ACS Yearbook Ladder- 05/06

ACS Yearbook - 05/06 Ladder (Modules?) 6 spreads per student Work needs to be ONGOING! Do not forget that you are also responsible for coverage of all your section! You also need to decide on the type of MODULE you need for your spread.
Page	Spread	Assigned to	Due date	Status
	Cover Page- Theme: A Century of Success	All	Oct. 28
0	Front Endsheet: Sponsor + old pics of ACS (+ old school attributes: Telephone model, president, radios, popular skirts, teen age idols, favorite cars, plays) => signature pages	Mo	Oct. 28
1	Title Page
2-3	Table of Contents (+ Folio)	Dahlia & Joumana	Oct. 25
4-5	Opening spread
6-7	ACS History + Alumni	Joumana & Dahlia	Oct. 28
8-9	Year in Review + US Ambassador (mod)	Danny G.	Oct. 28
10-11	Board of Trustees / Headmaster (A Century of Strategy? Strength? Synergy?)
12-13	Divider: Student Life (A Century of Significance? Spirit? Soul-Searching?
14-15	Where do we come from?
16-17	Where do we come from? (International Day??)
18-19	Typical day of an ACS student / New students
20-21	Grades 12 retreat (+ Mods: What does it mean to be a senior?)	Waseem	Oct. 28
22-23	Grade 11 retreat (+ Mod: students’ self-described styles)	Rami	Oct. 28
24-25	Grade 10 retreat (what do you want from your parents?)	Nora	Oct. 28
26-27	Grade 9 retreat (+ curfew?)	Liane	Oct. 28
28-29	Grade 8 retreat	Michael	Oct. 28
30-31	Grade 7 retreat	Leen	Oct. 28
32-33	Grade 6 retreat	Karim	Oct. 28
34-35	Street dance / Valentines + ?
36-37	Fashion / Lockers / Hang outs / stores / restaurants ...
38-39	HS Spirit week
40-41	MS Spirit week
42-43	Life beyond school walls: Travels / Sightseeing? (MS & HS)
44-45	Travels / Sightseeing? (MS & HS)
46-47	Divider: People (A Century of Scruples? Sculpture? Soundness? Sowing? Stability? Synergy (working together?)
48-49	Sub Divider: High School HS Principal’s word + admin assistant
50-51	Grade 12 Mug shots + activities + clubs + awards + achievements
52-53	Mug shots + Seniors 10 Commandments
54-55	Mug shots + Senior Idol/ / skip day / Driving in Beirut)
56-57	Grade 11 Mug shots + Miscell
58-59	Mug shots + story (Mod: jobs for teens)
60-61	Grade 10 Mug shots + Miscell
62-63	Mug shots + story (+ favorite book)
64-65	Grade 9 Mug shots + Miscell
66-67	Mug shots + story (Teen curfews?)
68-69	Sub Divider: Middle School MS Principal’s word + admin assistant
70-71	Grade 8 Mug shots + Miscell
72-73	Mug shots + story (+ favorite TV show)
74-75	Grade 7 Mug shots + Miscell	Wissam	Oct. 28
76-77	Mug shots + story (+ favorite Radio station)	Youssef	Oct. 28
78-79	Grade 6 Mug shots + Miscell	Mojo	Oct. 28
80-81	Mug shots + story (+ favorite shopping store)	Danny S.	Oct. 28
82-83	Sub Divider: Admin & Faculty (Support?
84-85	Faculty Pics + Copy (New teachers + opinions + 6-day cycle))
86-87	Faculty Pics + New MS Principal (starting school at 8:30)
88-89	Faculty Pics + Physical Plant / cleaners
90-91	Faculty Pics + Cafeteria (new food pyramid)
92-93	Student Services Team + Staff (business office/D&A?)+ Front Office	Samantha	Oct. 28
