What Elements Should Go Into My Yearbook?

Are you thinking of putting a yearbook together but are unsure of where to begin? Consult our non-exhaustive checklist below for all kinds of fun content you may wish to include!

Preface

Most school yearbooks contain a foreword, normally written by the principal or a person-in-charge to explain the concept of the yearbook and reflect on the school’s year-in-review. Including a preface can give credibility to your yearbook, draw reader curiosity and convince them to read on.

Staff feature

A school isn’t complete without all the staff hard at work throughout the year to provide a nurturing learning environment for its students. Add a section where you can feature the dedicated administrators, teachers, advisers, counsellors and other school personnel who make your school a place you know and love.

Student feature

And of course, what will a school be without its vibrant student body? Include a picture of each class, either by featuring individual portraits or a group photo. Be creative! Play around with the layouts of your yearbook and make unconventional poses that transcend the edges of your snapshot.

Event feature

School life is never short on activities to talk about. Chart a timeline of events from the start of the year to the very end! From celebrations to festivals to fairs and gatherings, compile them all in the yearbook and look back on how fulfilling the past twelve months have been. Get students to say a few words or two about their favourite event, and call for photographs to be pitched into the spread! Celebrate your year of fun together.

Program feature

The school team is always hard at work to make sure students are enriched by their day-to-day activities. Why not feature some academic or extra-curricular programs that have been the product of months of careful planning? Tell your students about the school’s new initiatives and convince them why such activities matter. Showcase pictures of school programs in execution and describe their success. Call for more students to take part in them in the following year, and create anticipation for the new semester ahead.

Achievement and award feature

Hard work deserves recognition. Feature some of your outstanding staff and students, and they may set a positive example for the rest of the school. Give them an opportunity to inspire similar changes in their peers, and let your school make one bold step forward in the right direction.

Club feature

School is not just about academic rigour! Showcase the diverse extra-curricular activities of your school and all their proud achievements. This can be a means of attracting freshmen in the year ahead, when they become taken with the vibrant school culture and its constant strive for excellence. Let your students shine in all areas, not only in their studies.

Graduate feature

Give one last hurrah to your graduating students. Congratulate them on their efforts in their senior year and allow the juniors to convey their well-wishes! Collect a few graduate testimonies and they may just become the empowerment for the next inspired student.

Dedication pages

Offer students and parents an exclusive chance to take charge of the content in your yearbook’s dedication pages at a small fee. While they are given a chance to express their personalised well-wishes, the school can earn some revenue to improve its facilities or services.

Afterword

Conclude your yearbook with a thoughtful message that leaves readers thinking. This is where the yearbook team can take the chance to thank its contributors, partners and sponsors. Give readers a parting message that will have them anticipate the new school year ahead.

Unique add-ons

Do you feel that something is missing from your yearbook? Add-ons such as personalised covers and a class photo spread can give your yearbook the unique edge that may convince more students and parents that it is the perfect project and a valuable investment, boosting sales. Such add-ons are exclusively offered on our webstore, applicable for every yearbook order.  

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