Recruiting Yearbook Staffs

“ Recruitment occurs all year! We set up tables at freshman orientation in the summer, open house in the fall, our CTE recruitment fair each winter and the community breakfast in the spring. We also showcase superior student work outside my room prior to the 8 th grade tour day in the spring. As future freshmen tour the school, we invite them into our classroom to check us out and ask questions.”

Emily Pyeatt-Arnold, CJE Adviser, Aledo High School Aledo, Texas

“ The more purposeful I was about recruiting throughout the year and specifically in January and February, the better the next year went. The hard part is that you have to recruit for the next year while you are in the thick of producing THIS YEAR’S book. You want to not have to work at it, but the next year can be a disaster if you don’t.” Jim Jordan

Walsworth Yearbooks Special Consultant and former national award-winning adviser at Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, California

“ We have an English electives showcase each year where we each get five minutes to talk about our class. I have students go up and talk for me… how much they love yearbook and how much it means to them.” Lori Leonard, NBCT Adviser, Sherwood High School, Sandy Spring, Maryland

Photo by Madelyn Williams

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