The student life section of a yearbook includes all of the non-academies parts of a student's life at school. Things like dances, rallies, festivals, dorm rooms, locker contents, license plates, fundraisers, weekends, food, really anything you can think of that is not related to a class can go in this section.

Many yearbooks have question and answer areas or quote boxes included. This is the section that most alumni will look back on to reminisce about the fads and styles of school.

EXAMPLES: Homecoming, Prom, Graduation, What's Hot and What's Not, Popular Music, Text Messaging, Social Media


The academics section of a yearbook includes all of the academic aspects of school. Focus on different classes, teachers, exams, field trips, presentations, etc. The focus should be what goes on in the classroom, not what is taught. This section can be a really fun section if your staff decides to take a creative approach.

EXAMPLES: Biology, English, Creative Writing, Foreign Language

The Sports section of a yearbook features all of the school's sports teams. These pages usually include a pictures of the entire team, the team's record for the season, and some action shots. It's a great idea to have a special page of spread for teams that went beyond regular district competitions, especially if there were awards received at the state level.

EXAMPLES: Football, Marching Band, Field Hockey, Soccer, Softball, Tennis


The People Pages section of a yearbook includes pictures of everyone who attends and works at the school. This section does not have to be boring though, you can include extras like faculty bios or quotes from several members of each class


The dividers of a yearbook help tie in your theme and are usually just one spread or one page used to introduce a new section of the book. They are usually labeled clearly "Student Life" and then have another clever headline that works with the theme as well. These are usually the most modern, innovative designs in the whole book along with the opening and closing.



Opening

The first several pages of your yearbook introduce your theme and explain the connection between the theme and your school that particular year. The design of these pages sets the design standard and theme for the rest of the book. The first page of the book usually includes elements of the theme but also acts as the title page including the school address, population, website, name of the yearbook, etc. Following that is the table of contents and a few pages setting up the theme.



This section includes your clubs and organizations. Usually it includes group photos as well as pictures of events the clubs have sponsored or organized. Some staffs decide to just focus on events and candid shots in the organizations section and have a separate section for the club and group photos.

EXAMPLES: Science Club, Fencing Club, Spanish Club, Yearbook Club, Student Council


Index

The index is the listing of everyone pictures in the book with the page numbers where they can be found. Sometimes this section includes quoted or candid photos to make it more interesting to look at.

EXAMPLE: John Doe, 5, 37, 86, 127


Colophon/Staff

In the colophon, you provide every detail about how the book was created. If your staff is designing the book, it is a good idea to include this section. It should list fonts, paper weight, printing company, and any other information that would be necessary for someone to recreate the book. This is also the area of the book where it's a great idea to include pictures of the staff and notes from the editors.


Ads

In the Ads section you include any advertisements purchased by businesses supporting the school, or by parents showing their support for children. Usually, senior ads are the most popular form of ad marketed to parents. The idea behind ads is to charge enough for each ad that you pay for the entire page they are on, as well as another page in the book.