Publications


August

  • Yearbook order arrives at the school.

  • Review printed copy to check for errors.

  • Note errors to ensure they are not repeated.

  • Notify customers of arrival.

  • Notify community or arrival and availability.

September

  • Intro to class and computer policies and procedures.

  • Distribution of yearbook

  • Sell any extra yearbooks from previous year.

  • Ladder setup, organization and assignments.

  • Discuss Theme of yearbook.

  • Review of previous yearbook.

  • Choose editors

  • Discuss the design of the pages-text, fonts, layouts, ect.

  • Re-create a design to see if skills have been learned

  • Week 1

  • Week 2

  • Week 3

  • Week 4

  • Week 5

October

  • Selling of the Yearbook

  • Calculate the price

  • Advertising of the Yearbook-posters, announcements, open house, newspaper, website

  • Collect Senior Photos and baby pictures

  • Fall Sports and Events(fall sports, senior photos and baby photos, spirit week, homecoming, band, volleyball, cross country

  • Editors--manage pages, assist all students, multi-task in the yearbook activities

  • Week 6

  • Week 7

  • Week 8

  • Week 9

November

  • Selling of the Yearbook

  • Advertising of the Yearbook--parent letter to the students that didn't buy yet.

  • Collect Senior Photos and baby pictures.

  • Get pages ready for the underclassmen section(wait until picture retakes are completed)

  • Fall Sports and Events

  • Candid Photos-Student Life

  • Editors--manage pages, assist all students, multi-task in the yearbook activities

  • Week 10-Finalize Yearbook Planner

  • Week 11-1st Yearbook Design Deadline(Fall Sports)

  • Week 12-Interview Skills Unit begins

  • Week 13-Interview Skills

December

  • Winter Sports and Events(basketball and wrestling)

  • Create the Senior Photo Section.

  • Work on the underclassmen section

  • Candid photos

  • Editors--manage pages, assist all students, multi-task in the yearbook activities

  • Week 14-Interview Skills

  • Week 15-Walter Mitty Photography connection

January

  • Winter Sports and Events(basketball)

  • Finishing senior photo and baby section

  • Finishing the underclassmen section

  • Creating the cover of the yearbook(contest???)

  • Editors--manage pages, assist all students, multi-task in the yearbook activities

  • Week 16-Advertising Letter/Yearbook Inventory Updates

  • Week 17-Advertising Details(update contacts)

  • Week 18-Review Yearbook Deadlines

  • Week 1-Winter Sports, Underclassmen, Senior pages begin

February

  • Winter Sports and Events

  • Students that are in charge of the specific sport-due dates are assigned according to the sporting event. Some we wait until districts, championships, ect.

  • Editors--manage pages, assist all students, multi-task in the yearbook activities

  • Week 2-Begin Who's Who choices

  • Week 2-Who's Who Vote

  • Week 3-Who's Who tally

  • Week 3 Advertising Letter

  • Week 4-Who's Who Photo Shoots

March

  • Spring Sports and Events

  • Who's Who is Due

  • Editors--manage pages, assist all students, multi-task in the yearbook activities

  • Winter Sports pages Due

  • Week 5-Winter Sports Deadlines

April

  • Spring Sports and Events

  • Work on Proofs as they come in.

  • Who's Who

  • Yearbook staff photos

  • Editors--manage pages, assist all students, multi-task in the yearbook activities

May

  • Prom-put announcement on for pictures to be submitted.

  • Candids of all classes, lunches, advisory, ect.

  • Students can start to create ladder for upcoming year.

  • Put announcements on for juniors to get their senior photos taken over the summer to submit early for yearbook

  • Graduation--take candids and get some outside photos of the group.

  • Work on Proofs as they come in.

  • Candids

  • Editors--manage pages, assist all students, multi-task in the yearbook activities

June

  • Review all proofs for spelling errors and cut-offs

  • Approve all proofs

  • Send to publisher

  • Review kick backs from the publisher and keep resubmitting until all errors have been corrected.