This year’s Yearbook staff — or, as their adviser, Greg Huntington tries to call them, “Yerds” — took on the challenge of the class for a lot of different reasons. Some just needed another class on their schedule, like AJ Dimke, who grudged that he’s “legally required to take six classes,” or Jahangir Huseynov, who “didn’t wanna get late arrival, because it just seemed kind of pointless.” Others, like Zenith Yoshihara, were begged to by Huntington. “I’ve been giving him photos, sports photos, for the past two years, and he really wanted me to join and be the head, like, photographer.” But most of them just thought that Yearbook would be a lot of fun, especially with friends in the class. Addi Slovak shared, “I like talking to people” so it “sounded fun, and I liked the people that were in it.” Louie Freeman said he’s “always heard it was a fun class through the multiple different schools I went to,” and as it’s his senior year, he thought he “might as well join it at least once.”

Maybe the Yearbook staff is having a bit too much fun, though. This year’s editor, Elizabeth Larrison, does a ton of work to produce the book. “I design pages; I help edit copy; I yell at people about taking photos,” she said. “It’s kind of a lot, but it’s fun.” But Larrison relies on the help of her team to do so, making her job much harder when things go wrong. “A lot of people are not meeting their deadlines […] We have some students who are currently 17 days late on taking photos that I need.” Larrison took the Yearbook class last year too, and hopes to make this year’s book even better with the theme Making History.

Everyone in Yearbook can’t wait to see their work pan out. Yoshihara said they’re “looking forward to celebrating finishing the yearbook,” while Freeman is eager to see “how many times I’m in the yearbook.” Marvin Kolbow, the Yearbook’s social media manager, said he’s “looking forward to passing on my legacy once I leave and graduate as the yearbook king of social media.” And now that Yearbook has moved upstairs to Huntington’s own classroom this year, he’s actually arriving on time, so the team is able to work hard — a full 90 minutes per class period, now — to make the best Blueprint possible.