Yearbook
We have a fantastic yearbook at Mount Si High School. To adequately cover our Freshman Campus we need the help of our Freshman photographers. We will select a few to work with our yearbook but if you get the opportunity to take a great photo don't hesitate. Here are the expectations and needs from the yearbook staff.
Yearbook Expectations: Handout
Tips and Techniques
Yearbook Expectations: Handout
Tips and Techniques
Grading Expectations
Photo Quality (x2) All photographs are properly exposed. The subject is in sharp focus. Composition is interesting and helps to tell the story.
Story The photograph is filled with a variety of students engaged in a school related activity. No students are looking at the camera. We can see the students faces.
Documentation: Photo file name, class/activity, teacher name, student names (first and last)
Quotes: Each photograph has at least one interesting quote from a student in the photograph.
Photo Quality (x2) All photographs are properly exposed. The subject is in sharp focus. Composition is interesting and helps to tell the story.
Story The photograph is filled with a variety of students engaged in a school related activity. No students are looking at the camera. We can see the students faces.
Documentation: Photo file name, class/activity, teacher name, student names (first and last)
Quotes: Each photograph has at least one interesting quote from a student in the photograph.
ACADEMICS PHOTOS:
For every week of the school year, we need at least a dozen academics photos. In this year’s book, photos will again be grouped in modules of 2-4 photos. This means we will be using 2-4 photos of that same class, shot at the same time, in a module (or we will be using 2-4 photos of students engaged in similar activities from different classes). I’ll send you a copy of the layouts as soon as they’re done so you can see what the modules are going to look like.
In order to make that work, we will need photos of 1-2 classes or activities (lunch, passing time, club meetings, guest speakers, class meetings…) at the freshman campus each week. For each of these classes, 3-5 photos should be submitted. These photos need to include both horizontal and vertical images. Each photo needs to contain different students.
When these photos are submitted, please include full captions, including what class the photos were taken in (teacher, course name, class period) and a complete second sentence that includes a quotation from one of the students pictured in the photo. These captions can be typed in the “caption” field in Photoshop.
This is really critical. It slowed down the workflow process a ton last year to have to select the photos here at the main campus, then come back to you guys for identifications and caption information later. I would much rather get fewer photos at a time, but get everything we need all at once.
DEADLINE: FRIDAY, ONE WEEK AFTER THE WEEK THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN. (Example: Photos taken this week must be submitted no later than October 3. That gives students one week to select the photos and interview the students in the photos so captions can be written. (We can perhaps push this deadline back as far as two weeks after the photos are taken, if we find getting captions is taking longer. But we really need the photos and caption information asap so we can get pages done.)
PEOPLE SECTION Q & As:
We are trying something different this year, and that is interviewing every single student at the school. We have compiled a list of four questions, but they all are basically just different ways to find out the same thing—which goes along with the theme.
What do you wish more people knew about you?
What’s your secret/hidden talent?
What’s something about you that no one knows, but you wish they did?
What’s the most interesting or unique thing about?
Responses can be typed in a Word document on in a Google Form thing. All responses must include student’s full name, the question and the response, and must follow the style guidelines on the PDF I sent over. If students go by a nickname, that is fine (like Steve instead of Steven).
Responses need to be at least one complete sentence. If a student gives a one- or two-word answer, a follow-up question needs to be asked so that the response is complete
***If kids can tell that someone is clearly making up their answer, or is giving a “joke” answer, they need to move on and tell the student to think about it and try again at a later date. If a kid just straight up refuse to answer, keep trying. We really want to get everyone in the book in this manner. There may be a kid or two who refuses, but it shouldn’t be that many.
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31—150 kids
DEADLINE: THANKSGIVING BREAK: 150 additional kids
DEADLINE: WINTER BREAK—the rest of them
INTERVIEWS FOR SPORTS PAGES:
All of the sports pages are being handled at the main campus, regardless of what level the team is. All of these pages must contain copy. The staff member completing that page will identify any freshmen who need to be interviewed for a sports page, and will send a list of questions that need to be asked.
That student will need to be interviewed at the freshman campus, by a freshman student. The responses to the questions (including any follow-up questions necessary to result in a usable quote) need to be typed in a Word document and emailed to me.
We will send the names of students who need to be interviewed, as well as the questions that need to be asked, on Monday.
Our fall sports pages are due on January 17. It is likely that students will begin the process of writing copy in early –mid December. I would anticipate a number of these requests in the weeks surrounding Winter Break. There are many freshman students on JV and C teams, and we have three spreads that are just JV and C-team pages—as well as several spreads that include JV and varsity players. There are likely to be several dozen students who need to be interviewed for these pages.
I will try my best to remind students to spread these interviews out over the course of several weeks, but as deadlines approach, there may be a huge glut of these interviews within a short period of time.
DEADLINE: FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK
IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS IN PHOTOS:
For every photo taken of a club, sport, or all-school activity, as well as team photos, we will need all freshmen identified by full name. We will e-mail the photos we need identifications for on Mondays, along with a clear description of which students we need to have identified. Sometimes we will just need a student identified; sometimes we will need a student identified AND interviewed. We will be clear about that.
I would anticipate that as the semester progresses, that you may receive 2-5 photos per week. We have not yet started laying out the weekly pages, but will start that process in the next week or so. In weeks that contain a number of activities featuring freshmen (such as the week of the freshman lockin), there will likely be more photos than 2-5. In December, as fall sports pages enter production, you will likely see a number of JV and C-team sports photos, as those teams have a number of freshmen.
