Hi Yvette,
We’re a 7 – 12 College and we still produce a Yearbook. We went digital only in 2024 and only had two negative responses. The year before we had an opt in for print, so the print run was cut by about half.
The digital version is provided to every student. The content is largely photographs, House reports, Year level spreads, student leader reports/reflections, award recipients, special events, co-curricular activities etc. I removed subject/department based content last year – hard to get engagement for content and content was getting a little repetitive. I’d love to hear any ideas of how others present their subject/department content.
I use a designer for the Yearbook – Cordial Creative (https://www.cordialcreative.com/) – Melbourne based and fabulous to deal with. They do all our design work. We release the yearbook in the last week of the year – it’s a slog but nice to get it finished and out in the same year.
I introduced a Year 12 Graduation book a few years ago – it’s an overview of the six years at the College and we provide it in hardcopy at their Valedictory dinner.
Hope that’s useful,
Cath