The Signal Mountain Middle/High School yearbook staff is being recognized for excellence for the 2016 edition of the school yearbook, “The Talon,” by Jostens, a national manufacturer of high school yearbooks. Portions of this year’s “Talon” will be featured in the 2016 Jostens Look Book, a collection of the best spreads and photos from school yearbooks across the country.
The Look Book includes the year’s best themes, covers and designs as well as relevant coverage, storytelling copy and action-packed photography, according to SMMHS yearbook adviser Belinda Martin. Along with design excellence, the annually published Look Book honors the important role well-crafted yearbooks play in helping schools chronicle the experiences, stories and achievements most relevant to students and that academic year.
“Our yearbook staff works hard day in and day out making an inclusive and relevant publication for our student body, faculty and community,” said Martin. “They design, create and re-do pages over and over again until they meet our high standards in order to create a keepsake, history book and photojournalistic representation of each school year.”
“The Talon” is one of 494 yearbooks selected to be included in the 320-page 2016 Look Book out of the approximately 3,000 submitted to Jostens to be considered by its panel of judges, comprising nationally recognized scholastic journalism professionals and award-winning yearbook advisers, according to Martin.
Martin has submitted “The Talon” for consideration for each of the five years she has been the school’s yearbook adviser, and said 2016 is the first year SMMHS has been selected to be included in the Look Book.