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3 | This list of story inspirations is brought to you by your Jostens Creative Team. 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 familiar signs around school community | Memorial HS | Sprague MS | 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. | Baylor University | Wando HS | Westlake HS | Wando HS | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Advice | Advice to younger self | Academic advice | Student life advice | Cutouts | conservational bubble graphics | McCallum HS | Oconee County HS | Providence HS | 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 | Wando HS | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | AP classes | How are people keeping a study schedule? | People taking 1 vs. People taking most | Compare/contrast to regular course or dual credit | Flash cards, flash card apps | Students doing DBQs (in class) | Beebe HS | Midlothian Heritage 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 | Green Valley HS | Midlothian Heritage HS | 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 | ||||||||||||||
18 | ASL | Student making word with their hand & what it means | ASL teacher | Families who use ASL | Liberty HIll HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 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 | Carroll Senior HS | Bryant JH | Bryant HS | Sheldon HS | Bryant JH | Clayton HS | ||||||||||||
20 | Authors | Favorite authors and why | Favorite books and why | The Village School | Bowie HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 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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23 | Babysitting | Are people babysitting for other families? | Are people babysitting for family? Why? | People with babysittting business | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Backpacks | Kid backpacks | Backpacks reflecting personality | What's in your bag? | Backpack & items cutouts | Student with backpack | Palos Verdes HS | Zionsville HS | Francis Howell North HS | Rouse HS | College Park HS | |||||||||||||||
25 | Back to school | First day outfits | BTS prep & schedule | Kinder/senior first day | Backpack & supplies cutouts | Whitney HS | 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 ... | Things we love about our school | Local hangouts/ eating options | Pop culture – current shows, songs, movies | East Bakersville HS | Clovis East HS | Round Rock HS | 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 | 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 | Westmoore HS | Rocklin HS | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | 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 | Cedar Park HS | Francis Howell North HS | The Village School | Idaho Falls ID 1 | Judson HS | ||||||||||||||||
33 | Bracelets | Reflecting personality | Special meaning | Fashion statement | Liberty Hill HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Bucket Lists | This year | In school | In my lifetime | large bucket, items written on list | Cutouts of students | Carroll HS | Memorial HS | Midlothian Heritage HS | The Village School | Alpharetta HS GA 1 | Fenton HS MI 1 | ||||||||||||||
35 | 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 | Glenbrook South HS | |||||||||||||||||||
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37 | Calendar | How do you stay organized? (agenda, daily planner, monthly cal, phone) | Calendar monthly recaps | Loudoun Valley HS | Kirkwood HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Cafeteria | Profile workers | Cafeteria food options | Crowded, limited space & time | Candid action shots serving, cooking | Cutouts of food | Episcopal School of Dallas | Liberty Hill HS | University of Chicago Laboratory School | Episcopal School of Dallas2 | ||||||||||||||||
41 | Cameras, point & shoot digital | Trend of point & shoot digital cameras | Palos Verdes HS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Cars | Profiles of students with their cars | How did you get your first car? | How do you know it's your car? | Cutouts of cars | Students in driver's seat | Bryant HS | Green Valley HS | Southwest Career & Technical Academy | Dos Pueblos HS | Palos Verdes HS | |||||||||||||||
44 | Chalk Sidewalk Art | Instagram example here | Positive messages | - students doing sidewalk art | Coronado HS NV 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Cell phones | Phone cases | .5 photos | phone screens | Cutouts of phones | Ridgeview MS | Steele HS | Leander HS | Round Rock HS | |||||||||||||||||
46 | Cell phone policy | No phones allowed in school, adjusting | Thoughts about no phone policies | Photo of phone holders | McIntosh HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Coffee & tea | Favorite coffee/study spots | How do you like your coffee? | Coffee or tea? | Coffee cups cutouts | Coffee beans | Bryant HS | Rouse HS | Santiago HS | |||||||||||||||||
