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June 4, 2010. Omni Middle School Yearbook wins top honors from yearbook publisher. Mr. Goldstein, Journalism Teacher, is the adviser.

From the Publisher’s announcement letter:

“Of the 2010 yearbooks inducted into Walsworth Publishing Company’s Gallery of Excellence, your 2010 Omni Middle School yearbook has been honored as one of the selections.

“The Gallery of Excellence is a showcase of yearbooks produced by Walsworth customers. Yearbooks for the gallery are distinguished by their comprehensive coverage, innovative design and superior copy and photographs. Your 2010 yearbook is in the gallery because it is an example of these criteria and is representative of yearbooks from across the country.

“Only a small percentage of the yearbooks we publish are chosen for this distinction. As part of this honor, your yearbook is shared with many people several ways. These yearbooks are used by our nationwide sales force as quality examples, are loaned to schools across the country to serve as idea generators, and are displayed at regional, state and national conventions and workshops. Also, spreads from many of these yearbooks are used for example illustrations in Walsworth’s educational materials.

“Congratulations on this outstanding achievement. You and your staff are to be commended for your hard work and dedication to excellence. Good luck as you work to continue building a tradition of yearbook excellence at your school.”

This is the third year in a row that the Omni yearbook has won this award.

Cover by Crystal L., eighth grade

by Danielle C., Yearbook class

Buy your yearbook before they sell out!
A commercial by Tiffany E. and Jennifer S.

What follows is a tentative ladder for this year’s yearbook.  A yearbook ladder indicates what content will be on what pages.   We will use this ladder as a reference to what we need to accomplish.   This is also a production control sheet, indicating what has been done and what still needs to be completed.

Front Cover – Crystal L. — Done. Waiting re-proof.
Front Endsheet – Danielle C.  Done.  Re-proof sent back, approved.

Pages:

1.  Page One, illustration by Julianne D.  Done.
2.  Table of Contents – TV Guide – OmniVision – A Guide. Juliane.  Working on illustration.  Needs color for background, not just gray and white.  Logo on top looks great.  Needs room for bleed in InDesign, or put a black background (or other color) layered beneath it in InDesign.  Need to add Pages and Page numbers to table of contents.  Converted to pdf.
3.  Illustration, Crystal L.
Converted to pdf.  One picture needs to be replaced.  Proofread.

4-5 – Theme Intro. Casey.  Broken Links.  Pictures for spread not in folder.  Subsituted pictures.  Converted to pdfs.
6-7. Feature. Relating to the Real World.  Poems and Illustration.  by Jenai F.  Done. Needs to be proofread.
8-9. Feature.  Nothing.
10-11. Photo collage. Gabby and Shelby. Broken links.  Needs pictures in folders so can be converted to pdf.
12-13.  This I Believe. Jenai F. Done.  Needs to be proofread.
14-15.  Year in Review.  Nothing.
16-17.  Photo collage. Lee O. and Max G. Needs photos in folder.
18-19.   Feature.  Jocelyn.  Nothing.
20-21.  Feature.  Style.  by Jenai F.  In progress….Beautiful background. Has writing. Use size 12 font for writing, and add more pictures.  Make some pictures larger.    Needs photos.
22-27.  Academics. Scott G.  Take out writing on exploratory courses, and replace with writing about academics.  Need to break up layout with more pictures.  Too text heavy.  Every piece of writing should be accompanied by artwork.
28-29.  Administration, Main Office –  Needs background.  Needs photos.  Needs someone to work on spread.
30-33.  Faculty and Staff – Danielle C.  [perhaps someone else should work on this layout].  Needs background.
34-35.  Feature – Danielle C. – cartoon bodies, teacher heads. Need layout.
36-37.  8th Grade Intro pages.  Writing, photos, layout. Alyssa T.  Nothing.
38-55.  8th Grade Roster pages.  –Briana and Luna.  Place backgrounds.  Add quotes and candid pictures.
56-57.  8th Grade Superlatives. Trent, Alyssa A., Alyssa T., Casey M. Added writing. Converted to pdf.  Needs to be proofread.
58-59.  8th Grade Quotes. Tara and Savanna
60-61.  7th Grade Intro. Alexa G.
62-75. 7th Grade Roster pages. Tiffany and Jennifer S.
76-77. 6th Grade Intro. Ali A.
78-96. 6th Grade Roster pages. Jocelyn G.
96-99.  Baby pictures. Gabby, Shelby, Sam and Marissa
100-101.  Section Divider.
102-105.  Band. Max G. Have writing.  Add writing to layout.
106-107.  Art. Gabby, Shelby, Marissa, Samantha
108-109.  Drama. Jocelyn G.Done.  Add illustration credit for diarama – Olivia S.
110-111.  Exploratory Courses: Family and Consumer Science, Business, French, Spanish,
Technology, P.E.  – Ali A.
112-113.  National Junior Honor Society. Student Council. Lee O.
114-117.  Omni Clubs. WOTV. Knowledge Bowl. Random Acts of Kindness. FCCLA. Writing Club.     Chess Club.  Drama Club(?), Student Aide/FFEA, Science Fair. Bowling. Alyssa T. and Alexa G.
118-119.  Omni Sports Divider.
120-121.  Omni Softball. Omni Baseball. Jacob and Alyssa T.
122-123.  Boys Soccer. Girls Soccer. Ali A.
124-125.  Girls Basketball. Boys Basketball. Tiffany E. and Jennifer S.
126-127.  Girls Volleyball. Alyssa T. Omni Cheerleading. Jackie C.
128-129.  Track; Alexa G. Boys Volleyball. Alyssa T. Lacrosse. Scott G.   PTSA: Five-Peat!
130-131.  Memorial Tribute – Mr. Truesdail. – Mr. Goldstein
132-133.  Feature.
134-135.  Yearbook Credits. Madison
136-147.  Dedications. Tara and Savanna and Jenai
148-153.  Autograph pages. Gabby and Shelby
154.  Autograph Page. EndNote. Gabby and Shelby

