Fanning the Flames
Successful staffs look at the conclusion of their summer workshop as a beginning, not an end.
April 3, 2003
Yearbook Staff Management
Photo By Zoe Yim
All Play, No Work
Ah, summer vacation. There is nothing quite like long, lazy days filled with swimming, barbecues and… a yearbook workshop?
“It’s a great way to get a jump start on the school year,” said Mary Ann Akerman, yearbook adviser at Beloit Memorial High School in Beloit, Wis.
April 3, 2003
Remember to Add Fun
Let’s face it. Yearbook is tough, and it’s not always fun and games. The important thing is to take even the toughest and most frustrating moments and learn from them. Sometimes, you can even turn them into something fun.
April 7, 2002
Evaluating the Evaluation
The Warrior yearbook staff at the Christian Academy of Knoxville, Knoxville, Tenn., recently earned second place in a regional yearbook evaluation conducted by the Association of Christian Schools International.
April 7, 2002
Top 25 Quick & Easy Ideas for FUN
1. Bring birthday donuts once a month.
2. Send birthday postcards from the adviser.
April 7, 2002
Yearbook Staff Management
All work and no play makes yearbook a dull deal
If your motto in the yearbook classroom sounds like this, it is time to tickle that funny bone and rekindle the staff’s love for each other and the work required to put together a great yearbook.
April 7, 2002
The Staff that Plays Together Stays Together
Advisers Use Obstacle Course to have Fun and Foster Staff Unit
Yearbook advisers Victor Cheng, Bartlett High School, Bartlett, Ill. and Jessica Battle, Wheaton Warrenville South High School, Wheaton, Ill., found a way for their staffs to let off some steam and learn a lesson or two in communicating and working together.
April 7, 2002
Fun as the Utimate Motivator
It was 8 p.m. Friday night.
The weather was unusually warm for the second week in February, and all other teachers and students scurried away from the building as soon as the 2:40 p.m. bell rang.
April 7, 2002
No Surprises
New yearbook advisers routinely face obstacles, but when the little pink phone message sheet appeared in my mail tray in mid-November, it aroused no suspicion. The message seemed harmless: “Call the yearbook plant.” Yet, the news I learned when I made that call was straight out of the yearbook X-files.
September 21, 2000
Getting ready for the new year
As yearbook adviser, you are the captain of a ship setting out for a one-year voyage with an inexperienced crew. If you have been on this trip before, you know about the rough waters ahead. It is likely you have already begun to prepare. However, if this is your maiden voyage, you probably are not sure what to expect.
September 21, 2000
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