Yearbook Terms

3. Most common allocation of space, two facing pages presenting a variety of elements to tell a story; even and odd pages appearing as a unit. SPORTS Covers interscholastic competition and other athletic activities involving students.
6. A grouping of pages that are printed on the same press sheet and folded into a 16-page mini-booklet; several signatures are bound together to make a complete book.
11. SECTION, Covers students, faculty and staff in photos that serve as the record of the school population and in feature stories.
12. CONTENT, A coverage approach that uses a time element such as seasons or months to organize the content in a yearbook.
13. A final opportunity to review pages and make last minute, critical corrections before printing. Proofs need to be checked, corrected and returned to the plant within three business days to avoid production delays. Yearbook Avenue Page Designer pages are proofed online before submitting.
15. The design of a two page spread (where the pictures, headline, writing, etc. is placed).
16. The date that completed yearbook pages are due at the Jostens plant. Meeting all deadlines is essential to keep the delivery of the yearbook on schedule.
17. A thin horizontal line of white space that goes from the left side to the right side of a spread.

1. All writing on yearbook pages - headlines, sub-headlines, articles, quotes, captions
2. CONTENT, Sections feature traditional content areas including student life, academics, sports, organizations, people, advertising and the index.
4. Covers curriculum-related experiences in the classroom and out.
5. LIFE, Covers activities in and out of school that directly impact students’ lives. It is a place to look at students as individuals, not as members of classes, clubs or teams.
7. Page-by-page planner and deadline tracker used to identify content, record deadlines, plan color placement and track pages submitted and proofed. The ladder is organized by spreads, multiples and signatures. The ladder should be completed before yearbook production begins.
8. Covers the activities of school groups, emphasizing the value of membership and experiences.
9. A sentence or two that identifies and explains the action or content of a picture.
10. The middle of a two page spread, the part of the page that is sewn to create the spine of the yearbook.
14. The page number and simple text with the page number that is consistently placed in the same place of every page within a section of the book.