48 | College | Students going out of state | College choices | College acceptance & applications updates | students in college gear | College pennants | Midlothian Heritage HS | Reno HS | Presque Isle HS | Loudoun Valley HS | Whitney HS | |||||||||||||||
49 | Collections, keepsakes | Students with large collections/souvenirs | Students with unusual collections | Student with collection | Cutouts of objects | Memorial HS | Monta Vista HS | Bryant HS | ||||||||||||||||||
50 | Compare/contrast | This or That | Different years of school | Teacher vs student | Green Valley HS | Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School | Bowie HS | |||||||||||||||||||
51 | Community Service | Student individual projects/helping neighbors, tutoring | Club volunteering/service projects | Students involved in churches or other | Candid photos students volunteering | Memorial HS | Glenbrook South HS | Zionsville | Southwest Career & Technical Academy | Zionsville HS | ||||||||||||||||
52 | Concerts | Big concerts at local venues | First concert experience | Concert bucket list | McCallum HS | Southwest Career & Technical Academy | Bowie HS | |||||||||||||||||||
53 | Conditioning | Blended coverage of athletes conditioning | How to with sports specific training | Cardio vs. weight training | ||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Craft projects | What craft projects occupy your time? | Sewing alone, or in groups | Specialty crafts | - completed crafts | Candid photos students working | Wando HS | East Bakersfield HS | ||||||||||||||||||
55 | Current Events | National news | Pop culture news | Reactions to news events | timeline | Memorial HS | Palos Verdes HS | Lake Brantley HS | ||||||||||||||||||
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57 | Daily schedule | Share various students' daily schedules | Staff daily schedule | Feature on athletes schedules | - student planners or schedules | Westwood HS | Bowie HS | Midlothian Heritage HS | Loudoun Valley HS | |||||||||||||||||
59 | Day in the Life | Random days, different students | Mulltiple students on the same day | Staff features on day in the life | students in various stages of their days | McCallum HS | Woodcreek HS | Providence HS | Round Rock HS TX 1 | |||||||||||||||||
60 | Desk | Day in the life | One desk, different students | Students in class working | Cutouts of each student with desk | Green Valley HS | Providence HS | |||||||||||||||||||
61 | Devices | How many digital devices do you own | Rank your digital devices | What one digital device is a game changer? | pile of digital devices | McIntosh HS | ||||||||||||||||||||
62 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Diversity | Students from other countries who attend your school | Foreign dishes students love to make from home country | Cultural traditions | World map | cutouts of food/clothes | Ridgeview MS | Clovis East HS | Palos Verdes HS | Clovis East HS2 | ||||||||||||||||
64 | DIY | Remaking your room and other home projects | Haircuts | Learning to repair on Youtube or other | ||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Dogs | Affection & interaction with family pet | Families with long time dogs | School therapy dog | Bryant HS | East Bakersville HS1 | East Bakersville HS2 | Rogers HS | ||||||||||||||||||
66 | Driving | Funny & anecdotal stories from Driver's Training | New drivers | School parking lot challenges | student behind wheel, student in rearview mirror | Palos Verdes HS | Providence HS | |||||||||||||||||||
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68 | Eating habits | New eating habits, changes in eating or snacking habits | New recipes families or students tried | When do you eat? | Students snacking/eating | Cutouts of food | Carroll Senior HS | Alpharetta HS GA 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
69 | Essay Writing | From prompt to final essay...essay writing steps/strategies | Brain dumps/brainstorming | Tips for writing better essays (quotes) | Providence HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Every... | day I ... | morning I... / night I ... | time I play... (pre-game rituals) | Edina HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
71 | 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? | Rock Canyon HS | Reno HS | Southwest Career & Technical Academy | Harrisonburg HS | Palos Verdes HS | |||||||||||||||
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73 | Faculty | Faculty advice | Students' favorite teachers | Teachers who are alumni of school | Cutouts | Big #s for years teaching | Palos Verdes HS | Cimarron MS | Reno HS | Stratford HS | Leander HS | |||||||||||||||
74 | 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 | Westmoore HS | Cimarron MS | Alpharetta HS GA 3 | ||||||||||||||
75 | Fashion items/specifics | Favorite jewelry | What's on your wrist | Rings | Bowie HS | Southwest Career & Technical Academy3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
76 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
77 | 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 | Oconee County HS | Westwood HS | Ridgeview MS | Providence HS | Bryant HS | ||||||||||||||||
