Premier Portraits Studio wants to provide some tips for
putting together the best high school yearbook team so you not only have a
great senior year experience but walk away with a volume you’ll be happy to
open again and again, all the years of your life.
There are three groups of people who will work on the
yearbook staff. Teachers are a great
resource because they will provide continuity and experience. They can advise parents and students as to
what’s been done in the past, what has worked, and what to avoid. Students will be the best source of new ideas
because this yearbook should reflect their personalities, desires, and
memories. Parents are, as always, the
backbone of any student effort, providing logistical support such as
transportation and emotional support as these young people learn to work
independently and together on what is probably the first publishing experience
of their lives.
It’s best to define roles early on so everyone knows what is
expected of them and how they can rely on their yearbook team members. The yearbook advisor can act as the point
person, coordinating activities and acting as arbiter when decisions need to be
finalized.
Students can divide the responsibilities of editors,
photographers, and writers. There is
usually one editor because this role is where the style of the yearbook is
defined and too many editors may result in a yearbook that is ill defined. Of course, photographers take the candid
shots that will complement the formal portraits that a professional portrait
studio will take of each student.
Writers gather quotes from students and around the school to help
capture the essence of time spent there.
It’s important to put real effort into recruiting a yearbook
staff. Those most interested in the
project can speak during a school assembly or man a table during free periods
to describe how rewarding it can be to work on a project that reflects a very
special time of life and captures it in a book.
It’s important to interview candidates to make sure that
every person is committed to doing the work ahead. Never forget this is a project that demands
time and attention but the return on that investment is the chance to learn
just how well students can work together and what they can achieve on their own
as they try something new and challenging.
Call Premier Portraits Studio today for more tips. As formal school portrait photographers,
we’re able to provide advice to make your yearbook, and the experience of
creating a yearbook, a great one!
