The Pine Tree yearbook is a student-produced account
of clubs, sports, academics, student life, and people at B-CC
High School. Students registered for the Yearbook course work
under the guidance of the faculty adviser to produce a book that
is held in high regard by students, parents, and members of the
community.
Students address the techniques and knowledge needed to produce
and manage a school yearbook. The central focus of the course
is related to a successful production of the school yearbook.
The course has five broad purposes:
- to provide instruction and practice in all aspects and phases
of publications planning;
- to develop the skills and understanding required to edit
a school newspaper;
- to consider appropriate laws and guidelines for publications;
- to explore the elements of newspaper and yearbook layout:
and
- to provide training and practice in handling the budgeting,
advertising, and sales aspects of publications management.
I am very excited to be working with all of you this year. This
class is one that is a workshop where we will combine work on
this year’s book with learning of new skills. Students will
work on building a publication and learning essential skills in
all of the following areas:
- Yearbook and journalism basics
- Theme
- Coverage
- Ladder planning
- Writing copy
- Interviewing techniques
- Quoting
- Journalistic writing
- Revision and editing
- Headlines
- Captions
- Design
- Design Fundamentals
- Using Adobe In Design
- Photography
- Techniques
- Digital photography basics
- Working with photographs in In Design and with Adobe
Photoshop
- Business
- Sales
- Ads
- Budgeting
- Time management/meeting deadlines
Grading:
Students will be graded on the quality of their work and their
ability to meet deadlines. Students will be graded according to
how well they meet the assigned tasks according to their various
jobs. This may include writing, photography, design, management,
editing and other duties. The assigned deadline for each student
is absolute. Students not meeting the deadline will not receive
credit on the assignment.
Students may reassess on assignments for quality. Rewriting and
redesigning are expected parts of the process of making a yearbook.
Students must hand in work to the editorial staff before the final
deadline. Then they may be reassessed on the work if it needs
revision. The reassessed grade will replace the original grade.
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