illustrated on so many spreads, especially pages 82-83 when the staff found out answers while “exposing” the hidden rooms on campus and how they were utilized.
-written by Karen Johnson, MJE, adviser at Lawson High School
With rising student populations and limited space, yearbook staff members often find themselves trying to combine several topics into one spread. The Tiger staff took a hands-on approach and used umbrella coverage to cover five different topics in one spread by introducing how different programs allowed participants to demonstrate their skills by playing guitar, becoming a barista, etc. The copy flowed well from one topic to the next and the photos played off of each other with their students engaged in activities. This alternative approach to coverage worked well and provided a strong example of how to increase coverage without sacrificing space.
-written by Ronna Sparks-Woodward, MJE, adviser at Liberty North High School
Jeep’s slogan is “Go anywhere. Do anything.” The snow covering the Jeeps in the dominant photo and the terrain behind them illustrated this slogan and provided a great entry point for the reader. The headline tied in the “Let There Be Noise” theme with a “BEEP BEEP” onomatopoeia, and the best part was when the Lance staff tied in students who don’t own Jeeps by connecting to other car-related ideas — dream cars to drive and other favorite car memories.
-written by Karen Johnson, MJE, adviser at Lawson High School
The El Corazonstaff did an excellent job trying the roundness of their headline font with their theme visuals throughout the book. The font lent itself to circles, which they used in an appropriate fashion, like in the “For the Love of Yearbook” sidebar on pages 64-65. What I loved was they didn’t hit the reader with circles everywhere and overdo it. Instead, they used my favorite visual – a rounded edge on photos – but not on every photo. They also echoed the circle shape other subtle ways: the “El Corazon Twenty Twenty-Two” on the title page, the subhead on page 4, and the text wraps of students’ names and grades on pages 20-21.
-written by Karen Johnson, MJE, Adviser at Lawson High School
The El Corazonstaff did an excellent job trying the roundness of their headline font with their theme visuals throughout the book. The font lent itself to circles, which they used in an appropriate fashion, like in the “For the Love of Yearbook” sidebar on pages 64-65. What I loved was they didn’t hit the reader with circles everywhere and overdo it. Instead, they used my favorite visual – a rounded edge on photos – but not on every photo. They also echoed the circle shape other subtle ways: the “El Corazon Twenty Twenty-Two” on the title page, the subhead on page 4, and the text wraps of students’ names and grades on pages 20-21.
-written by Karen Johnson, MJE, Adviser at Lawson High School
Trends: almost always covered but not always covered well in the world of yearbooks. The Wildcat’s staff found an innovative way to cover trends and include the numbers of the year by figuring out how many of the latest trends could be purchased with $2,022. From affordable flannel shirts from Sam’s Club for $14.98 to the most expensive item, a chain necklace from Macy’s for $450, the spread included multiple recognizable trends in an easy to follow format. Using bright theme colors and the visual elements of bars to create a large number 22 in the background, the magazine-style layout caught our attention and made us want to visit the sites listed to get our own trendy item.
We admit it, we love the Genesis staff carried it through. The uber-specific details in their theme copy brought the 2022 school year back to the readers time and time again and really told the story of Rock Ridge High School. The theme hit the reader right from the cover and was carried through with large dominant photos, a strong font, vibrant colors contrasting with black, well planned cutouts weaving through the headlines and rhetorical questions that make the reader think back to the time or event referenced. The editors drove it home when they switched from present to past tense at the end in the closing and tied up the year. Admit it, you love it too.
We admit it, we love the Genesis staff carried it through. The uber-specific details in their theme copy brought the 2022 school year back to the readers time and time again and really told the story of Rock Ridge High School. The theme hit the reader right from the cover and was carried through with large dominant photos, a strong font, vibrant colors contrasting with black, well planned cutouts weaving through the headlines and rhetorical questions that make the reader think back to the time or event referenced. The editors drove it home when they switched from present to past tense at the end in the closing and tied up the year. Admit it, you love it too.
The Hawkeye staff took the BookFace social media challenge and modified it to fit the personality of their book. They used it to tell the story of the chosen literature at West Wilkes High School. The dominant image pulled the reader into the spread, and the theme element of the clock hands directs the eye throughout the layout. With clever use of book placement and interesting quotes about favorite reads, the layout provided a timely snapshot of popular culture through literature.
-written by Ronna Sparks-Woodward, MJE, adviser at Liberty North High School.
The designer took a risk using a non-action sports photo as the main picture in the summer divider; and we think it was a risk worth taking.
Everyone knows what softball players do on the field during plays, but what we don’t often see is the downtime in between plays or the conditions that aren’t ideal. The Blackhawk staff chose a photo that shows what the athletes had to play through.
The longer exposure is perfect for showing the movement of the rain while still capturing the player without blur.
-written by Karen Johnson, MJE, adviser at Lawson High School
