Yearbook: Publishes the Aerie which is worked on throughout the year and publishes sometime in May each year. The book is about 200 pages long and students in the class are responsible for the creation of two-page spreads. You will learn more about these "spreads" next semester where we will create some together. Students are responsible for all the content on their spread, including taking pictures, writing captions, headlines and some years writing a short story. There is typically a little room for creativity with a portion of the spread, but most of the lay-out and design is done ahead of time by a group of editors selected towards the end of the school year. Much of that work is done during the summer or very early in the school year by a dedicated group of editors. Most of these people are picked in advance and have been in the program for multiple years. It is possible that next year, yearbook I students will be in their own class and will work on the book at a slightly slower pace, while yearbook II and internship/independent study students will be in their own class working on more of the book. The book covers all areas of the school but because of the publication date, its more of a summary of the year. The yearbook class is taught by Mr. Doerr.

I would like to be in yearbook next year if i could, even though i know i won't because i am in a different academy and yearbook isn't one of their electives I think that it would be a very fun and good experience and i would love to have the opportunity to take pictures of people and things going on during the year for other people to see and enjoy. Newspaper sounds interesting but i want a hands on experience taking pictures more than writing about the things.

Second: I would like you to go to the following websites and look at various publications from around the United States. Pick one yearbook spread that you think is cool looking and link it on your blog and pick one on-line newspaper that you think looks cool and link it on your blog.

Yearbook Spread:

Newspaper websites: