SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Witches Brew

Discussion

The Salem News has a real-name policy for commenting. Users may sign in using the Facebook Connect tool above the comments field. Once your first comment is posted by a moderator, all future comments will post automatically. If you prefer not to use Facebook, send an e-mail with your comments user name (which must be the same as your real name), city or town, street address and daytime phone number to comments@salemnews.com. A staff member will contact you directly to confirm your identity. It may take a day or two before you can post comments. Only your user name will be public. All users are required to follow our rules for commenting, which can be found here.

comments powered by Disqus
January 10, 2008

Student involvement needed for a quality yearbook

Ashley Wilcox

SALEM — Attention seniors; Have you ever looked at a previous yearbook and noticed missing pictures in the senior section? Or are you afraid that you will have to wait until you are in college to receive your high school yearbook?

Former yearbook advisor Mrs. Pamela Kessaris had this problem during her three years as advisor, and Mr. Craig Massey also experienced this problem when he became advisor. Kessaris spent those three stress-filled years chasing down those seniors who failed to get their senior portraits done over the summer, or never submitted their portrait. In order to have a yearbook done and published by senior week, the senior section usually needs to be complete by Christmas break. The full yearbook should be completed by the end of February.

Pictures for the senior section were due the end of November , but if a senior missed this date, his or her picture will most likely not end up in the yearbook. The spot would be filled with a box that says "no photo provided," which can make the book look incomplete.

Missing pictures could also cause a delay in production, so that a book that should be published by Senior Week may not be completed until over the summer. This is one reason why graduating seniors have had to wait several months for their yearbook.

In order for the yearbook to be published on time, it's up to each senior to make all the deadlines set by the staff, whether it's senior bios, superlative voting, or senior portraits. Publishing the yearbook isn't just the responsibility of the yearbook staff; it's a team effort by the Class of 2008. If the class works together, no one will have to wait to receive a quality yearbook.

Text Only | Photo Reprints
Local News

Local News
  • Health care law debated About 100 city union members packed the Wiggin Auditorium in City Hall last night, as the Peabody City Council debated the merits of a new law that would curb the unions' ability to negotiate their health benefits.

    February 10, 2012

  • Borders site is next chapter for auto dealer DANVERS — Danvers-based Kelly Automotive Group is ramping up expansion plans along Route 114 in both Danvers and Peabody.
    Kelly is mulling the creation of a two-story dealership out of the vacant former Borders Books and Music store on Andover Street in Peabody. The Danvers native and the company's president, Brian Kelly, acquired the property in December.

    February 10, 2012

  • Road race issue crosses finish line SALEM — The City Council agreed last night to track and monitor Salem's many road races through creation of a master calendar.
    Salem's volume of road races, and the fact that many of them run through the same sections of the city, had come under scrutiny by the council this winter.

    February 10, 2012

  • Salem businessman offers firsthand insight on Egypt SALEM — David Williams, 55, had a good feeling when he was asked to go to Egypt as part of a team of Americans dedicated to teaching that country's new democrats just how politics works.
    Today, he's less positive about a process that has seen revolution followed by elections and then, to his shock, the prosecution of Americans and others working to assist in the creation of a stable democracy.

    February 10, 2012

  • A Salem flag-raising in Afghanistan SALEM — For Veterans Day, third-graders from the Witchcraft Heights School wrote letters to U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
    The school has done this in the past, but this time was different. This time they sent them to a soldier from Salem, U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Levesque.

    February 10, 2012