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Yearbook Yearbook staff captures enduring memories Students learn wide variety of skills, from designing publications to professional communication By Katherine Lacaze Seaside Signal Students in the yearbook class have an important charge: capturing moments, both commonplace and ex- traordinary, throughout the school year to be preserved as memories in each annual edition of Seabreeze, Sea- side High School’s long- standing yearbook. The class, run by En- glish teacher Susan Baer- tlein, runs yearlong, but not all students can take it each term, because of scheduling FRQÀLFWV %DHUWOHLQ ZKR LV in her third year teaching yearbook at Seaside High School, generally loses a IHZDQGJDLQVDIHZDVWKH year goes on. 6HQLRU6LOYLD$YLODZKR VWDUWHG ZLWK \HDUERRN DV D freshman, said participat- ing in the class “is basical- ly like a job.” The students have fun in the class, but also must adhere to high standards of professional- LVP DQG ZRUN HWKLF WR ¿QG advertisers and meet pro- duction deadlines. “If you don’t do your re- sponsibilities, other people have to pick up the slack,” said Avila, one of the edi- tors-in-chief. “You have to be here every day and do your best.” Advertisements help drive the price of the prod- XFWGRZQIURPWR from students. Because the students rarely hear get WXUQHG GRZQ E\ LQGLYLGX- als and businesses for ad- vertising, they don’t have D QHJDWLYH YLHZ RI VROLFLW- ing sponsorship, Baertlein said. “We have really good community support,” she said. Normally students do a little of everything for the yearbook, but this year, Baertlein designated stu- dents as photographers and designers, although they still might get called on to help ZKHUHDQGZKHQQHHGHG The photographers at- tend events throughout the school year, from plays and assemblies to athlet- ic games. If they’re smart, Baertlein said, the students ZLOO VHHN RXW SHRSOH OLNH local photographer Jeff Ter Har to get tips. Other- ZLVHWKHVWXGHQWVOHDUQIDVW through experimentation, she said. Yearbook teaches sev- eral transferable skills that FDQ EH XVHG QRZ IRU RWKHU FODVVHV DQG ZLOO EH UHPDLQ valuable in the future. Some of those skills, according to students, include pro- fessional communication, YHUEDODQGZULWWHQFRPPX- QLFDWLRQDQGXVLQJVRIWZDUH for publication design. Avi- la said the skills she learned helped her get an internship at State Farm insurance during the summer. Tenth-grader Danielle Keen, a designer, has used WKH NQRZOHGJH OHDUQHG from the class to do proj- ects for other classes and also privately for herself. 0HDQZKLOH VKH¶V ZRUNLQJ WR ZULWH PRUH IRU WKH \HDU- book and improve her pho- tography skills. The yearbook class has VHYHUDO RI¿FHUV WZR HGL- tors-in-chief, a photo editor, a business manager, a social media administrator and WZRDPEDVVDGRUVRIIXQ Photo editor Megan McQuilliams, a 10th-grad- HU ZDV HQFRXUDJHG WR MRLQ \HDUERRNE\KHUVLVWHUZKR enjoyed the class. As photo editor, she is responsible for collecting, organizing and editing photos from the other staff members and making selections for the yearbook. 6WXGHQWV PXVW ¿QG FUH- DWLYH ZD\V WR VKDUH KLJK- lights from each school year. The team keeps the theme a secret, to make the yearbook’s unveiling “a bigger deal,” Baertlein VDLG +RZHYHU ZKLOH ³D yearbook is full of secrets,” she promised this year’s OD\RXW ZLOO EH ³GUDVWLFDOO\ different.” To help the students learn more about the pub- lishing industry and gen- HUDWH QHZ LGHDV IRU WKH upcoming year, Baertlein WDNHV D IHZ VWXGHQWV ² WKRVHZKRVKRZOHDGHUVKLS LQ WKH FODVV ² WR D WKUHH day camp, provided by Herff Jones, at Willamette University in the summer. During the camp, students IURP DFURVV WKH QRUWKZHVW DWWHQG ZRUNVKRSV DQG OLV- WHQWRDJXHVWVSHDNHUZKR shares fresh ideas and strat- egies for making innovative yearbooks and avoiding cli- chés. Students said sometimes it is tough to have their ideas rejected or critiqued at the camp, but it drives improvement. “Striving to be better is D ELJ WKLQJ ZLWK \HDUERRN camp,” Baertlein said. McQuilliams agreed the camp exposed the students WRQHZLGHDV “My mind is more open WR SRVVLELOLWLHV QRZ´ VKH said. The design for the year- book is getting better, Baer- tlein said. They are mixing content and using creative strategies. Since Baertlein took over the class, Avila said, the students have been given more involvement and responsibility. ³7KLV \HDU ZH KDYH PRUH VD\ LQ ZKDW ZH ZDQW in the actual book,” she said. The book is general- O\ DERXW SDJHV ZLWK a supplemental annex of DERXW SDJHV 7KH ¿QDO layout for the yearbook is sent to a printer in Utah, Herff Jones, by spring break; then students put together the supplement, ZLWK JUDGXDWLRQ WKH ¿QLVK- ing touch, before printing it locally right after the com- mencement ceremony to be KATHERINE LACAZE/SEASIDE SIGNAL Students in the yearbook class work on layout and design ahead of a deadline for the 2015-16 version of the Seabreeze. delivered as a single pro- dut during the traditional all-night senior party. The yearbook distribution caps off the party, as students take time looking through DQGVLJQLQJWKHERRNVZLWK one another. Fitness for All Ages! sm 8-Week Membership for $ 119! No enrollment fee. • Easy roll-over. • SUPERVISED Play Care & Youth Fitness Classes • FREE Teen Youth Memberships for all Students! • FREE Classes: 40+ each week - for Drop-ins too! • FREE Towel Service, Day-use Lockers & Showers Unlimited Class Pass for $ 50! 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