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By Katie Jones
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are many clubs made at the Dayton Regional STEM School (DRSS), and Yearbook is
one that has been there from the beginning. The Yearbook staff serves as the
school’s record keepers, creating the yearbook as a way to remember each school
year and its students’ accomplishments. While this is an important job in
itself, being a part of the Yearbook staff is a little different from other
schools. At DRSS, Yearbook also counts as an elective credit.
To
become a part of the Yearbook staff, each student must be either a junior or
senior and complete an application that includes a paragraph on why they are
suited to be in Yearbook. In addition, each student must collect two teacher
recommendations. Once students are accepted, they begin working on the yearbook
immediately. Each student is assigned a section in the yearbook, sometimes
multiple. By creating and revising their individual sections, students gain
knowledge in the areas of publishing, photography, journalism, marketing, and
design. They also gain the real-world experience of marketing a product and
meeting deadlines.
This
year the DRSS Yearbook staff is composed entirely of juniors, all of whom are
advised by Ms. Cockroft, a middle school STEM Foundations teacher. Yearbook
meetings are run by the two co-editors of Yearbook, Rachael Stowe and Bri
Perkins. However, those are not the only positions in Yearbook. Similar to
other clubs, Yearbook has a secretary and an accountant, in charge of keeping
meeting notes and tracking costs respectively. Unique to Yearbook, there is
also a planner (keeps a calendar of events), main photographer (manages the
photos and ensures they’re high quality), club leader (oversees creation of all
club pages), grade page leader (oversees creation of all grade pages), and
other pages leader (oversees creation of remaining pages). All of these
positions are filled by dedicated Yearbook members, and with so many, this
year’s Yearbook staff is sure to create a memorable yearbook.
