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Five Balfour schools are finalists in the National Scholastic Press Association’s Design of the Year and COVID-19 Reporting contests. Five schools and more than 10 students were named finalists for

As part of our “The Essentials” series, we present the required elements of yearbook. Today, we’ll focus on dividers.

The dividers, or division pages, provide one of the most integral roles in a

Make it your own. Really. Three Balfour schools took the sticker craze to a whole new level with their 2021 yearbooks.

Congratulations to Bridgeland High School, Maize High School and McCallum High School photographers for snagging finalist spots in the 2021 Photo of the Year competition. The National Scholastic

Photographing varsity sports is a privilege. Establish a coverage hierarchy system by requiring photographers to first learn and train at subvarsity sporting events.

Congratulations to the La Ventana for being named a 2020 Pacemaker Winner by the Associated Collegiate Press. ACP announced the winners during a virtual ceremony, Oct. 14 at the ACP/CMA the Fall

Congratulations to five Balfour schools for winning 14 awards in the Associated Collegiate Press’ 2021 Individual Awards competition.

National Yearbook Week was a wonderful chance to celebrate yearbook staffs and the importance of yearbooks. The week was full of great contest entries and we’re excited to announce the winners. Each

As schools prepared for 2021 yearbooks, they faced a gloomy realization: the pandemic was far from over. Refusing to wallow in that depressing reality, a fascinating trend emerged. Yearbooks featured

Theme is the glue that holds a book together. As part of our “The Essentials” series, we’ll share the basics of theme.

Who will your 2022 book be? Harry Styles? Kate Middleton? Once you know who your book is, you can clearly establish your theme’s personality.

Show us your style and creativity and we might just show you a $100 gift card.

One of our favorite weeks of the year is back! An annual traditional, National Yearbook Week celebrates the historical