The Yearbook Comes To A Close

Ms. Cassetta’s Advanced Journalism class tirelessly toils to fit a whole year into a book.

Advanced Journalism, perhaps better known as the Yearbook class, has been working year round on creating a fun, energetic, and proud yearbook for the 2012-2013 school year.  This week, all their hard work comes to conclusion as the final deadline of March 19^th passes.  The final edition of the yearbook is in and it is only a matter of time before students will be passing it around and gathering the signatures of friends and faculty.

Lucia Lopez (‘13) gave some insight to the inner workings of Advanced Journalism.

“It’s all about making deadlines, we take photos and create the pages all year, but when the day comes everything has to be in place,” she said.

To get motivated to meet their deadlines, the class follows a fun custom of having “Donut Deadlines,” that is, when the students meet their deadline they get donuts.

The class also involves very individualized work.  Students work on many different sections of the yearbook and it is important for them to maintain consistent style and theme.

“The work is very divided, we have to keep it all together,” Lucia said.

But there is a lot more to the class than just “Donut Deadlines” and putting together the yearbook.  Moderator and English teacher Ms. Chrys Cassetta warns that “anyone who thinks this is a goof-off class is sorely mistaken.”  The students must sell $500 worth of advertisements to help pay for the yearbook.  This involves making phone calls to local businesses or persuading relatives to buy a page for their student.

“The most important thing is creativity,” Ms. Cassetta says, adding that the yearbook is by students, for students.  The class relies on their ability to make something meaningful for the school.

“The students have worked hard, with focus and dedication” Ms. Cassetta assured.

The final product will reflect the hard work of the class —  this yearbook is looking like it will be the finest one yet.