The Yearbook is Done!

Front: Wyatt LeFevre.  Second row, left to right: Riley Brockbank, Lauryn Ethington, and Meg Longhurst. Third row, left to right: Sidney Gierisch, Julie Sumsion, Natalie Sumsion, Emily Bird, Tyree Strong, Emily Baugh, and Paige Cook.  Back: Carlie Maughan.

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Springville Junior High’s yearbook was recently completed!  The staff finished their pages, Thursday, March 14th, and now all there is to do is go through and edit and proofread.  The staff is a group of students, eighth and ninth graders, who were chosen to be a part of the staff.  Julie Sumsion, an eighth grader on the Yearbook Staff, said, “We make the yearbook, take pictures, get quotes, and design the yearbook.”  The staff each gets a set number of pages; Tyree Strong, an eighth-grade girl on Yearbook Staff, said, “At the beginning of the year, we list all the pages, and split up the pages.  The ninth graders usually get first pick.”  Ms. Neeley, the teacher in charge of the yearbook and staff, said, “I am really excited about the book this year.  I think it looks so good.”  The staff works in Ms. Neeley’s classroom during seventh period.

The students enjoy the class.  According to Emily Baugh, an eighth grader on Yearbook Staff, she likes being on yearbook because you can be creative and have fun with it.  Her favorite part of the class is “knowing that people will look at these years from now, and it will be what I created.”  Tyree Strong said that her favorite part is “designing my own page!  Because I get to make it my own, with nobody telling me what to do.”  The environment of the classroom seems to be great.  Emily Bird, an eighth grader on Yearbook Staff, said, “I mean what’s better than goofing with your best friends?!  Of course, after the yearbook’s done!”

Being on Yearbook Staff is not just fun and games, though, it’s not easy.  Natalie Sumsion, an eighth grader on Yearbook Staff, said, “You have to be organized and creative.”  The staff has to work on pages, get them done before deadlines, get pictures, know the people in the pictures, get quotes, and much more.  They have to make a yearbook that many, many people will see.  They have to design pages, that people will enjoy.  Emily Baugh said, “It’s a bit stressful, because you have to know who everyone is, that’s in your pictures.  Also you have deadlines, so it has to be done by a certain time.”  Julie Sumsion said, one of her challenges was “getting pages done on time, and designing.”

But with great power, comes even greater responsibility, which is why not everyone is able to join yearbook staff.  First, students have to fill out an application, stating why they want to join Yearbook Staff, why they would be a good addition to the staff, what some of their strengths that would contribute to the staff, and they attach a picture that they took.  Then, if students make it past that stage, the previous Yearbook Staff, and Ms. Neeley, will interview the applicants.  So as you can see, it’s not an easy process.

Now that the yearbook is finished, the staff’s work is not done!  The staff does drawings near the end of the year.  People who have purchased a yearbook are entered in the drawings.  According to Ms. Neeley, the drawings will include an iTunes gift card, a movie theater gift card, Krispy Kreme Donuts, an Orange Peel gift card, and a Razor Scooter!  The Yearbook Staff will do the drawings in the afternoon over the announcements over the course of a week.  The staff will also be handing out slips of paper to kids who haven’t purchased a yearbook yet to inform them.  So make sure to purchase a yearbook if you haven’t already!