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- 2023 The BruinTwin Falls High School
- 2023 The BlazeIndian Trail High School and Academy
- 2023 The ThunderbirdShawnee Heights High School
- 2023 TalonNorth Broward Preparatory School
- 2023 Portfolio Paetow High School
- 2023 Campus Kiski Area High School
- 2023 Showcase University Prep
- 2023 The Prowler Providence Senior High School
- 2023 The Notus Elkhorn South High School
- 2023 Regulus Newton South High School
- 2023 Pride Franklin High School
- 2023 Horizons Christa McAuliffe Middle School
With the rise in popularity of the app BeReal, many yearbook staffs made a great choice to include the topic in their ladders. The Blaze took a unique approach by featuring a student portrait with a zoomed in look of the social media app as it loads. The contrast of the white and yellow on the black background worked well, and the pull quote especially draws readers’ attention. The asymmetrical box as an aspect of the pull quote connected to the use of lines throughout the book to tie in the “Stepping Out” theme. The creative module “How real are you?” asked students to decide what they would stop doing to take their BeReal, which was interesting to read.
With the rise in popularity of the app BeReal, many yearbook staffs made a great choice to include the topic in their
ladders. The Blaze took a unique approach by featuring a student portrait with a zoomed in look of the social media app as it loads. The contrast of the white and yellow on the black background worked well, and the pull quote especially draws readers’ attention. The asymmetrical box as an aspect of the pull quote connected to the use of lines throughout the book to tie in the “Stepping Out” theme. The creative module “How real are you?” asked students to decide what they would stop doing to take their BeReal, which was interesting to read.
The dominant photo of this sports profile sets the tone for The Thunderbird’s profile of a Division 1 signee. The story highlights the senior athlete’s journey, including three national championships and three state championships. The photographer’s angle and use of aperture draws all the attention to the runner. The module highlights the role of social media in the signing process, which is a relevant topic for students. Profiles in the sports sections of a yearbook can help readers get to know the athletes in the school even better.
When covering topics involving students on screens, it can be really easy to default to a dominant photo that doesn’t offer much compositionally. Rather than settling for a large photo of students looking at a computer, the Talon staff shows wonderful planning and creativity by incorporating a portrait that focuses on the Magic 8 Ball with a message “Outlook not so good.” The staff wanted to show that the school’s transition to Microsoft had been difficult, and this portrait does that perfectly. An outside-the-box approach definitely takes more coordination as a staff, but the end result is so worth it.
Through the clever headline “Be real, school is stressful,” the Portfolio staff tackled all sorts of trends that help students study or destress, like coffee, social media apps and musicians. The modular design of the page works to include all this information. The staff used subheads to make sure the topic of each section of the page was clear to readers. Students shared great advice about how they build healthy habits or create morning routines. The hierarchy of the word “Stressful” carries the tone of the page and interacts well with the stack of textbooks.
The coordination it would take the Campus staff to find a student or teacher who had visited all 50 states is impressive. Plus, the staff needed to track a photo down from each person, which only adds to the challenge. The visual helps readers quickly absorb the trips, much more so than a collection of quotes would have. The organizational skills of this staff are evident from a design project like this one. The ampersand (&) in the headline and the way it interacts with the 50 states creates a nice effect.
With grades six through 12 going on a retreat the same day, the Showcase staffers highlight each of
the experiences through compelling photos. Covering this many events at once shows good collaboration and communication. The witty headline “You’re in for a Retreat” behind the dominant photo creates a starting point for readers. The colors are effective and contrast well. The module showing where each of the grades traveled to is effective, especially because it conveys the distance from the school.
The Prowler staff took a topic many would consider boring – a junior research paper – and made it both interesting and eye-catching. The notebook paper, sticky notes and writing utensils at the top and bottom of the page weave in color and a strong design element. The universal experience of a graduation requirement means every junior at Providence will have thoughts about the experience. Rather than simply focusing on their topics though, the story focuses on lessons students learned from the research process. The design of the drop cap and the pull quote also create a nice effect.
What first stands out about this spread was the number of students the Elkhorn South staff featured on the page – at least 32 by my count! By including this many faces, The Notus can incorporate as much of its student body as possible, which is exactly what the readers want to see when they open the book. By localizing the struggles of a popular college team in the area, the staff tied in news outside of school impacting the student body. The modules tie in topics like fantasy football, summer trips and a popular concert, which can be tough to cover for staffs. The use of courtesy photos helps include these timely moments that yearbook photographers could not be at.
The Regulus staff found a gamified way to ask readers to interact with the yearbook by making a bingo card for readers. Because the experiences are unique to Newton South High School, students can connect to the “Here & Now,” which was the yearbook’s theme. By including several squares of trends specific to the 2023 school year, the bingo card helps capture the lived experiences of the students. Asking readers to interact with yearbook modules that have a quiz or a ranking component can be a great way to build audience engagement.
With the “Si Sabes, Que Sabes?” theme featuring Spanish, the Pride staff alternates headlines in Spanish and then English, a perfect choice for a city on the border with so many Spanish speakers. On the Spanish pages, even the caption starters include phrases, which are translated in the bottom left of the page as a service to the readers. This shows the staffers made sure the theme represented their specific audience, which is such a great tie-in. Some divider spreads were entirely in Spanish – sometimes with an English version of the same spread but with different photo – others had additional Spanish elements while still keeping an English story. The Dia de Los Muertos spread pops through its use of color and the eye-catching cutout on the right page.
This page is a beautiful way to incorporate the hype behind the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The use of the two split jerseys as the dominant image shows students’ divided loyalties. Through creative use of design, the Horizons staff figured out how to feature more than 20 students who are passionate about the sport. The module showing students and teachers in their jerseys on the illustrated field worked especially well, and the way the cutouts interact with the headline added a nice element. The yellow background color complements the blue and orange headlines and mods well.
