Idea File Fall 2024

CONTRIBUTING

Julia Walker, CJE • Olathe West High School, Olathe, KS • 12 years teaching, 7 years advising yearbook • NSPA Pacemaker finalist, KSPA Courage in Journalism Award, JEA Rising Star, All-Kansas and All-American recognitions • Has two children (7 & 4 years old); likes to bake, cook and take care of her collection of plants; her favorite activity is traveling to new cities

AJ Adams • First Flight Middle School, Kill Devil Hills, NC • 12 years teaching theatre arts, 2 years advising yearbook • Featured on Wavy TV 1 0 Excellent Educators series, Theatre Arts program awarded the Voya Unsung Heroes grant, Walsworth Gallery of Excellence • Enjoys karaoke, rollerblading and long walks on the beach – lives in a beach community, and it’s cheaper than a gym membership

Chris Waugaman • Virginia State University, Ettrick, VA • Teaching for 27 years (yearbook 7 years, high school 24 years, university 3 years) • CSPA Joseph Murphy Award, NSPA Pioneer Award, Dow Jones National High School Teacher of the Year, CSPA Gold Key, Lowell Milken Center Fellow • Owns a Belgian Malinois, Rottweiler and tabby cat, and he and his wife, Stephanie, have spent a lifetime fixing up a 1915 home in Petersburg where Elizabeth Taylor once visited Valerie Cook • Notre Dame de Sion High School, Kansas City, MO • 5 years advising yearbook • Walsworth’s Gallery of Excellence, NSPA All- American rating with five Marks of Distinction • Former travel videographer, animator and digital designer, an alumna of Notre Dame de Sion High School and has a big, fluffy Bernese Mountain Dog she occasionally brings to yearbook work nights so students can cuddle with her Mike Taylor, CJE • Walsworth Journalism Specialist & National Accounts Manager • 13 years as award-winning yearbook adviser at Lecanto High School, Lecanto, FL • JEA Medal of Merit, CSPA Gold Key and FSPA Gold Medallion • Co-Host of That Yearbook Podcast — Walsworth Yearbooks Podcast Network (WYPN) • Always check out his shoes

Janice Webb • Rolla High School, Rolla, MO • 16 years teaching, 2 years advising yearbook • Walsworth’s Gallery of Excellence, featured in Possibilities , vol. 10 • Loves visiting national parks, reading and spending lazy summers at home with her kids

Grace Albright • Walsworth Copywriting Intern • Attends Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville,

MO; 2021 graduate of Smithville High School, Smithville, MO

• 3 years high school yearbook, 2 semesters college yearbook • 3 honorable mentions in the Walsworth Photo Contest • Can hold her breath for a minute and a half,

everyone in her family is a musician and she is oddly good at whistling

Cheryl Franzmann, CJE • Walsworth Yearbooks Sales Rep, Pittsburgh, PA • 6 years advising yearbook • 19 years as a sales rep • Enjoys taking walks with her 3-legged dog, beagle

Jim Jordan • Walsworth Special Consultant • 35 years teaching as award- winning adviser at Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, CA • 27 NSPA Pacemakers/ Finalists, 20 CSPA Crowns, JEA Adviser of the Year and JEA Lifetime Achievement Award • Co-Host of That Yearbook Podcast — Walsworth Yearbooks Podcast Network (WYPN) • Bow tie connoisseur

and cat (yes, the cat walks also), likes to visit antique and thrift stores in search of vintage cameras and ashtrays, spends as much time as possible with her husband, 2 daughters and baby grandson