94-95	Divider: Academics (A Century of Support? Soul? Spark?
96-97	Teacher Orientation Weeks & Teachers’ Workshops	Catherine	Oct. 28
98-99	In the classroom: students’ & Teachers’ views (Mod: values at school)
100-101	Academic Trips
102-103	Humanities / ESL / Math / Science (Mod: 3 programs: IB/Bacc/HS)
104-105	French MS & HS
106-107	Arabic MS & HS
108-109	Drama: Scrooge + ?
110-111	Music: Choir & Band / AMIS
112-113	Fine Arts: Graphic Design / Art (IB/MS/HS)
114-115	Fine Arts Festival
116-117	Grade 8 Promotion (big pic of all)
118-119	Academic Awards
120-121	Divider: Sports (A Century of Sports and Stars
122-123	EMAC + Volley Ball V Girls & Boys	Husni	Oct. 28
124-125	EMAC + Volley Ball JV Girls & Boys
126-127	EMAC + Soccer V Boys & girls
128-129	EMAC + Soccer JV Girls & boys	Fuad	Oct. 28
130-131	Track & Field- Cross Country- Badminton- swimming
132-133	BBall
134-135	BBall
136-137	MS VBall, Soccer, BBall + Judo
138-139	Travels ? Ski Trips?
140-141	Athletic Banquet
142-143	Divider: Community (A Century of Service and Spark
144-145	Student Council, NHS, EMP, peer tutoring
146-147	Amnesty, GLOBE, MUN, Human Rights	JJ	Oct. 28
148-149	Forensics & debate, JV Ac Games, Sri Lankan School
150-151	Reading to the blind, Cheerios, INAASH, Sabra & Chatila, Iftar	Serene	Oct. 28
152-153	Spring Carnival / Parent coordinators (Mod)
154-155	Centennial Week
156-157	Centennial Gala
158-159	Divider: Graduates (Caps & Gowns pic) (A Century of Seniority?
160-161	Senior Pages
162-163	Senior Pages
164-165	Senior Pages
166-167	Senior Pages
168-169	Senior Pages
170-171	Senior Pages
172-173	Senior Pages
174-175	Senior Pages
176-177	Senior Pages
178-179	Senior Pages
180-181	Senior Pages
182-183	Senior Pages
184-185	Senior Pages
186-187	Senior Pages
188-189	Senior Pages
190-191	Senior Pages
192-193	Seniors’ Hall of Fame (best, most…)
194-195	Senior Prom
196-197	Senior Prom
198-199	Senior Graduation
200-201	Senior Graduation
202-203	Parents’ Dedications/ Parent Tributes Divider (A Century of Sacrifice)
204-205	Parents’ Dedications
206-207	Parents’ Dedications
208-209	Parents’ Dedications
210-211	Parents’ Dedications
212-213	Parents’ Dedications
214-215	Parents’ Dedications
216-217	Parents’ Dedications
218-219	Parents’ Dedications $4,800 - $800= $4,000
220-221	Sponsors’ Divider + Business Ad (A Century of Steel?)
222-223	Business Ads
224-225	Business Ads
226-227	Business Ads
228-229	Business Ads
230-231	Business Ads
232-233	Business Ads + free offers with expiry date??
234-235	Business Ads $15,000 + $6,000 – $800= $20,200
236-237	Yearbook staff (Co-Curr + After School) / workshops attended
238-239	Yearbook staff (Elective)
240-241	Index + Copy	Leen
242-243	Index + Copy
244-245	Index + Copy
246-247	Closing Spread + Colophone + Thanks	Joumana, Dahlia
248	Back Endsheet: Sponsor Ad + old pics of ACS (+ old school attributes) => signature pages + CD?	Catherine, Mo, Wissam (CD)
	Back Cover: ... towards A Century Sublime? A Century of Soaring??

