Theme Gallery

With their theme “You’re gonna...” the editors of the 2019 Lance do an outstanding job of conveying how overwhelming life can get during a normal high school year. They wrote in the opening, “Our thoughts became an infinite to-do list. There were so many goals and expectations we had.”

Each chronological section of the Lance begins with a unique four-page “opener.” The first spread features a full-spread image with a variation of the theme phrase along the bottom (you’re gonna... start fresh, you’re gonna... work hard, you’re gonna... freak out). The following spread is highlighted by a bright graphic indicating the season (Fall into Fairview, Is it really Spring?), along with a memorable student quote and photo from the year.

Another consistent theme element that ties many of the spreads together is the use of angled lines, clustered together into different shapes and placed around many of the headlines and captions.