The document provides guidance on developing sections for a yearbook, including ideas for creative coverage and finding new story angles. It recommends that the People section and Student Life section typically take the most pages. Sections should focus on stories about individuals' experiences rather than just listing events. Creative coverage ideas include sidebars, quotes, photos, and personalized elements. New angles could explore themes like summer's end, behind-the-scenes of events, and reactions from those involved and observing. Thorough coverage of topics from various perspectives makes for a more engaging yearbook.

1. Hands For Coverage

2. What should we include in each section of our yearbook? What is the Magic Formula? Do you have ideas for more creative coverage? Do you have examples of Creative Coverage? Do you have ideas on how to find new angles for coverage? Creative Coverage

3. Part 1: Student Life Focus on students, what they do both at school and at home. Concentrate on dramatic photos. Add some extra pages here, so that appropriate topics can be added without having to omit anything crucial. Have fun with this section; cover some lighter topics. Keep it fresh by changing the topics from year to year. Include coverage of events that are non-academic or non-sport such as prom, graduation, homecoming, etc.

4. Organizations All groups should be included and covered fairly/equally. Link similar groups and continue to design in spreads rather than allocating single pages to this individual groups. Copy should avoid listing officers, goals and other mundane information and should attempt to capture the highlights of major events. Include action photos from a variety of club activities rather than taking all shots of a few people on the same day.

5. People Portraits should be vertical in shape, not square. Faculty and other staff portraits should not be larger than the student mug shots. One point rule (rather than a full pica) separates portraits, allowing the staff to create a panel that serves as the dominant element. Every spread should include a feature that is developed with candid photos, captions, copy, headlines.

6. Academics Readers assume it will be boring; prove them wrong. Place emphasis on what happens in the classroom, not which courses are taught. Avoid cliché photos (teachers at chalkboard, kids reading) and photos of mob scenes or the tops or backs of students’ heads while at work. Use quotes to demonstrate both teachers’ and students’ views .

7. Sports Include all boys’ and girls’ sports on all levels; include team photos for all sports and keep the photo identifications consistent; use first and last names of all players. Give each varsity sport one spread for the boys’ and one spread for the girls’ teams; you can combine JV sports on the same spread. Don’t overemphasize any one sport or diminish others; i.e. coverage for football and for golf should be equal. Run a complete scoreboard; avoid rehashing that info in copy. Include other sports-related spreads: fans, managers, coaches, trainers, intramurals, club sports, non-school sports, weekend athletes .

8. Ads and Index Include all students, faculty, staff and organizations in the index; i.e. index items such as French Club, Girls’ Soccer, Homecoming. Break up the monotony of this section with feature stories showing students’ roles in the community (as workers, consumers, volunteers, etc.) or quotes relating to events that occurred during the school year. Include candid photos with captains. Include annual events as well as spot news coverage

9. Part 2: The Magic Formula Every book should include theme pages (title page, opening or theme spread, section division spreads and closing spreads) that have similar typography and design Page allocation should be as follows: 25% for Student Life 12-15% for Organizations 25-30% for People 12-15% for Academics 15-18% for Sports

10. Part 3: Thirteen Ideas of Creative Coverage Side Bars Create More Reader Appeal and Are Easy and Fun to Read Include these items in your sidebars: 1. Lists Top ten lists, Top five lists, Popular movies, Songs, Television Shows, Hangouts, etc. 2. Side bars Pull the reader’s attention to special stories, bios, important info 3. Q & A Interviews and photos with students not pictured elsewhere 4. First-person narratives Stories contributed by students who are not on the yearbook staff 5. Info-graphics A graphical presentation of information; polls and results

11. Part 3: Ideas of Creative Coverage Side Bars Create More Reader Appeal and Are Easy and Fun to Read Include these items in your sidebars: 6. Bio Boxes Q & A’s, interviews, mini-features, stories that are self-contained 7. Timelines Historical record of events and people during a given time 8. Quote collections A series of quotes on a given topic 9. Quizzes An excellent way of making your yearbook more interactive for the entire student body

12. Part 3: Ideas of Creative Coverage Side Bars Create More Reader Appeal and Are Easy and Fun to Read Include these items in your sidebars: 10. Tables Charts, graphics; an artistic presentation of information 11. Public opinion polls Polls or surveys of students with results 12. Story captions Captions on a given spread tell the story of that event or topic 13. Fill-in-the-blank An excellent way for students to customize their yearbook

13. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Quotes with Photos Three Power Points

14. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Summary Sentence Percentages

15. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Gang Captions

16. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Questions with Answers

17. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Photos with Captions

18. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Scoreboards Team Photos

19. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Photo Strips Personal Focus on clubs

20. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Information on the Ad Pages

21. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Club Photos on the Index Pages

22. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Tell the Local and State News of your area. Include National News too!

23. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Fun Thoughts Personality Profiles

24. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Pictures and Summary

25. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Stats Top 10 Lists Infographics

26. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Scoreboards Montage Team Photos Pulled Quote

27. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Montage Pulled Quote

28. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Headline and Subheadline Personal story

29. Part 4: Examples of Creative Coverage Side Bars: Extended Captions

30. Part 5: Ideas to Find New Angles for Coverage Analyze each activity for the pieces that make up the entire picture. For instance, homecoming is not just about the last play of the football game or the five-minute coronation of the queen and her court. There is the planning, the execution and the clean-up. Find new angles in all of the traditional, seasonal activities that are part of every school year.

31. Part 5: Ideas to Find New Angles for Coverage Summer's (or Vacation's) End Consider how students get ready to go back to school: the last week, the last weekend, the last night before the first day of school 2. Casual pre-school gatherings with friends 3. Cranking up those summer job hours for a few extra dollars 4. Football scrimmages 5. Drill team and band practice 6. Orientation

32. Part 5: Ideas to Find New Angles for Coverage School Play Whether it is a musical or a drama, contemporary or historical, the school play requires tremendous energy from its cast and usually attracts a significant audience from the student body and the community. Coverage limited to stars as they perform will limit the appeal of the spread. Branch out from the obvious by looking at these possibilities:

33. Part 5: Ideas to Find New Angles for Coverage Hands For Coverage Try It

34. Part 5: Ideas to Find New Angles for Coverage School Play Trying outs Rehearsals Set construction, costume design Lighting design Stage crew members in action Selling tickets, preparing programs Behind the scenes — make-up, costume fittings Reactions from audience members Cast retreat or cast party

35. Summary Capture the events, issues and activities important to the students. The People section is usually the largest section of the yearbook and student life is a close second. A topic is a subject such as homecoming or track. You should focus on stories such as students who did not attend the homecoming dance or the injury to a track team member. A story in the yearbook should focus on a person or people and their experiences related to the subject, event or activity. On your ladder, please include all eight items: Section-Student Life Topic-Homecoming Story Idea-Banned Floats Deadline Date People Assigned Color Information Design template Status of Spread-Completed or Not