The Publications class at Shadow Ridge High School is working hard to finish the 2025-2026 yearbook under a tight time crunch. Students began planning the cover for this year’s yearbook at the end of the 2024-2025 school year, and the cover will feature lenticular art. Since the very first day of school, students have spent countless hours gathering photos, editing pages, and organizing content to bring the yearbook together. With the submission deadline quickly approaching on February 16, the class is putting in extra effort to ensure everything is complete and polished. 

Tania Mason, the Publications teacher, supports students with any changes or problems they may face throughout the process of creating the yearbook. Students are given control over the creative aspects of the yearbook and share any ideas they have with Mason, who teaches what works best in graphic design and sales to help guide their decisions. Students are responsible for editing pages and fixing errors while Mason does a final proofread and makes small corrections before the yearbook is officially submitted. 

“Students are really good about going the extra mile at the very end to clean up any loose ends,” Mason states. 

As the yearbook deadline approaches, students in Publications begin to feel the pressure of finalizing every detail. Students carefully check that each page is complete, error-free, and visually appealing, often requiring extra time outside of class. Meeting the hard deadline can be challenging, especially during the final stretch.

“I would say the most stressful part of finishing the yearbook is making sure all the pages are full and there are no mistakes which often means having to spend a lot of time out of class perfecting many pages,” Kaitlyn Cory, senior and Editor in Chief of the yearbook, states. “It can also be stressful at times to meet all of the deadlines.”

For Publications students, another challenge in completing the yearbook is reviewing each page carefully. Ensuring nothing is overlooked requires a significant amount of time and collaboration. Working as a team allows students to catch small mistakes, share different perspectives, and support one another during the final stages of production.

“The biggest challenge in finishing the yearbook this year has been putting in time to look back on every page,” Cory states. “Oftentimes when I’m looking at a page for so long I feel that I can look over small errors. “Publications is all about working together and my classmates are great so we can always rely on each other to help out when needed.”

While students continue to work quickly to put the final touches on the yearbook before the submission deadline, the completed copies are set to be distributed on April 23, 2026.