Going into the second semester of the year, many PHS students look forward to receiving their 2025-2026 yearbook.
According to Yearbook Adviser Hannah Potter, the yearbook is expected to be finished mid-February. From there, it will receive extensive edits.
“We’re hitting the highlights,” Potter said. “We want people to have something to look back on such as trends throughout the years or fun things you saw throughout the year.”
Like any other club at PHS, there is a whole system behind the scenes. Editor-in-Chief, senior Isabella Rodriguez explains the process of bringing a year’s worth of memories alive.
“Each staffer has their own page,” Rodriguez said. “I keep in touch with all of them, so I know how far along they are on their page or if they need any help.”
Since the yearbook is meant to showcase memories throughout the whole year, the staff needs to follow a strict schedule and meet all deadlines.
“To manage our deadlines, we have started weekly deadlines,” Social Editor Carley Richey said. “Personally, I make a list of what I have to do, marking it off as I go.”
However, after each page is created, they need to be carefully checked for not only grammar mistakes, but also for margin and other stylistic errors.
“I look through every single page to check the margins and fix anything we missed earlier,” Rodriguez said. “A lot of times that involves double checking quotes or even re-interviewing people.”
Being part of the yearbook team is more than just being a photographer or writer.
“Because our staff is so small, it’s kind of all hands on deck,” Potter said. “We don’t really have photographers, designers and writers. Everyone does a little bit of everything.”
Because their deadlines occur every couple of weeks, staffers are constantly working on getting their pages done to send to the printing company. Many students in the team from last year moved to Richland High School, so now there are 12 members.
“This year was the first year for most of our staffers,” Carley said. “Seeing how far they have come is really meaningful.”
Even though the team this year has many new people, it doesn’t change the team dynamic.
“Something about all working towards a common goal makes the dynamic of yearbook so fun,” Rodriguez said. “We can all joke around about our pages or struggles of getting interviews because it’s something we all know about.”
As of right now, the theme for the yearbook hasn’t been released yet.
“We always keep the theme a secret,” Potter said. “A lot of schools open it up and kind of show kids what they’re buying. We like to keep it a secret. I’ve asked the staff a few times, they want to keep it a secret.”
This article was edited by Victoria Byers, Aarushi Rana and Trisha Panicker.
