Yearbook Open Disclosure
Purpose – This course is designed to teach the skills necessary to work as a member of a publication team including writing articles, designing ads, designing page layouts, taking photographs, interviewing, proofreading, sales, fundraising, and other necessary tasks to produce a quality yearbook.
Work load will fluctuate during the year as many of our articles and pages are calendar dependent. This will create busy and slow times in the classroom. It is imperative that students organize and manage these times well. Also, given that not everything at the school happens during yearbook class students MUST be willing to interview, write, report, and photograph outside of class and school time.
Late work can be a serious issue in yearbook class. Staff deadlines are created based on the Bronc Yearbook’s contract with our publisher and missing those deadlines can have serious financial and logistical repercussions. All work assigned must be completed. Not completing an article or a layout will result in failure of the course.
Assessment – Each six weeks student work and projects will be examined and evaluated based on the quality of written assignments, fundraising, photography, layouts, meeting deadlines, and productive use of class time. No extra credit will be given. Grades will be assigned on the following scale: A = 90-100%, B = 80-89%, C = 70-79%, D = 60-69%, F = 0-59%
Classroom Expectations
1) Be Prepared: Come to class with all materials (pencil, notebook, and any additional materials).
2) Be Present: Come to class on time and ready to read, write, work as a team, and most importantly, do.
3) Be Respectful: Respect your classmates and teacher in ideas and in action.
Classroom Procedures
Work load will fluctuate during the year as many of our articles and pages are calendar dependent. This will create busy and slow times in the classroom. It is imperative that students organize and manage these times well. Also, given that not everything at the school happens during yearbook class students MUST be willing to interview, write, report, and photograph outside of class and school time.
Late work can be a serious issue in yearbook class. Staff deadlines are created based on the Bronc Yearbook’s contract with our publisher and missing those deadlines can have serious financial and logistical repercussions. All work assigned must be completed. Not completing an article or a layout will result in failure of the course.
Assessment – Each six weeks student work and projects will be examined and evaluated based on the quality of written assignments, fundraising, photography, layouts, meeting deadlines, and productive use of class time. No extra credit will be given. Grades will be assigned on the following scale: A = 90-100%, B = 80-89%, C = 70-79%, D = 60-69%, F = 0-59%
- 10% Photography -Students will be assigned to a minimum of 2 photo assignments such as sporting events, music concerts, and other extracurricular activities that will take place outside of class time.
- 30% Tests and assignments - to ensure students are prepared to take on journalistic responsibility, there will be a number of assessed assignments, modules, and tests at the beginning of the year over essential reporting and design concepts.
- 30% deadlines - Students will have to meet deadlines. Simply having their pages ready by their assigned date will be 30% of their grade.
- 30% Finished projects and pages - Students will be responsible for two double page spreads (DPS) in the fall and 3 DPS in the spring along with 2 additional projects such as portrait pages, title pages, or table of contents
Classroom Expectations
1) Be Prepared: Come to class with all materials (pencil, notebook, and any additional materials).
2) Be Present: Come to class on time and ready to read, write, work as a team, and most importantly, do.
3) Be Respectful: Respect your classmates and teacher in ideas and in action.
Classroom Procedures
- Small snacks and drink can be consumed in the classroom. Please, don’t make a distraction. Don’t make a mess. No food or drink in the computer lab at all or if Chromebooks are out.
- All legitimate contributions to classroom discussion are valued and encouraged. However, please ensure your input is respectful. Hateful, slanderous, or disrespectful comments will not be tolerated.
- All classroom rules and expectations apply when a substitute teacher is present.
- Major issues (aggressive or dangerous behavior, insubordination, etc.) will result in immediate referral to the assistant principal’s office.