YEARBOOK
Yearbook preserves memories for future generations
Seabreeze dates
back to 1919
By Rebecca Herren
For Seaside Signal
As students open the cov-
er of their yearbook and flip
through its pages, they’ll
discover the encapsulating
humor and sentiments of the
student body. They’ll reflect
on the teachers who became
mentors along the way, or the
smiles that graced their faces
remembering their first dance.
They’ll remember their school
spirit and how they rallied be-
hind aspiring athletes toward
victory, or how they supported
students who triumphed over
diversity.
The Seabreeze is a keep-
sake of memories. But how
are those memories captured
and documented and who
are the students behind the
Seabreeze?
The
earliest
known
Seabreeze dates back to 1919
when Seaside High School
was called Union High School.
This year marks the 112th vol-
ume of the Seabreeze.
Amy Rider teaches the
yearbook class, which runs
yearlong (three terms), but
some students take the class
on a term basis due to schedul-
ing conflicts. The class is kept
small — a maximum of 12
students — however, the cur-
rent staff consists of seven stu-
dents, and Rider noted there
would be nine students next
term. “We have a 75 percent
return rate. The students who
really find a passion for jour-
nalism, photography and de-
sign tend to return every year.”
The class teaches transfer-
able skills that can be used for
other classes as well as bene-
fiting the students in their fu-
ture college and career goals.
Rider noted that the list is
“almost endless” and includes
journalism, time management
and working collaboratively.
Some of those skills, accord-
ing to junior Dalton Smith,
are communication — verbal
and written — photography
and graphic design. Smith
has been given the task of
Ambassador of Fun and takes
absolute ownership of his du-
ties. He says he has the gift of
talking, so it is up to him to
make the phone calls needed
to help in the completion of
the yearbook.
Smith said this is his first
full year after taking the class
previously for one term. It’s
also his first time tackling
the job of photographing and
interviewing athletes for the
sports pages, which he noted
has been a lot of fun. And, the
sports pages are a testament of
Smith’s design skills that he
has also enjoyed being a part
of.
Each year, the class attends
a yearbook camp for three
days at Willamette Universi-
ty where students work with
representatives and designers
of Herff Jones. During camp,
they choose a cover design
and material, as well as brain-
storm different themes.
Last year’s theme was
“One,” which the staff felt was
incredibly apt given the close-
knit community, Rider said.
“This year’s theme is equally
impressive, but it’s a closely
guarded secret until the books
are distributed.”
The Seabreeze is a stu-
dent-run business. Students
need to commit to one peri-
od each day and evenings as
needed — even if it means
until midnight when deadlines
approach. They also must
commit to graduation night,
Rider said, explaining it is at
that time when the students
finish the annex (the part of the
book that includes graduation
photos and end-of-the-year
activities that couldn’t make it
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into the main part of the year-
book), which requires a lot of
physical and manual labor on
the part of the students.
Once the annex is com-
pleted, it is printed locally at
Lazerquick and afterwards,
the students prepare the books
for the senior class. They put
the pages together by using
a bookmaker machine, paste
each annex into the back of
the main book then distribute
the yearbooks to the seniors
at the all night graduation par-
ty. “Typically,” Rider added,
“we work until 2 to 3 a.m. that
day.” Underclassmen receive
their yearbooks on the last day
of school.
“One of the most powerful
things about being a student
on the yearbook staff is that
the skills they learn are im-
mediately useful in the ‘real
REBECCA HERREN/SEASIDE SIGNAL
Junior Dalton Smith, the
ambassador of fun, makes
sizing adjustments on one of
the sports pages.
world’ of journalism and pub-
lishing in general,” Rider said.
“The Seabreeze teaches them
financial responsibility and
gives them ownership of their
publication. There is some-
thing for almost everyone,
regardless of type or level of
skill; it’s a place to learn new
things, polish and perfect al-
ready acquired aptitudes.”
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The 2017-18 yearbook class staff includes Jocelynne Adams
and Wesley Corliss (not pictured), Anita Barbic, Kiara Breck-
enridge, Danielle Keen, Shelbylee Rhodes, Stella Rose Samu-
elson, Dalton Smith, Ethan Warren and advisor Amy Rider.
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