Yearbook Content, its ALL personal

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1	CONTENT IDEAS FOR YEARBOOKS
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3	This list of story inspirations was created by Jostens Creative Team and Ambassadors Casey Nichols and Margaret Sorrows. This list is updated often. It's intended to share visual and verbal story ideas for use in finishing your yearbook (or other media).
4	We strongly suggest looking at designs in the Community templates section of Page Designer, and the Page Surfer "Candid" category. If you want to share your great ideas, email margaret.sorrows@jostens.com.
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6	TOPIC	ANGLE/FOCUS	ANGLE/FOCUS	ANGLE/FOCUS	PHOTO IDEAS	PHOTO IDEAS	Sample Spread Ideas

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8	A-Z	Your school or community) from A-Z	Alphabetical A-Z of people features	Trends A-Z	Shapes or things that look like letters	Letters from signs that are familiar around the school community	Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School	Episcopal School of Dallas 1	Bowie HS	The Village School	Edina HS	Midlothian Heritage HS
9	Administration	Adapting to change	Day in the life	What is summer like for adminstration	Admin in hallways of school, greeting students, etc.		Westlake HS	Wando HS
10	Advice for others	How to best handle...	Academic advice	Student life advice			Coronado HS NV 4	Dunwoody HS
11	Alexa	Best Alexa tips (or Google)	Favorite Alexa games	Alexa alarms, time and style	- the Alexa (or whatever device) in a student's home
12	Amazon	Ordering online	What are people ordering?	What to do with all the boxes (How to?)	Photo with food package	Using Amazon app on phone
13	Anniversaries	School/yearbook	Best anniversary gift?	Male job, female, or either?	Yearbook covers		Stratford HS	Presque Isle HS	Wando HS
14	Anxiety	Keeping minds healthy	Exercises, meditation, etc.- what helps most?	What makes you anxious?	Student-created artwork		Whitney HS
15	AP classes	How are people keeping a study schedule?	People taking 1 vs. People taking most	Compare/contrast to regular course	Flash cards, flash card apps	Students doing DBQs (in class)	Beebe HS
16	Apps on your phone	most addicting (games, social media, other)	which apps help with academics?	if you could make an app, what would it do?	Cell phone in student hands		Astronaut HS	East Bakersfield HS
17	Art	Students with finished artwork	rough draft to final project	Stories on unique/different art forms	Student-taken art photos	Students working on art, shot by others	Haskett JH	Harvard-Westlake School	Memorial HS	Coronado HS NV 2	Cretin-Derham Hall MN 1	Coppell HS
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19	ASL	Student making word with their hand & what it means	ASL teacher	Families who use ASL			Liberty HIll HS
20	Athletes	Origin stories–how started sport/how got where they are now	How training relieves stress	College signings	student(s) working out	Cutouts	Westwood HS	Wando HS	Bryant JH	Bryant HS	Sheldon HS	Bryant JH	Coronado HS NV 3	Clayton HS
21	Authors	Favorite authors and why	Favorite books and why				The Village School	Bowie HS
22	Auto repair	Auto tech classes	Facing the cost of car care	DIY- who taught you/ways to learn DIY	Hood up, working on car		Wando HS
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24	Babysitting	Are people babysitting for other families?	Are people babysitting for family? Why?	People with babysittting business
25	Back to school	First day outfits	BTS prep & schedule	Kinder/senior first day	Backpack & supplies cutouts		Westwood HS	Ridgeview MS
26	Ballet	Getting your pointe shoes letter	Compare/contrast ballet to other dance styles	Involving males in ballet			Westlake HS
28	Best/Worst of ...	Online learning, Covid, social distancing	Local hangouts/ eating options	School schedules			Rogers HS
29	Bicycles	Returning to bikes as exercise	Getting a new bike	Story of when/how you learned too ride	Portraits of students with bikes	- students biking	Santiago HS
30	Bike riding	4-Wheeling, mountain biking	Family bike rides	Electrric bike trend	Riding bike, fixing bike, standing with bike		Whitney HS
31	Binge this	Movies, books, TV series, videos	snack foods, healthy foods, making foods	hobbies you lose yourself in	television screen	kitchen counter with foods	Judson HS
32	Bingo card	School year events	Individual faces	Places on campus	Image of the card empty, filled by different students		Bryant HS	<-monopoly, not bingo...but could be adapted
33	Birthday celebrations	How did you celebrate without friends/family?	How birthday celebrations change as you age	What were quarantine birthdays like?	Birthday cake with candles, cake slice, cupcake with a candle		Rocklin HS
34	Bitmojis	Classroom/locker/online school space	Student/staff bitmojis	Sending bitmoji messages	students trying to mimic their bitmojis		Astronaut HS
35	Books to read	Young adult novels	Classics or books assigned in class	What other reading materials did you fill your time with?	Stacks of books, student eyes looking over top of open book		The Village School	Southwest Career & Technical School		Idaho Falls ID 1	Judson HS
36	Breaks	When break feels more like school, how do you change things up?	How do you create breaks in your day?	How has your attitude toward holidays/breaks changed?
