Things You Absolutely Need To Know...

In Order To Develop A High School Yearbook Theme That Will Knock Their Socks Off!

High School Yearbook themes... are more than memories.

They're magic !

You'll keep them forever and they'll take you back to your high school days.... or whatever graduation ceremony you're considering.

It could be pre-school or even middle school. It doesn't really matter.

The key is... Lots of things come and go but yearbooks endure.

You want a high school yearbook you can sign, store on the shelf, pull out in 20 years to show off and talk about the theme you used.

Perhaps you're about to embark on a new path that leads to college... you just need to find the means.. More > >

But today we have lots of options for your yearbook staff to consider. And one option is whether you even want a traditional hardcover yearbook.

Some websites offer alternatives especially for high school yearbook themes... and we'll get to that momentarily.

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In the interim let's assume you've got your yearbook staff engaged in a brainstorming session for your high school yearbook theme.

They're working on ideas for the cover... what kind of lettering do we want ? How about photos ? Should we include a picture of our favorite "hang out" on the cover ? What will our theme be ?

Encourage everyone in the group to share their ideas. It's important that everyone on your team feels able to contribute. This is kind of a brainstorming session for the best school spirit theme your yearbook team can imagine.

Remember you're in this together. And your ultimate goal is to create a high school yearbook theme that captures the very essence of your school, students, staff, activities, etc.

You want to come out with a yearbook that everyone will be able to cherish for many years to come.

Let your School Spirit shine !

No doubt your yearbook staff will develop and discard many ideas as they try to find the perfect fit that everyone loves.

Ultimately they'll tweak a design including a collage of images and words until they've got it just right.

There are even annual yearbook competitions so this could be serious business.

And there's help available if you and your yearbook staff need it. They'll even help you pick a high school yearbook theme !

Some companies like Herff Jones conduct short workshops to help you through sessions on computer layout programs, photography, book sales, advertisement sales, printing and team-building skills.

They're called high school yearbook connection workshops and offer help to students and teachers in planning for those "magic memories."

Your high school yearbook theme, should be original. There's no need to even try to be like everyone else.

Your school is unique, and has a life of it's own. There are certain elements or characteristics in YOUR school that separate it from every other school in town.

It's now up to the yearbook team to identify these unique characteristics, and tap into them. Dig deep and get all the juicy details... what distinguishes your school from all others ?

After you've agreed upon a high school yearbook theme (catch phrase included) write it down and become familiar with it.

You are now ready to implement this theme throughout your year book.

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Everything from the yearbook's design, the written content, and graphics should reflect your high school yearbook theme.

Oh, and one more thing: Remember to stay committed and have fun, because you are creating something that others will cherish for many years to come.

High school yearbooks can cost $40 or more and very few of us receive financial support from our schools.

So... some teachers have designed units called yearbook classes - which include journalism, design and advertising, photography and ad space sales. Strategies are taught and grades are given in this unusual course.

As technology changes so do yearbooks. Some schools offer DVD yearbooks or supplements. Computers and digital cameras have replaced earlier film choices and nearly everything is in color.

Traditional printed high school yearbooks are expected to remain in vogue but they do have competition.

Have you heared about the website MyYearbook.com ?

It's the brain child of two New Jersey Teenagers who have developed one of the fastest growing websites on the internet. They promote high school yearbooks on a global scale... and claim nearly 4,000 new visitors each day.

Their premise... traditional high school yearbooks are antiquated. When you sign up on their site you're grouped with people from your school or people who have similar music tastes, or other common interests.

It's a social networking site and messages are exchanged among members on everything from new bullies, new flirts, poems, pictures and autographs.

It remains to be seen if this is just a passing fad and not sustainable but... reported demographics say it's the 12 - 17 year olds that are signing up by the thousands everyday.

Some time ago there were predictions that high school yearbooks would convert to video and printed versions would disappear.

Well that didn't happen and even the VCR's needed to play those videos have come and gone.

So.. we'll have to wait and see.