Students will investigate and study career options involving journalism skills, and will look at salaries, responsibilities, education requirements, and job opportunities. Layout staff must have experience on PageMaker 5.0 or higher, summit portfolio of previous work, Intro to Art or Graphic Design suggested, and letter of recommendation. Writing staff must have computer class with experience on PageMaker 5.0 or higher, completed Communications in Technology or have recommendation by previous or current English instructor. Business staff must have computer class with experience using spreadsheets and business instructor s recommendation. All positions are subject to Yearbook instructor s approval.
Yearbook is a two semester course with the specific outcome being the production of the yearbook.
Special emphasis is placed on publication responsibility and ethics. Staff must earn all money for the production of the yearbook by selling books, advertisements, and senior salutes. Writing interesting stories, creating quality photos, and assembling them on unique layouts are all completed with a emphasis on meeting the set deadlines. This course may be repeated. Grades are determined by completing pages assigned at an acceptable standard prior to the deadline the pages are assigned.