The sound of frantic typing and clicking echo as the Eagle Yearbook team works every day to finish the yearbook. The staff met its March 11 deadline and distribution day will occur during the last two weeks of school.
According to teacher and adviser Hannah Potter, the exact distribution date will be established with Jostens soon.
“As far as what students can expect from distribution, they can expect something similar to last year,” Potter said. They will head to a designated location during their lunch and tell a staffer their last name, sign for the book and then enjoy.”
Many of the people on the staff are excited for when the books finally arrive.
“I really loved being Editor-In-Chief this year, it’s my last year in yearbook so, it was kind of bittersweet but also a very rewarding experience,” senior Isabella Rodriguez said. “I got to make a book I was really proud of as my last ‘hurrah’ of yearbook and high school.”
Yearbook has classes during 5th and 6th period and each person is assigned to go to the yearbook room for eagle time, unless they have been drafted elsewhere.
“Yearbook has been very, very stressful for me, especially junior year, it’s been getting very hectic,” photo editor, junior Jai Yadav said. “There are definitely a lot of things going on, especially with finishing my pages and stuff like that.”
This year’s yearbook is expected to arrive around the middle to the end of May, so be on the lookout and don’t forget to pick up your book when the time comes.
“So, for the yearbook we spend a solid amount of time editing and proofing after all the pages are complete, and that’s definitely a lot of work because there are over 300 pages in the book and all of them have to be looked at multiple times by multiple people,” copy and design editor sophomore Ella Wingate said. “I definitely think the outcome is worth it because the publication is always just-it’s so beautiful like, in May, whenever we receive the yearbook to pass them out, it’s like, you smell the smell and you get to see your work in print and it’s just so amazing, like I wouldn’t give it up for the world.”
Next for the yearbook team is the day when yearbooks will be distributed to students who have bought a book around the end of the year.
“I absolutely love distribution day. I spend basically all year looking forward to this day. My students work so hard all year long and we all stress all year long,” Potter said. “Getting to see their faces open boxes and see their completed book for the first time makes all the stress worthwhile. I love getting to see the product in person on paper it makes a huge difference from screen to paper, I also love getting to see all the students who purchased a book react, and I love hearing their thoughts on the cover and coverage we got throughout the year.”
This article was edited by Emily Logan, Landon Byrom and Yousuf Ali.
