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Probably the biggest yearbook sale on the planet

It’s the biggest yearbook sale of the year — and you’ll want to be a part of it! Schools across the country learn useful selling secrets during this annual event. National Buy Your Yearbook Day has

Supercharge your yearbook's theme with visual validation

Once the theme is adopted, the cover created, the theme spreads refined and the typefaces selected, it is time to take theme development to the next level (verbal and visual support). The theme may

5 places to find instant inspiration

When looking for design inspiration online, most students go to Pinterest and that’s all. For fresh designs to pin to your yearbook staff’s board, explore sites* where designers hang out.

Effortlessly obtain more photos for the yearbook

Having trouble getting photos of Cross Country? Golf? Field trips? Physics projects?

Yearbook photographers can’t be everywhere so why not allow students or parents who are at sporting events,

Everything you need to know about National Buy Your Yearbook Day

National Buy Your Yearbook Day (NBYYD) was created to designate a special time of the school year to focus specifically on yearbook sales. Schools across the country join together in a coordinated

Yearbook Critiquing: Begin with the end in mind

Goals will help you break down yearbook production into bite-size pieces. Take a critical look at last year’s book. What would you like to improve or do differently? Survey students, including

It’s the “little things” that count

by Jack Kennedy Dow Jones Newspaper Fund 1993 Teacher of the Year

The difference between good reporting and great reporting lies in the “little things.”

Portfolios create opportunity for self-assessment

Grading students’ work for scholastic publications is a frequently shared challenge for new and experienced advisers alike. Portfolio assessments are a highly effective evaluation tool for journalism

It’s all things YEARBOOK…and all things TEXAN

Balfour’s Intensity Workshop is a 3-day immersion training in all things YEARBOOK. Yearbook advisers, editors and staff are welcome to attend the workshop, which will be held Saturday, Sept. 26 –

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