{"id":73,"date":"2010-11-02T16:33:38","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T16:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=73"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:50","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:50","slug":"a-sneak-peek-inside-of-yearbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=73","title":{"rendered":"A Sneak Peek Inside of Yearbook"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jon Scott<\/em><\/p>\n

Many students do not realize what the true meaning of yearbook is until they take the class.\u00a0 There\u2019s more to a yearbook than just taking pictures.\u00a0 Each year a student takes yearbook, their role or duty grows bigger and more is expected.
\nThis school year, the order of doing things is a little bit different than what it has been in past years.\u00a0 This year, the yearbook group is organized into different sections, and each group is responsible for completing the assigned spread.\u00a0 Usually there is a discussion between the editors and the yearbook staff to figure out a theme.\u00a0 This year, however, the editors had the theme picked out before the start of school.\u00a0 This year\u2019s theme is called \u201cOne Day at a Time.\u201d
\nBy taking this yearbook class, you get the opportunity to actually see what is getting put into the yearbook instead of waiting.\u00a0 Senior Lucia Olvera says, \u201cIt\u2019s a fun way to get involved and know what you put in your yearbook.\u201d\u00a0 After all what really happens in yearbook, stays in yearbook.\u00a0 Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are encouraged to take yearbook.\u00a0 According to an updated 2008 national study from the Newspaper Association of America, \u201cStudents who work on a high school newspaper or yearbook staff do better in high school and college than students with no journalism experience.\u201d
\nEvery yearbook staff member\u2019s best friend is eDesign.\u00a0 EDesign is the online Herff Jones version of InDesign.\u00a0 Senior Karson Doll explains, \u201ceDesign is a branch of Herff Jones website for yearbook design.\u00a0 It is a way for us to virtually have a layout to design the yearbook.\u201d\u00a0 Sophomore Kylie Price states that \u201ceDesign is a website that the yearbook staff uses for designing a spread.\u201d Without the use of eDesign, the yearbook probably would not be possible.\u00a0 Yearbook members feel the same way about eDesign as Senior Alyssa Schafer explains \u201ceDesign is the program that we use to create pages in the yearbook.\u00a0 It allows us to easily design our page and when we are done with the pages, we turn them in electronically.\u201d\u00a0 Everything that goes into the yearbook, gets\u00a0 put onto eDesign.\u00a0 At the end of the school year, when all pages are completed, it gets sent to the yearbook plant where the pages are printed and inserted into a hardcover.
\nThere are a few things that yearbook staff members know of, that non yearbook members do not.\u00a0 Olvera explains that \u201cWe have fun (duh!) and learn at the same time.\u201d\u00a0 Senior Krysten Moore states, \u201cI think the number one thing students don\u2019t know about the yearbook is that it\u2019s not all alone work.\u00a0 We work together.\u201d\u00a0 Working together in yearbook is a huge success.\u00a0 Senior Gail Haug states, \u201cThe class is not any easy A and it takes hard work to get an A.\u201d Yearbook is not a play around class, it is hard work year round, even during summer vacation.\u00a0 Junior Sam Wheat states, \u201cIt\u2019s a lot harder than what I thought it was going to be.\u201d\u00a0 Having fun and learning at the same time is a common thing heard among the yearbook staff members.\u00a0 Junior Lindsey Downs states, \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of fun and we eat a lot.\u201d\u00a0 To reward students for their hard work, yearbook advisor Mrs. Schmeltz came up with the idea last year that on a yearbook staff member\u2019s birthday, the whole yearbook class would get that person\u2019s favorite Little Debbie snack.
\nFor someone who has never taken the yearbook class, there are some reasons why everyone should join the class.\u00a0 Junior Kylie Ludwig states, \u201cIt\u2019s fun and you get to show your creative side.\u201d\u00a0 Doll agrees, \u201cIf you like writing, photography, or designing things, then you should definitely join because that\u2019s what the yearbook is all about.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t just hard work all the time, we also have lots of fun.\u201d\u00a0 Schafer sums it up well by explaining \u201cIf you like to work with computers, take pictures, or you like to write, this is THE class for you!\u00a0 You have some freedom which is refreshing because it allows you to be creative and show some of your personality in your work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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