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Sometimes we need to make it a little easier for our yearbook staffers. Visual aids can be the perfect reminders to guide them.

Turkey, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie cook up more than a delicious Thanksgiving Day. Turn all the T-Day fixings into a delish yearbook spread.

We know the drill: Put the theme on the cover, endsheets, opening & closing, dividers and the index. But the latest innovative trend is an expansion of the theme: specific pages devoted to the

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.

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.

The Associated Collegiate Press named five Balfour schools as Design of the Year finalists as part of their 2021 Individual Awards announcement.

The beauty of spring delivery is getting those precious yearbooks into the hands of buyers, all before the year ends. The downside is what gets left out.

Nelson Mandela’s famous quote resonates as advisers struggle with what seems like an impossible task—finishing the yearbook. While the pandemic has amplified that struggle, we know you can find the

Kudos to everyone who has hit the submit button. For the rest of us, here are 12 more ideas to fill blank pages. Whether you’re scrambling to meet your final spring deadline or chugging along for