37	Bubble	Who's in your bubble and why?	Who did you get to hang out with in person?	Why your community is a "bubble"	1 person in center of others, 6 feet apart, shot from above	old friends photos, submitted	Midlothian Heritage HS
38	Bucket Lists	This year	In school	In my lifetime	large bucket, items written on list		Alpharetta HS GA 1	Fenton HS MI 1
39	Businesses, student	Students running their own business	If you did create a business, what would it/you do?	How do you & your circle support small, local, student-owned businesses?			Liberty Hill HS	Wando HS
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41	Calendar	How do you stay organized? (agenda, daily planner, monthly cal, phone)		Sharing digital calenders
44	Cardboard cutouts	Students creating themselves as fans to support athletes	From professional teams	Flat Stanley adventures	photo using cardboard cutout, big heads, etc.		Loudon Valley HS
45	Cars	Profiles of students with their cars	How did you get your first car?	How do you know it's your car?			Dos Pueblos HS	Palos Verdes HS
47	Cell phones	Phone cases	.5 photos				Leander HS	Round Rock HS
48	Challenges of Zoom work flow	Mowers, interruptions from siblings, pets	typical Zoom problems students face	typical zoom interruptions teachers face	over-the-shoulder shot of screen		Providence HS
49	City	Favorite student hangouts	Iconic city spots				Caroll HS
50	Cleaning bedrooms	Organization	Where you hide your stuff?	Everything or nothing in place?	- the hiding places full of stuff, - clean bedroms
51	Coffee	Favorite coffee/study spots	How do you like your coffee?	Coffee or tea?			Santiago HS
52	College	What plans for trips were cancelled?	Did colleges offer virtual visits?	College acceptance and applications updates	students in college gear		Reno HS	Presque Isle HS	Loudoun Valley HS	St. Mark's School of Texas	Whitney HS
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54	Compare/contrast	This or That	Different years of school	Morning vs. nights, etc			Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School	Bowie HS
55	Community Service	Student individual projects/helping neighbors, tutoring	Club volunteering/service projects	Students involved in churches or other	student submitted - doing their community service		Zionsville	Southwest Career & Technical Academy	Zionsville HS
56	Concerts	Big concerts at local venues	First concert experience	Concert bucket list			Southwest Career & Technical Academy	Bowie HS
57	Conditioning	Blended coverage of athletes conditioning	How to with sports specific training	Cardio vs. weight training
58	Contact	How are you keeping up with friends- screenshots	Survey on methods students use to keep in touch	Acronyms for today's teens: BRB, KIT, etc.	Screenshots of Facetime, Zoom, Hangouts, etc.		Coppell HS
59	Cooking with parents	How family mealtimes changed	Passing on recipes from parents to children	Lessons on cooking from parent/grandparent	students cooking with parents and family
61	COVID-19 medical test	Did you get tested? Tell us about that experience.	Infograph, number of times tested	Describe test in 6 words	.gov sites allow your use of images (still credit them, though) https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices/fdas-ongoing-work-support-and-advance-covid-19-diagnostic-test-accuracy-and-availability
62	Craft projects	What craft projects did you do to occupy your time?	Sewing alone, or in groups	Specialty crafts	- completed crafts		East Bakersfield HS
63	Cribs	Did you clean up your bedroom?	What features of your room are your favorites?	Do you share a room? If so, who shares with you?	clean bedroom, messy room, coolest parts of the room
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65	Daily schedule	Share various students' daily schedules	Staff daily schedule	Feature on athletes schedules	- student planners or schedules		Loudon Valley HS
67	Dear COVID-19 - 2=2 Words	Write a letter to the pandemic.	Write a 22-word statement to the pandemic		handwritten letter from student		Judson HS	Loudoun Valley HS
68	Devices	How many digital devices do you own	Rank your digital devices	What one digital device is a game changer?	pile of digital devices
69	Diet	How did eating habits change?	Did you start any special diets (i.e. Keto)	How do you lose/gain weight?	plate with food on it
70	Distance Learning	How did the school accomplish distance learning? Policies on grading, work, etc.	Student reactions to distance learning experience	Students who prefer virtual school and why			Dos Pueblos HS	Fenton HS
71	DIY	Remaking your room and other home projects	Haircuts	Learning to repair on Youtube or other
72	Dogs	Did you adopt a quarantine puppy?	Families with long time dogs	Families with two or more dogs			Rogers HS
73	Door Dash	Which restaurants are most popular?	What's the cost?		- a door dash delivered meal		Providence HS
74	Drive through	Which locations are open? When?	Local "hot" spots		car at drive through window