DEADLINE: FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK
INTERVIEWS FOR NON-ACADEMIC CAPTIONS:
When photos are taken of clubs, sport, or all-school activities and contain freshmen, those freshmen will most likely need to be interviewed to provide information for the caption. When that is necessary, we will e-mail the photo, and let you know what student(s) need to be interviewed for the caption. Sometimes we will know who the student is, but they will need to be interviewed; sometimes we will need a student identified AND interviewed. We will be clear about that.
I would anticipate that as the semester progresses, that you may receive 2-5 photos per week. In weeks that contain a number of activities featuring freshmen (such as the week of the freshman lockin), there will likely be more photos than that. In December, as fall sports pages enter production, you will likely see a number of JV and C-team sports photos that need captions.
DEADLINE: FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK.
For every week of the school year, we need at least a dozen academics photos. In this year’s book, photos will again be grouped in modules of 2-4 photos. This means we will be using 2-4 photos of that same class, shot at the same time, in a module (or we will be using 2-4 photos of students engaged in similar activities from different classes). I’ll send you a copy of the layouts as soon as they’re done so you can see what the modules are going to look like.
In order to make that work, we will need photos of 1-2 classes or activities (lunch, passing time, club meetings, guest speakers, class meetings…) at the freshman campus each week. For each of these classes, 3-5 photos should be submitted. These photos need to include both horizontal and vertical images. Each photo needs to contain different students.
When these photos are submitted, please include full captions, including what class the photos were taken in (teacher, course name, class period) and a complete second sentence that includes a quotation from one of the students pictured in the photo. These captions can be typed in the “caption” field in Photoshop.
This is really critical. It slowed down the workflow process a ton last year to have to select the photos here at the main campus, then come back to you guys for identifications and caption information later. I would much rather get fewer photos at a time, but get everything we need all at once.
DEADLINE: FRIDAY, ONE WEEK AFTER THE WEEK THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN. (Example: Photos taken this week must be submitted no later than October 3. That gives students one week to select the photos and interview the students in the photos so captions can be written. (We can perhaps push this deadline back as far as two weeks after the photos are taken, if we find getting captions is taking longer. But we really need the photos and caption information asap so we can get pages done.)
PEOPLE SECTION Q & As:
We are trying something different this year, and that is interviewing every single student at the school. We have compiled a list of four questions, but they all are basically just different ways to find out the same thing—which goes along with the theme.
What do you wish more people knew about you?
What’s your secret/hidden talent?
What’s something about you that no one knows, but you wish they did?
What’s the most interesting or unique thing about?
Responses can be typed in a Word document on in a Google Form thing. All responses must include student’s full name, the question and the response, and must follow the style guidelines on the PDF I sent over. If students go by a nickname, that is fine (like Steve instead of Steven).
Responses need to be at least one complete sentence. If a student gives a one- or two-word answer, a follow-up question needs to be asked so that the response is complete
***If kids can tell that someone is clearly making up their answer, or is giving a “joke” answer, they need to move on and tell the student to think about it and try again at a later date. If a kid just straight up refuse to answer, keep trying. We really want to get everyone in the book in this manner. There may be a kid or two who refuses, but it shouldn’t be that many.
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31—150 kids
DEADLINE: THANKSGIVING BREAK: 150 additional kids
DEADLINE: WINTER BREAK—the rest of them
INTERVIEWS FOR SPORTS PAGES:
All of the sports pages are being handled at the main campus, regardless of what level the team is. All of these pages must contain copy. The staff member completing that page will identify any freshmen who need to be interviewed for a sports page, and will send a list of questions that need to be asked.
That student will need to be interviewed at the freshman campus, by a freshman student. The responses to the questions (including any follow-up questions necessary to result in a usable quote) need to be typed in a Word document and emailed to me.
We will send the names of students who need to be interviewed, as well as the questions that need to be asked, on Monday.
Our fall sports pages are due on January 17. It is likely that students will begin the process of writing copy in early –mid December. I would anticipate a number of these requests in the weeks surrounding Winter Break. There are many freshman students on JV and C teams, and we have three spreads that are just JV and C-team pages—as well as several spreads that include JV and varsity players. There are likely to be several dozen students who need to be interviewed for these pages.
I will try my best to remind students to spread these interviews out over the course of several weeks, but as deadlines approach, there may be a huge glut of these interviews within a short period of time.
DEADLINE: FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK
IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS IN PHOTOS:
For every photo taken of a club, sport, or all-school activity, as well as team photos, we will need all freshmen identified by full name. We will e-mail the photos we need identifications for on Mondays, along with a clear description of which students we need to have identified. Sometimes we will just need a student identified; sometimes we will need a student identified AND interviewed. We will be clear about that.
I would anticipate that as the semester progresses, that you may receive 2-5 photos per week. We have not yet started laying out the weekly pages, but will start that process in the next week or so. In weeks that contain a number of activities featuring freshmen (such as the week of the freshman lockin), there will likely be more photos than 2-5. In December, as fall sports pages enter production, you will likely see a number of JV and C-team sports photos, as those teams have a number of freshmen.
DEADLINE: FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK
INTERVIEWS FOR NON-ACADEMIC CAPTIONS:
When photos are taken of clubs, sport, or all-school activities and contain freshmen, those freshmen will most likely need to be interviewed to provide information for the caption. When that is necessary, we will e-mail the photo, and let you know what student(s) need to be interviewed for the caption. Sometimes we will know who the student is, but they will need to be interviewed; sometimes we will need a student identified AND interviewed. We will be clear about that.
I would anticipate that as the semester progresses, that you may receive 2-5 photos per week. In weeks that contain a number of activities featuring freshmen (such as the week of the freshman lockin), there will likely be more photos than that. In December, as fall sports pages enter production, you will likely see a number of JV and C-team sports photos that need captions.
DEADLINE: FRIDAY OF THE SAME WEEK.