Walsworth Yearbooks

Five yearbook essentials that not every staff remembers

Elizabeth Braden — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:52:17 +0000

Can you imagine a yearbook that does not include the school name? They exist. Here are five places you need to put your yearbook essentials, and what you should include.

Six principals named finalists for NASSP award

Idea File Staff — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:04:19 +0000

(July 19, 2010) – The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) has named six principals as finalists for the 2011 National Principal of the Year award.

Walsworth entries place well in Adobe’s 2010 Yearbook Design Contest

Idea File Staff — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:41:44 +0000

(July 15, 2010) – Five student entries from Walsworth yearbooks were among the 17 winners chosen in Adobe’s 2010 Yearbook Design Contest, including the Grand Prize winner.

Books that will boost buy-in in the yearbook room

Anne G. Whitt, MJE — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:57:29 +0000

Imagine teaching some journalism history without giving a lecture. Imagine encouraging reading inside your classroom and out. Start this with a small bookshelf in your classroom, about 20 books about journalism, less than $100 to buy them, and a checkout system.

Your yearbook staff can own their yearbook theme with a project

Tom Panarese — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:21:26 +0000

With the last deadline met and yearbooks not set to ship for another two months, it was time for the staff to think of next year’s theme. But we were not going to simply brainstorm it as a class; each of them was to develop a theme and sell it to the rest of us. That's where this theme project came in...

Unique strategies to help you market the yearbook

Evan Blackwell — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:48:18 +0000

In our new series “Why didn’t I think of that?” we will spend the upcoming school year sharing practical tips and strategies on marketing and sales that we have compiled from you. We know that all the best yearbook expertise does not just reside with us – it is with all the yearbook staffs out there.

Spring deadline for CSPA membership is approaching

Idea File Staff — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:28:20 +0000

(June, 7, 2010) – The postmarked deadline for spring yearbooks to register for membership in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) and submit entries in this year’s Crown Awards is June 15.

Walsworth announces the three winners of It’s Worth It sales contest

Idea File Staff — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:58:23 +0000

Kansas City, Mo. (May 24, 2010) - Walsworth Publishing has announced the three winners in the 2010 “It’s Worth It” sales contest.

JEA names new executive director

Idea File Staff — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:17:24 +0000

(May 18, 2010) - The JEA announced that Kelly Furnas, currently the editorial adviser at Virginia Tech University, has accepted the position of JEA executive director, instructor/associate director of Student Publications at Kansas State University and adviser to the Royal Purple yearbook.

Walsworth names third drawing winner, wraps up Student Scholarship Sweepstakes for the year

Idea File Staff — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:52:45 +0000

Kansas City, Mo. (May 5, 2010) – Walsworth Publishing Company announced that Ashley Akers, a sophomore from Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Ariz., officially became the third and final drawing winner in the company’s Student Scholarship Sweepstakes.