75	Driver's Training	Funny stories from Driver's Training	Anecdotal stories about the experience		student behind wheel, student in rearview mirror
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77	Eating habits	New eating habits, changes in eating or snacking habits	New recipes families or students tried	When do you eat?	- food or of students snacking/eating		Alpharetta HS GA 2
78	Essay Writing	From prompt to final essay...essay writing steps/strategies	Brain dumps/brainstorming	Tips for writing better essays (quotes)			Providence HS
79	Every...	day I ...	morning I... / night I ...	time I play... (pre-game rituals)			Edina HS
80	Everyone has a story	Senior profiles written in first person	Students sharing who they are and what's important to them	Q&A with randomly-chosen students	environmental portraits	selfies?	Harrisonburg HS	Palos Verdes HS
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82	Face masks	Families had face masks- how were they used?	Face mask fashion statements/ political statements/spirit	Photo collections	wearing the mask, hanging from car mirror, hanging from stick shift, etc.		Lake Brantley HS	Whitney HS
83	Facebook	Have students submit 22ns photo on their camera roll	% students who have Facebook	Ever purchased anything on Facebook?	Facebook live events, screen capture
84	Facetime	How did you use Facetime?	Group chats vs. one on one	Helping friends dress on Facetime	- student using Facetime
85	Faculty	Faculty advice	Students' favorite teachers	Teachers who are alumni of school	Cutouts	Big #s for years teaching	Cimarron MS	Reno HS	Stratford HS	Leander HS
86	Fashions & Costs	Outfits/Favorite pieces/staples of wardrobe	Online (Amazon/Shein) versus In Store	Thrift shopping	student wearing outfit/accessories	flat lat cutouts	Haskett JH	Southwest Career & Technical Academy	McIntosh HS	Alpharetta HS GA 3	Bryant HS
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88	Fashion items/specifics	Favorite jewelry	What's on your wrist	Rings			Bowie HS	Southwest Career & Technical Academy3
89	Fear	Fears about coming back to school?	Fear about returning because it has been so long?	What is the biggest fear you can share? Quotes			Wando HS
90	First day of school	Pictures, new clothes	dress up or dress down?	What time did you get up?	alarm clock on phone, first day outfits submitted, clothing with tags on it		Westwood HS	Ridgeview MS	Providence HS
91	Fishing	Families fishing trips- photos	Lake vs. stream vs. deep sea- quotes	Friends and favorite fishing spots	submitted fishing, baiting the line, caught fish		Westlake HS
92	Food delivery	Which one do you use and why?	Stragest place you've had food delivered?	Worst/funny delivery experiences	food delivery items		Providence HS
93	Frustrations	Stress relieving activities to break out of frustration	What about school frustrates you most?	How athletes deal with frustration	person "pulling out" hair, making frustrated face
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95	Gamers	What are the most popular digital games?	Playing others on the internet?		people playing internet games		East Bakersfield HS
96	Games	Which games did you or your family play?	On phone, online, on disc, or on a table?	Return of board games	people playing board games		Southwest Career & Technical Academy	Bryant HS
99	Google meet	How did you use Google Hangouts?	Did you like Meet change to 49 faces on screen?	Meet vs. Zoom	Screen captures of hangouts		Edina HS
101	Graduation	After graduation plans	Early graduates	Graduation ceremony	Seniors trying on cap & gown		Rock Hill HS	Southwest Career & Technical Academy	Presque Isle HS	Bryant HS
102	Grandparents	Main concerns for their health	How did students keep in touch with grandparents?	What did you inherit from them (physically or characteristics)	family photos, students with grandparents		Loudoun Valley HS
103	Gratitude	What/who you are thankful for?	Quotes of gratitude to be published				Coppell HS	East Bakersfield HS
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105	Hair	Colorful hair	Hair trends (mullets)	changes in own hair style	shots from back of head and front of head and side of head		Presque Isle HS		Desert Vista HS
106	Halloween	How did in change this year?	My best/worse costume ever explained, age	When are you too old?	students in costumes		Walt Whitman MS	Stratford HS	Round Rock HS	Edina HS	Round Rock HS TX 1
107	Hand washing	Students' reactions to 20-seconds and the complete method	Are there changes expected in school bathrooms?	How have students changed their handwashing practices?	Close-up of hands with soap and running water
108	Hangouts	Where students gather in the community	Where students gather when on campus	Feature local hangouts on spread, or chrono pages	the places, with or without people
109	Hashtags	What hashtags did you search?	Did you make up your own hashtag?	Trending hastags here, post with date