Benefits of being on Olympian staff: *Collaborative work in a team of supportive peers *Diverse leadership opportunities *Involvement with your school in new and exciting ways *Learn principles of print journalism *Business and marketing experience opportunities *A chance to be creative and represent your school in new ways *Go to EVERY game! *Strengthen your college applications *Language Arts Elective Credit (Olympian is a class with high expectations for engagement and effort)
WHAT ELSE? *Create a real product that is sold to a real audience. *Learn real life skills of collaboration, time management, project planning, and networking. *Students who do yearbook in high school are more likely to be successful in college!
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? Students who are:
Highly motivated & hard working
Proud to be Blue Devils and believe that every student in this school is worth covering in the yearbook
Detail oriented and meet every deadline
Team players, and enjoy working with other students
Creative, positive & flexible
Willing to attend school events and meet and talk to new people
Academically successful
Involved with our school, but not overcommited already (yearbook is lots of work!)
Interested in developing their skills in the areas of photography, journalistic writing, interviewing, theme/concept development, layout design, graphics, business, and marketing.