Terms to use under "Status":
Working means that this is a current assignment; Adviser review means that Mrs. AbiSamra has the spread; Done means that your spread is done and that it needs to be mailed; Sent means it has been sent to the publishing company; Proofed means the proofs have been corrected and sent back. No changes may be made after this point.

+ Items to Finish by Oct. 28: (All staff members are concerned)

Theme: cover, title page, dividers, folio (Editor-in-Chief’s responsibility)
Ads: letters to send to businesses (Ad Editors and Business Managers’ responsibility)
Senior Page: letter to go to seniors (Senior Editors’ responsibility)

+ All Events (including Activities / Sports / Arts) need to be covered as they take place: (Section Editors’ responsibility)

What are your Specific Duties? (How do you intend to proceed?)

Can we add the following:

# 7- Leysin:

International Day?

Travels … cultural journeys….

What does it mean to be a senior?

Sponsors (instead of business ads) p242

Parent tributes?

Candid photos on portrait pages

Freshman 9th grade Sophomores 10th grade Juniors 11th grade

Ski trips

Sports & Activities

Academics:

- IB / Bacc / HS

- Academic trips

- Modern languages: French & Arabic

- Drama

- Fine Arts

- Music

- Humanities

- English

- ESL

- Math

- Science

- PE & Health

- Yearbook

- Academic Awards

#4- Essence:

- Old school vs. new school: p 6-7

o Telephone model, president, radios, popular skirts, teen age idols, favorite cars, plays

- Students’ self-described styles: trendy, punk, gangster, …

#5- Experience today:

- seniors: best of the best (dressed, car, eyes, school spirit, smile, friends, student teachers, laugh, couple, dancers, hair…)

- seniors: the most (athletic, fun, outgoing, helpful, …)

- seniors: the most likely to (be principal/teacher at ACS, be a celeb, a singer, an actor, a talkshow host, successful, president…)

- What’s your favorite school lunch?

- P 162- free offers with expiry date (chicken wings)

- Ads: pizza places/ Dominos?

Ideas for mods:

- top 10 list (big 10)

- top 10 hangouts

- his view her view

- old ACS new ACS

- Q & A

- Style watch (fashion)

- Favorite vacation spots

- Trip of a lifetime

- Side bar (additional info to the dominant story; it has to be related to it)

- Express yourself

- In the know

- + STAR July 4, 05

Catch Phrases in Magazines (that you can modify and use for Headlines/Mods):

(Use figures of speech: alliterations, onomatopoeia, asyndeton, rhyme, … )

Ideas… Stories

- Faculty… how they dress

- Stories about ordinary people at ACS)

- Senior day scandal!

- Events: ACS Car Wash (# of cars washed, # of students, money made, date, place…)

- How students spend their free time

Academics:

- Substitute teachers

Last updated on October 26, 2005

ACS Yearbook: Must Dos

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!

- Check web site http://acsyearbook.tripod.com regularly for new additions.

- Make sure all the events you are in charge of are covered (you are graded on these).

- Weekly graded assignment: Each student has to take at least 20 candid photos for HS, 20 candid photos for MS, and 20 candid photos for Staff per week. These should be downloaded into each student’s own account by Friday along with descriptions for those photos (date taken, place, who is in the pic, what were they doing?)

- Check the back of the door for new things to do.

- Write down, on the computer problems form (back of door), what kind of computer problems you are having.

- Bring your “Idea Book” and “Yearbook Fundamentals” every time to class. You might be given, at any time, specific on-the-spot-assignments for which you will need to use your own book.

- Take your yearbook folder out of the filing cabinet at the beginning of class and return it before you leave.

- Log out the other class’s account and log on yearbook class’s.

- Access the folders yearbook06 and/or photos06 (according to your needs) and place them on your desktop.

- At the end of class, put everything you worked on in the folder allotted to you under yearbook06.

- Log out before you leave and place your chair back in its place: make sure nothing is left behind and everything is back in place (this is part of your participation grade; i.e. if someone else needs to log you off, to throw your papers, and to put your chair back in place, there is no way for you to get 4/4 on your participation grade).

Before you start working on a spread:

Go to the folder allotted to you in yearbook06 shared folder.
Create a subfolder for the spread you are working on.
Create another subfolder for the “Edited Photos”
Go through the photos06 folder.
Choose the photos that you want to use on your spread.
Copy those photos on the “Edited Photos” folder you created.
Go on Photoshop and, before you use those photos on your InDesign spread, do the following for each photo:

- Image => mode = CMYK

- Image => size = after unchecking “resample” => size 300 dpi

- Save as => TIFF

Once you have modified the photos, start working on your spread:

- Make sure that, when you open a new document, you set the page size to A4 instead of Letter.

- Make sure you have 8 columns on each page (vertically + horizontally)

- Make sure the horizontal guides go from margin to margin.

- Make sure you have an eyeline per spread.

- Make sure you have a very effective DOMINANT photo per spread (20% of the spread: at least 21/2 to 3 times the size of the next biggest photo element; the dominant photo should mostly consist of individuals and pairs, unless you think it is essential that you use a group photo as a dominant). The dominant photo should touch the top or bottom margin, or even both.

