Pacemaker Master Class: Yearbook Pacemakers

Yearbook Pacemakers: The Best of the Best

Resources

DOWNLOAD the main slideshow
“Pacemakers: A look at 24 yearbooks that shined in the class of 2019”

This presentation includes commentary from the judges about the 24 Pacemaker yearbooks. The slide show also showcases the cover and three selected spreads for each Pacemaker yearbook.


Book looks

Download slideshows containing entire yearbooks, along with judges’ comments in an opening “Raves” slide.

Reflections
A 248-page yearbook using umbrella coverage serving a high school of 1,779 students.

Brighton High School
Brighton, Colorado

Editors: Samantha DeMers, Tucker Reichow, Rebecca Wadsworth

Adviser: Justin Daigle

Tesserae
A 320-page yearbook using umbrella coverage serving a high school of 1,495 students.

Corning-Painted Post High School
Corning, New York

Editors: Kristin Hauptman, Kelly Hoyt, Lauren Thomas

Advisers: Katie Paulison-Harris, Mike Simons

Etruscan
A 477-page yearbook using chronological (by season) coverage serving a high school of 3,129 students.

Glenbrook South High School
Glenview, Illinois

Editors: Samantha Boas, Kaelyn Coleman

Adviser: Brenda Field

Highlander
A 600-page yearbook using chronological (by season) coverage serving a high school of 2,145 students.

Highland Park High School
Dallas, Texas

Editors: Allie Anthony, Brittany Cooksey, Halley Ray

Adviser: Margie Raper

Tigrium
A 256-page yearbook using chronological (by semester) coverage serving a private pre-12 school of 862 students.

Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
Melbourne, Florida

Editor: Caroline Dixon

Adviser: Sarah Tricano

The Lion
A 336-page yearbook using traditional section coverage serving a high school of 2,903 students.

McKinney High School
McKinney, Texas

Editors: Sydney Anderson, Lexi Harris, Kayla Thompson

Advisers: Alyssa Boehringer, Curtis Christian

The Hawk
A 230-page yearbook using umbrella coverage serving a high school of 681 students.

Pleasant Grove High School
Texarkana, Texas

Editors: Brooklyn Bearden, Mary Old, Cage Watlington

Adviser: Charla Harris


The Prowl
A 160-page yearbook using chronological (monthly) coverage serving a middle school of 885 students.

Powell Middle School
Littleton, Colorado

Editors: Leah Grier, Maddie Murphy, Kate Tucker, Sophie Tucker

Adviser: Yvette Manculich

The Lair
A 400-page yearbook using umbrella coverage serving a high school of 1,529 students.

Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas

Editors: Tatum Goetting, Wairimu Gitonga Mbogori

Adviser: Susan Massy

Eagle Eye View
A 104-page yearbook using umbrella
coverage serving a middle school
of 949 students.

Sierra Middle School
Parker, Colorado

Editors: Lizzy Ahrens, Kaytn Anderson

Adviser: Jed Palmer

Triune
A 240-page yearbook using traditional section coverage serving a high school of 2,600 students.

Trinity High School
Euless, Texas

Editor: Jordan Edwards

Adviser: Christine Davis

Odyssey
A 324-page yearbook using hybrid chronological/sectional coverage serving a high school of 2,595 students.

University High School
Orange City, Florida

Editors: Emily Edwards, Jonathan Jackson

Adviser: Courtney Hanks

The Scrapbook
A 152-page yearbook using umbrella coverage serving a middle school of 1,150 students.

Westfield Middle School
Westfield, Indiana

Editors: Ryan Barrett, Kaylee Roberts, Delainey Wallace

Adviser: Allie Staub

WATCH the video
from May 27, 2020.

NSPA recently named 24 high school and middle school yearbooks as Pacemaker winners — the association’s preeminent award.

How were the winners selected?

What sets these Pacemaker-winners apart from the hundreds of others that were entered?

NSPA associate director Gary Lundgren moderates this May 27, 2020, Pacemaker Master Class that features insights from some of the judges and highlights of the Pacemaker winners.

Mary Kay Downes, Chantilly High School, Virginia

Kristi Rathbun, Rock Canyon High School, Colorado

Mitch Ziegler, Redondo Union High School, California

RESOURCES

NSPA Pacemaker Master Classes & Town Halls

2019 Yearbook Pacemaker Awards | Finalists

WATCH | Feedback from the 2019 NSPA yearbook Pacemaker judges

The Pacemaker Master Class is a remote-learning series on coverage, trends and fundamentals across a spectrum of topics.

Future master classes, to be offered for a nominal fee, will focus on trends and fundamentals.