Yearbook students:

For the year in review section, write about the earthquake that hit Haiti. In your writing, address the questions of who, what, where, when, how and why to give your reporting of what happened. You can look online to research to find out what happened, and then write it up in your own words. Minimum length: 6-8 sentences. Can be longer. Work on conveying through words the impact of the earthquake on the people of Haiti.

Yearbook students – Write a good four to six sentences about each of your teachers and classes and you can also write about lunch.

Below is a list of some design opportunities for the yearbook:

1.  TV-Guide style design for Table of Contents.
2.  Drawings/artwork – interspersed throughout. 
3.  Logos for various themed pages.
4.  Others?  Reply comment with your ideas.

Below are some writing opportunities.  Please indicate if you are interested in doing of these.  We will use the best one received for each.  

Look at last year’s yearbook to get an idea of how each of these have been handled.

1.  Theme Intro. 
2.  EndNote.  On the last page of the yearbook.  A closing to the theme.
3.  This I Believe.
4.  Poems – interspersed throughout.
5.  Year in Review.  Short writings about various events in the news this past year.  Can be both
      at Omni and in the news.
6.  Academics.  Writing about various teachers/classes.
7.  6th, 7th, 8th Grade Intro pages.
8.  Section Divider:  Exploratory Courses, Clubs, Sports.
9.  Clubs. Extracurricular activities. Sports.
10.  Your own feature idea (what is it)?

What follows is a tentative ladder for this year’s yearbook.  A yearbook ladder indicates what content will be on what pages.   We will use this ladder as a reference to what we need to accomplish. 

Front Cover – Crystal L.
Front Endsheet – Danielle C.

Pages:

2.  Table of Contents – TV Guide – OmniVision – A Guide. Juliane
3.  Principal’s Message. Alexa G.
4-5.  Theme Intro.  Writing, student artwork and layout. Casey M. write and layout6-
7. Feature.
8-9. Feature.
10-11. Photo collage. Gabby and Shelby
12-13.  This I Believe. Jenai F.
14-15.  Year in Review.
16-17.  Photo collage. Lee O. and Max G.
18-19.   Feature.
20-21.  Feature.
22-27.  Academics. Scott G.
28-29.  Administration, Main Office -
30-33.  Faculty and Staff – Danielle C.
34-35.  Feature – Danielle C. – cartoon bodies, teacher heads.
36-37.  8th Grade Intro pages.  Writing, photos, layout. Alyssa T.
38-55.  8th Grade Roster pages.  –Briana and Luna.
56-57.  8th Grade Superlatives. Trent, Alyssa A., Alyssa T., Casey M.
58-59.  8th Grade Quotes. Tara and Savanna
60-61.  7th Grade Intro. Alexa G.
62-75. 7th Grade Roster pages. Tiffany and Jennifer S.
76-77. 6th Grade Intro. Ali A.
78-96. 6th Grade Roster pages. Jocelyn G.
96-99.  Baby pictures. Gabby, Shelby, Sam and Marissa
100-101.  Section Divider.
102-105.  Band. Max G.
106-107.  Art. Gabby, Shelby, Marissa, Samantha
108-109.  Drama. Jocelyn G.
110-111.  Exploratory Courses: Family and Consumer Science, Business, French, Spanish,        
                              Technology, P.E.  – Ali A.
112-113.  National Junior Honor Society. Student Council. Lee O.
114-117.  Omni Clubs. WOTV. Knowledge Bowl. Random Acts of Kindness. FCCLA. Writing Club.     Chess Club.  Drama Club(?), Student Aide/FFEA, Science Fair. Bowling. Alyssa T. and Alexa G.
118-119.  Omni Sports Divider. 
120-121.  Omni Softball. Omni Baseball. Jacob and Alyssa T.
122-123.  Boys Soccer. Girls Soccer. Ali A.
124-125.  Girls Basketball. Boys Basketball. Tiffany E. and Jennifer S.
126-127.  Girls Volleyball. Alyssa T. Omni Cheerleading. Jackie C.
128-129.  Track; Alexa G. Boys Volleyball. Alyssa T. Lacrosse. Scott G.   PTSA: Five-Peat!
130-131.  Memorial Tribute – Mr. Truesdail. – Mr. Goldstein
132-133.  Feature.
134-135.  Yearbook Credits. Madison
136-147.  Dedications. Tara and Savanna and Jenai
148-153.  Autograph pages. Gabby and Shelby
154.  Autograph Page. EndNote. Gabby and Shelby