Preorders for the Cyprus High School 2025/2026 yearbook are open at a discounted price, but what is the book really going to look like? 

This year things are going to take a turn for novelty, and with the transfer to the new campus, a lot is going to change inside the yearbook too.

Dennis Barton, head of the yearbook team, said, “This year we're doing the structure totally different.” 

Instead of the traditional structure with portraits at the beginning, club pages, academic pages, and sports pages, this year “We're going to do the book chronologically, so it'll be quarter by quarter,” said Rae Wells, copy editor for the yearbook team. Senior ads will also be in a different place, “We're actually going to do them after the index this year, so they're going to have like their own section at the end of the book,” said Wells. Another change for this year is “We are actually going to have senior quotes in the book because we got enough quotes,” mentioned Wells.

The yearbook staff is largely made up of photographers, always present at every school function and ready to capture the students enjoying the event.  “They'll have pictures of every single sport and all the other extracurricular activities like band and drama. - We're trying to focus a lot on the new building this year because it's brand new. 
And we like to go around and take pictures in classes. If people are doing interesting things. So there will be a lot of variety.”, said Barton. 

As far as special pages go, there’s not a lot that can be disclosed, but Barton could tell me, “This year we're doing a monthly poll. - So that's one big thing. We're trying to focus on like extra stuff that wasn't featured a lot in the past. 
Like we might do some student art stuff we're trying to do more stuff with dances and things like that. So those are some of the pages.” 

Putting the yearbook together is a tedious and long process, Barton said, “We start with trying to come up with a theme. And then we brainstorm ideas together as a class for different pages and different layout ideas. 
And then once those decisions have been made, then we slowly start putting pages together. - That process takes quite a while because it's a lot of trial and error.”  

Right now, the yearbook team is working on getting as many pages ready as they can for their first deadline on Nov 17. “We're focused on pages right now. Pages, pages, pages.” added Wells.

In the yearbook team everyone has a specific job, but they all help each other if needed. There are photographers, people who work on the layout, writers, social media managers that are in charge of advertising, and team-building people to get the staff to be more cohesive. “We also have team building. Because in the past, we've had some problems like there being some interpersonal issues with kids in the class. And yearbooks are a very communal class, so if people aren't getting along, it's a huge hurdle for us to cross,” added Wells.  

Barton tries to keep his role more on the managing and coaching side, because "It's all you guys. This is you guys' book. It should be what you guys want it to be. - I just try to turn them loose and let them do their thing. 
And it's been really good so far,” affirmed Barton.