PICTURE DAY & SENIOR PORTRAITS

School Picture Day is a rite of passage for students across the country. Page after page filled with smiling faces is what makes a yearbook so timeless. As the yearbook adviser or coordinator, doing a little planning before picture day could save you days—if not weeks—of work later in the year. Here are some tips to consider before, during and after school picture day to maximize your time and save your sanity.

For many advisers, Picture Day is one of the most dreaded days of the year. Even though it is long and exhausting, it provides an excellent opportunity to interact with your audience. Here are ideas to make the most of the day. Click the link for details.

  1. Gather Content.

  2. Sell the book.

  3. Be visible

  4. Include everyone

  5. Provide food

  6. Give thanks

With hundreds of students filing through one location in one day, Picture Day is the perfect opportunity to snag some extra coverage for the yearbook.

Turn the answers into coverage in the yearbook

Once school picture day has come and gone, many yearbook staffs are busy considering how to display all those smiling faces. A common question we get is, “How do I handle students who did not sit for their official portrait?” Do you ask parents to send in a photo? Do you leave them out completely? Is there a middle ground?

Every May, a host of Internet stories and social media posts gleefully delight in funny senior quotes. Occasionally, one of those quotes makes bigger headlines, embarrassing the yearbook staff and school. Senior quotes can be a source of contention and controversy, so should you run them?