A group of Kent students have firsthand knowledge of what it\u2019s like to be in the publishing industry.<\/p>\n
Heartburn, deadlines and all.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hard part was figuring out who had what jobs,\u201d said Jessie O\u2019Hara, 15, who last year shared the honor of being the Mill Creek Middle School yearbook editor with her friend Keliesha Lovelace, 14.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a bossy person,\u201d Lovelace said, explaining her take-charge personality put her in the whip-cracking position, ensuring the work got done.<\/p>\n
Together, the two managed an editorial staff of their classmates, doling out assignments, setting deadlines and above all, making sure everyone was staying on task.<\/p>\n
And with guidance from their advisor, teacher Nicole Yemothy, the two editors and their staff didn\u2019t just turn out a good yearbook.<\/p>\n
They created a great yearbook.<\/p>\n
Good enough, in fact, to earn a certificate of recognition from Taylor Publishing, the outfit that published their tome of class memories.<\/p>\n
Mill Creek\u2019s Oscars\/Hollywood-themed yearbook wound up nabbing an honorable mention in Taylor Publishing\u2019s 2010 \u201cYearbook Yearbook,\u201d a compilation of the top yearbooks in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour outstanding work will be appreciated five, 10, 15 years from now when pages are flipped and stories are told,\u201d \u201cYearbook Yearbook\u201d Editor Mary Scoggins wrote in Taylor\u2019s letter to the Mill Creek yearbook class. \u201cTaylor Publishing proudly honors the best of the best in \u2018Yearbook Yearbook,\u2019 and journalists across the nation will appreciate your stellar work as they make plans for their 2011 book.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yemothy, now overseeing the staff for this year\u2019s tome, expressed pride in what her staff accomplished the previous year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so ecstatic,\u201d she said. \u201cThis was our first color yearbook.\u201d<\/p>\n
Overseeing the creative content of the book was one challenge – every page had to have some element of spoofing on the movies and the Oscars.<\/p>\n
Getting every Mill Creek kid featured in the darned thing was another.<\/p>\n
With a student body of nearly 800, the job called for plenty of coordination, so that photographers weren\u2019t getting the same students in every shot. It was a big deal to make sure that everybody – even the quieter kids who didn\u2019t always stand out – got their time in the yearbook spotlight.<\/p>\n
Yemothy explained that if a kid agreed to buy a yearbook – than they were going to be in that yearbook.<\/p>\n
\u201cEighty percent were pictured at least twice,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Staff had its work cut out for it, finding enough movies to use as a theme throughout the book.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Hara and Lovelace said they spoofed about 78 movies in the book.<\/p>\n
Titles ranged from \u201cLook Who\u2019s Barking\u201d (in keeping with the Mill Creek bulldog mascot theme) to \u201cWeekend with Bulldogs.\u201d<\/p>\n
For O\u2019Hara and Lovelace, both of whom are now students at Kent-Meridian High School, the toughest part was in the management of staff. Making sure your classmates are staying on task isn\u2019t always easy to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor a while I kind of freaked out about, \u2018what will the others think,\u2019\u201d O\u2019Hara said, grinning over Lovelace\u2019s fearlessness when it came to getting people to work. \u201cShe didn\u2019t quite care as much (about that) as I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lovelace smiled, noting she just took it in stride.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was really mean,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Although their reign at Mill Creek is over, last year\u2019s yearbook staff did bequeath a legacy to the next generation of yearbook editors this year.<\/p>\n
The theme.<\/p>\n
It\u2019ll be computers, in keeping with the fact all of Mill Creek\u2019s students have school laptops this year.<\/p>\n
And maybe another honor through their yearbook publishing company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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