- Do not put 2 photos of the same shape next to each other on a spread.

- Make sure at least 1 photo bleeds on each page of a spread (never bleed top or bottom).

- Make sure the photos are placed in a way that makes the reader look towards the gutter (all people in photos should face towards the gutter => concentrate everything to the middle). Work from the Middle Out, not outside in!

- Group photos and individual portraits should not go across the gutter. (p71)

- Place from 5 to 9 photos on each spread. Diversify shapes and size (avoid squares!) to create contrast.

- Make sure you stick to the fonts and font sizes agreed upon:(cf.Columbia pp81-82)

§ Copy/body:Bookman size 9-10-11 (Opening & Closing dividers: size 12-14 - Theme copy: 12-16)

§ Captions: Helvetica size 8-9

§ Headlines:
- Primary: Bellevue or Nuptial? Size 42-72
- Sub headlines: Eurostile size 16-24

- The Type we use on the cover we should use throughout the book.

- Indent: 3 spaces, not 5.

- No comma before and in a series. Titles are italicized, not underlined. Use smart quotes(“ ”) not ("").

- Make sure that, on every spread, you respect the following:

§ Contrast

§ Proximity

§ Alignment

§ Repetition

- Make sure that Sports Headlines are NOT in a script/decorative font => ?

- Make sure you ONLY use CMYK colors!!

- Copy:

§ Make sure that every copy starts with a “Catchy opening sentence”

§ Follow the same Approach throughout the book: Then vs. Now

§ Start with the most important and end with the least important (so that, in case we need to cut out a part of the copy for lack of space, we end up cutting out the least important)

§ Every copy needs to have an angle: the point you want to make!

§ Check the following web site: http://www.theonion.com (parody)

- Headlines: Do not use past tense when writing headlines! Only present tense. Use alliterations / figures of speech; make them funny, witty.

- Headlines: Start with a big letter at the top of the story.

- Choose headlines that match the dominant photo/story.

- Captions: Mini stories; minimum 3 to 4 sentences; all captions should have the same size throughout the book. Every caption should include the following: who, what, where, when, why + How + a direct quote (we can start with it and it should add new info to the caption; if everybody could say the same quote then it needs to be changed).

- You need a caption for each photo- If there are 7 people or fewer in the caption, you need to identify them all. If there is a big crowd, identify none.

- Captions: the first sentence is in the present tense and the rest in the past tense.

- Captions should be adjacent to the photos they identify.

- We can put a caption inside the photo if there is dead space. We can group captions (clockwise from left/top left…)

- For each caption provide a title that mimics the main headline.

- DO NOT MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE!

- NO PERSONAL OPINION! Interview and quote people (whoever we quote can give their opinion)!

- Make sure that every element on the spread fits exactly into the internal lines of the columns and guides.

- All white space should be to the outside of the layout.

- “White space is the most sophisticated thing in yearbook”

- Give credit to whoever writes the article (we shall try to put the author’s name at the bottom of every spread).

- Borders = 4 picas

Mug Shot Pages:

§ Page Layout for Seniors, Grade 8 students, and staff:

· 5 columns

· 6 guides

· 0p5 gutter for both

§ Page Layout for Grades 11-10-9-7-6:

· 6 columns

· 7 guides

· 0p5 gutter for both

- Bleed= 0.125 in

- File => document presets : to put the same format on all computers

- 1 inch = 6 picas

- Overheard comments in classrooms-

- Get the readers involved in the book: Games: ex: match the tattoo with the person

- On people’s pages: choose one or 2 people from the list and interview them.

- Discover who I am: clothes kids wear to school

- Body language?

- You think you know…. But you have no idea

- Use idioms

- What is a yearbook about? (we can include in our book)

- Choice: how many of you would…. (+ number of people interviewed)

- NO 2 spreads alike: vary the layout of spreads!

- Group shots: add info graph => who is the adviser, how many members, when do they meet….

- Brag about (mods)

- Gone with the Old

- WOW Inducing Designs!! Never settle for the just ok!

- Visual and verbal connection: hook the reader to the content; tie the visual and verbal together.

- Do not use graphic elements without any purpose! Use graphics to:

o Unify

o Separate

o Direct

o Emphasize

- Ask international students to write at least one sentence in their native language.