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Originally posted by Ideal08
I have been asked to take over the yearbook committee at my school. I didn't work on the yearbook in high school, so this is a new task for me. I know that much of the layout and content is completed, but some things need to be changed. I would like to be able to help the students in their creative process when making changes and adding new things. If any of you have worked on a yearbook staff, or if you just have ideas, please post them! Also, are there any important Do's and Don'ts that I should know?
Thanks! 
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Hmm. Well I was on the yearbook staff my sophomore and junior years in high school before I got fed up with the entire staff and advisor (they were WACK
). Anyways, I know you said most of the content was already done but some here are some ideas you may be able to use this year or next:
-Guess the teacher page (pictures of teachers when they were babies/children)
-Then and Now (older pictures of a fashion style, hair, etc. compared with newer pictures to show how times have or have not changed)
-Quotes from freshman or 6th graders (What were you afraid of before you came to high/middle school? or What won't you forget about your first day?)
-A page on the best/most popular classes to take at that school
-A picture page of the 2002-03 fashion trends
-TEACHER superlatives
-Silly polls
-collages
-Have a catchy theme throughout the yearbook
-CLEAR pictures
Even if it's a little more expensive, color makes all the difference in the world. The main thing I remember that I'm sure you already know is to take LOTS of pictures of EVERYBODY...even the school losers/quiet people/thugs/students no one really knows. With a wider variety of people pictured, more are likely to buy the yearbook. Besides that, it's extremely annoying to have the same popular people on every other page of the whole yearbook just because one of their parents teach there, or because their grandpa donated XXthousand dollars to the booster club
...sorry. Flashback. Hope this helped a little bit!
Good luck and have fun!