Making the Most Out Of An Interview Here is the most important thing to know about reporting: there are NO stories about homecoming, or football, or English class. Oh, you’ll have spreads devoted to these, but the page ladder is about structuring your topics, not the story-telling that readers will find on each spread. All […]
Author Archives: Shayleah Funk
2021 COVER CONTEST WINNERS
Every year, schools from across Canada and the United States enter our Yearbook Cover Contest. These cover entries are judged at both the Regional and National levels and brought before a panel that includes designers and printing specialists according to the following categories: Colour, Creativity, Composition and Difficulty. Congratulations to our National winners for this […]
Your students are doing exceptional things. Capture it.
Yearbook Disclaimers

Acknowledging Your Mistakes In A Publication Although it may not happen as a recurring theme, every advisor goes through it at some point: you’ve handed out all the copies of your yearbook, and the calls (and texts, and emails) start coming in. “_____’s name is spelled wrong” “My child is missing from the football page” […]
A Year This Historic Deserves Its Own Book
Managing Your Time – 9 Tips

“Ordinary people think merely of spending time; great people think of using it.” – Arthur Schopenhauer Time is a precious and limited resource – once it is gone, there is no way to get it back. Even though we all have 24 hours, 1,440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds in one day, time marches on and […]
Theme: A Guide to Covering the Basics

During the early stages of yearbook creation, the subject of a theme may arise, along with the inevitable question: should a theme be used this year? What are the requirements, benefits and journey involved? Before you start down that long and winding road, there are several factors to consider. Just as you are defined by […]