Lapeeer East 2009 yearbook staff and advisers honored for excellence

Lapeer East’s High School’s 2009 yearbook – “The Aerie” – was recognized for excellence and featured in the 2010 “Gotcha Covered Look Book, Volume 8.”

“The Aerie” was one of only 518 yearbooks selected from more than 3,000 submitted to a panel of judges that included nationally recognized scholastic journalism professionals and award-winning yearbook advisers.

The “Gotcha Covered Look Book” features the extraordinary work of yearbook staffs and advisers from around the world and is a popular resource for yearbook advisers and staffs seeking creative design and coverage ideas, trends and inspiration.

The Aerie was created by 50 students under the direction, of Ann Owen and Jan McKeachie, the Lapeer East yearbook advisers.

“Yearbook staffers exemplify the incredible design, photography and journalistic talents of today’s students and their ability to capture once-in-a-lifetime stories that will be relished for generations,” said Gary Lundgren, Jostens senior program manager/education. “The yearbooks chosen for Jostens’ 2010 Gotcha Covered Look Book reflect the sophistication and relevance of yearbook programs and demonstrate why yearbooks remain so popular among students as a means to capture and share their school experiences and traditions.”

Ann Owen and Jan McKeachie and their yearbook staff received a copy of Jostens’ “2010 Gotcha Covered Look Book” and certificate from Jostens to recognize their outstanding achievement.

“We plan to continue the excellent work of the yearbook staffs who came before us,” said Laura Matthews, the current East yearbook adviser.

Lapeer East publications students win camera outfit for winning yearbook design

Lapeer East publications students designed their way to a new camera at a recent yearbook camp at Lake Fenton High School.

The students won a Canon Rebel camera, a case and a 2 GB memory card as their prize for taking first place in the design of their yearbook cover and page mock ups at the three-day camp.

East senior Shelby Saelens, editor, and assistant editors; Danielle Schultz, junior; Jessica Peck, junior; Averi Skop, junior; and Kylee Richardson, senior, attended photo shop classes, seminars in formatting and editing, thematic work, color and layout clinics, as well as business management mini-sessions.

High school students from 30 area schools participated in the camp.

“The students learned a lot and their efforts at the camp bode well for the publication of the school’s next yearbook,” said teacher Laura Matthews, advisor for the publications class. Mrs. Matthews is assisted by Mrs. Jan McKeachie.