Level Up Update: Visiting Meridian High School
Think back to early March. It may seem a lifetime ago, though in reality it was only a couple of weeks. School was still in session. There was no quarantine. No one thought to wear facemasks, and...
View ArticleGresham, McKinney place first in unusual NSPA Best of Show
Thirteen Walsworth Yearbooks schools placed in the Best of Show contest the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) held this spring, originally intended to take place at the JEA/NSPA Spring...
View ArticleSix Walsworth Schools Win NSPA Pacemaker Award, 10 Named Pacemaker Finalists
This year looked different. Schools anticipated being in Nashville to find out if they won the coveted NSPA Pacemaker award for their 2019 yearbook at the spring JEA/NSPA convention. Instead, students...
View Article2020 Yearbook Distribution: It’s Going to Look a Little Different
Yearbook distribution day is the day yearbookers look forward to all year. Even though your initial distribution plans may have been thwarted this year by COVID-19, there’s no need to worry! You will...
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More Than a Feeling – Lyman High School Yearbook Creates Emotional Yearbook...
We’re all finding our new normal right now. There’s no playbook for how the yearbook should respond to a global pandemic that cancels schools for weeks or even months. This is a time that requires us...
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Yearbook Advisers of Note: Meet Kathy Beers
Kathy Beers didn’t start out planning to be a yearbook adviser, but her original ambition to go into advertising has certainly served her well! She is known for her many ideas – many of her yearbook...
View ArticleLast Call for Yearbooks
As yearbookers, you intuitively understand the value of yearbooks. You work tireless to champion its merits to your student body, encouraging them to purchase their very own copy. But for students at...
View ArticleCopyright in the Time of Corona
So your staff is trapped at home with deadlines looming, and not only do you have to find the name of that blurry-faced kid in the back row of the NHS photo, but now you need to toss out a spread on...
View ArticleTips for a successful car line yearbook distribution
It’s the question on everyone’s minds: how is yearbook distribution going to work this year? Social distancing, closed school buildings and elimination of shared surfaces added new twists we could have...
View ArticleGet Your Yearbook Signed from the Safety of Your Home!
Yearbook staffs have put in blood, sweat and tears to finish their yearbooks this year, and those books are starting to arrive! However, the important ritual of yearbook signing is still up in the air....
View ArticleBehind the Byline With Publicist Kathy Daneman
Kathy Daneman has been a publicist for more than two decades. So… what exactly does a publicist do? “What I do is work with authors to get their books covered,” she explained. “To get book reviews, to...
View ArticleFirst 30 days of the year are vital, and we have a plan
Before you know it, the new school year will be here and for advisers it will be time to begin the process of teaching their staff everything they need to know to create amazing yearbooks. Walsworth...
View ArticleAnnouncing Walsworth’s 2020 Photo Contest Winners
Walsworth Yearbooks received thousands of entries for the 2020 Photo Contest, and judging them was no easy task. In a year when it would have been easy to both figuratively and literally stay at home,...
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Yearbook Advisers of Note: Meet Michelle Shue
We’re back with a summer edition of Advisers of Note and this time I spoke with Michelle Shue, the yearbook adviser at Davie County High School in Mocksville, North Carolina. Take a look at her amazing...
View ArticleInstead of This, TRY THIS – Planning Your 2021 Coverage
Editor’s Note: The following is a sneak peek at a fall 2020 Idea File magazine feature. It was too good to make you wait until the fall, so we are sharing this now. See it and more great content in the...
View ArticleYearbook Snap makes crowdsourcing yearbook photos a breeze
From virtual learning to community outreach, and from Zoom calls with friends to what students did this summer, the 2021 school year is going to look different for everyone. The good news is this...
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Using infographics to spice up your 2021 yearbook
The 2021 school year – especially the beginning of it – will be different from anything we’ve experienced before. There will be plenty to document and cover, but in addition to taking great photos and...
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Yearbook Advisers of Note: Meet Susan Massy
As the summer rolls along, our August 2020 Adviser of Note is Susan Massy, the award-winning yearbook and newspaper adviser from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, Kansas. Let’s get to...
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Chronological Yearbooks: Cover This Unique Year As It Happens
The process of covering one year of the high school experience is the most challenging and rewarding part of the yearbook creation process. Before the new school year even begins, the editors and staff...
View ArticleJEA Honors Walsworth Advisers and Administrator
Congratulations to the eight yearbook advisers who received JEA Rising Star honors in 2020. Among those were two Walsworth yearbook advisers. Congratulations to Patty Gomez, of Pine Crest School in...
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