78 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Flu | How flu affects school | How flu affects students | Products/solutions to feel well | boxes, cases, balled up in the wastebin | wadded up tissues | McIntosh HS | McIntosh HS2 | ||||||||||||||||||
80 | Friends | Best friends | Friends since childhood | Cutouts of friends | throwback photos from childhood | Southwest Career & Technical Academy | Zionsville HS | |||||||||||||||||||
81 | Food | Favorite fast food | Best snacks | Delivery: best apps, worse/funny delivery experiences | Food cutouts | food delivery items | Cedar Park HS | Beebe HS | Memorial HS | |||||||||||||||||
82 | 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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84 | Gamers | What are the most popular digital games? | Playing others on the internet? | Campus gaming clubs | people playing internet games | video game covers, controllers | Rouse HS | Southwest Career & Technical Academy | Wando HS | East Bakersfield HS | Glenbrook South HS | |||||||||||||||
85 | Games | Which games did you play? | On phone, online, on disc, or on a table? | Return of board games | people playing board games | Green Valley HS | Green Valley HS2 | Southwest Career & Technical Academy | Bryant HS | |||||||||||||||||
88 | Glow ups | Freshman vs senior year | Kid to middle school | photos before & now | Palos Verdes HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
89 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Graduation | After graduation plans | Early graduates | Graduation ceremony | Seniors trying on cap & gown | Baylor University | Rock Hill HS | Southwest Career & Technical Academy | Presque Isle HS | Bryant HS | ||||||||||||||||
92 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Gratitude | What/who you are thankful for? | Quotes of gratitude to be published | East Bakersfield HS | Coppell HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
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95 | Hair | Colorful hair | Hair trends (mullets) | changes in own hair style | shots from back of head and front of head and side of head | Haskett JH | Westmoore HS | Presque Isle HS | Desert Vista HS | |||||||||||||||||
96 | Halloween | My best/worse costume ever explained, age | When are you too old? | Halloween candy | students in costumes | candy | Bryant HS | Cedar Park HS | Walt Whitman MS | Stratford HS | Round Rock HS | Edina HS | ||||||||||||||
97 | Hangouts | Where students gather in the community | Campus hangouts | Feature local hangouts | the places, with or without people | Memorial HS | Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School | University of Chicago Laboratory School | St. Mark's School of Texas | Zionsville HS | ||||||||||||||||
98 | Hashtags | What hashtags did you search? | Did you make up your own hashtag? | Trending hastags here, post with date | Willow Springs MS | Willow Springs MS2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Health | Tips/tricks for staying healthy (physical, emotional, mental) | Flu–effects, missing school | Fitness activities | Crumpled up tissues, tissue box | Providence HS | Memorial HS1 | McIntosh HS | Memorial HS2 | Providence HS | ||||||||||||||||
100 | Hobbies | What hobbies keep you busy outside of school? | Creative hobbies | Sports-related hobbies | - students and hobbies | Cutouts of objects related to hobby | Memorial HS | East Bakersville HS | Harvard-Westlake School | Providence HS | Reno HS | |||||||||||||||
101 | Hot takes | Strong or controversial opinions on a topic/s | Palos Verdes HS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
102 | Homework | Procrastination & tips to avoid | Best and worst assignments | Best excuses | students doing homework, paper and pencil or pen, stack of books | Glenbrook South HS | Kirkwood HS | |||||||||||||||||||
104 | How-To | Quick how-to on something unique student knows how to do | School spirited-related how tos | Change a tire, write an essay... endless possibilities | Ralston HS | Carroll Senior HS | Cheney HS | Fayetteville HS | ||||||||||||||||||
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106 | I love you | Who do you tell this most often? Why? | When do you say this to a romantic interest? | How do you know you love someone? | Interactive flowchart | Candy hearts | Bryant HS | Presque Isle HS | ||||||||||||||||||
107 | Impact | What impact did a class/teacher/experience have on you? | How did you impact your school this year? | Who was the last person to impact your life? How? | Liberty Hill HS | Bryant HS | ||||||||||||||||||||
108 | Inspiration | Who/what inspires you? | What music do you listen to for inspiration? | Do you ever have "ah ha" moments? | Astronaut HS | Reno HS | ||||||||||||||||||||
109 | Frequency of posting | Favorite accounts to follow | Influencers in your school | Screenshots of students' Insta Grids, maybe at a specific date and time? | Episcopal School of Dallas1 | Episcopal School of Dallas | Cretin-Derham Hall MN 2 | Cretin-Derham Hall MN 3 |