CTE Yearbook Design I & II · The Olympian 2026

01Due next

Due next

—days

Working out where we are in the year

Every deadline on this site is 12:58 PM, the start of 4th period, so it can be checked that day. Checkpoints are Thursdays. Drafts are Fridays. Friday is never a checkpoint.

02How this class works

How this class works

One book, 276 pages. It prints once. Every spread goes through the same three moves, then a checkpoint.

1 · DraftPlan it

A sketch, a photo list, a writing angle. Your chair signs it, then Sensei. Two signatures before you build.

2 · V1Build it

Photoshop or Canva, from the Design Bible, with real photos. Post it. Someone else proofs it.

3 · V2Fix it

Every note fixed. Thread, Drive, Walsworth. This is the version that goes in the book.

ThenThe checkpoint

Six Thursdays. Pages at V2 by 12:58 PM. Miss one and it’s a blank spot in the book. Nobody fills it for you.

Every week: a daily post in your department channel, and the Wednesday standup. Every month: a workshop, a build, a proof, a checkpoint, and a post-mortem the Friday after. The Month has the shape.

The premise: why this is your book, not Sensei’s

You run it. Sensei signs off on it.

Run by students, for real. You pick the theme, decide what goes in, assign your own people, run your own meetings, and your names go on the finished book. That only works if you make real decisions and stick with them.

Sensei is the editor. He keeps the theme on track when it drifts in February, and he’s the last person to check the book before 276 pages become permanent. On anything that can’t be taken back once it’s printed, he has the final say. Everywhere else, you do. He uses that power in one place: every plan needs his signature and your chair’s before it gets built. Signing the plan lets him help you steer instead of saying no at the end.

The cover is his unless you take it. Show him you can handle it, and it’s yours.

Only call him in for five things: a stuck checkpoint, fixing what broke, problems between people, finding the right person (admin, ASB, a coach, the Walsworth rep), and money. Everything else is up to you. If he walks into a Wednesday meeting and finds out you handled all five without him, this worked.

You decide what goes in the book and how it gets made. Nobody decides the dates. The checkpoints, the specs, and the privacy rules don’t change, so that everything else can be yours.

A bad essay gets a grade and goes away. A yearbook mistake gets printed a thousand times and sits on a shelf in someone’s home for forty years. Misspell a senior’s name, and it’s misspelled forever. Leave a student out, and they stay out.That’s what’s at stake, and you should know it on day one.

03Assignments

Assignments

Every assignment has its own page, with the same seven boxes: instructions, what it should look like, the picture, the lesson, an example, how to turn it in, the rubric.

Do this firstSign the formThe ReleaseFive minutes with a parent or guardian. Unlocks CRED.Once Do this firstTake the testsSYLLABUSCEPTIONGeneral + your department, 90% each. Practice first.In class Every spreadBuild a spreadThe LoopDraft, two signatures, V1, proof, V2.Every checkpoint Every spreadTurn in a spreadThe Hand-InDiscord, Drive, Walsworth. The exact clicks.Checkpoint Thu, 12:58 PM Every V1Proof a spreadThe Red PenNames, facts, seven parts, specs, the Design Bible. Numbered notes.Next class Every shootUpload photosThe PipelineCard to Lightroom to Drive to Discord, in order.Next class Every WednesdayWednesday standupThe StandupPost your newest, 90 seconds out loud, 10 minutes with your chair.Wed Your jobContent jobThe FeedThree posts a week, the name rule, approval, the break slate.Tue Thu Fri Your jobOutreach + Photo jobThe Shot List14 days out, a name on every event, the inbox, the cameras.Every Wed Your jobDesign jobThe Page BoardTwo passes a checkpoint, proofing, the board, the Design Bible.Every checkpoint EveryoneCover everyoneThe Zero ListEvery student in the book at least once.Set checkpoint Everyone4th period passThe PrivilegeKnock. No tests. Back at the bell.Every shoot

04Resources

Resources

The reference shelf. Nothing here is due. Everything here answers a question you’ll have at 11pm.

Check it MondayThe Calendar+ TODAY modeThe six checkpoints, every week, and what to do today. T for the room screen.Every spread follows itThe Design BibleHow this year’s book looks: the modes, the type, the color.Before your first shootCamera SchoolShutter, aperture, ISO, focus, lenses, and the four recipes.Before you designSpread SetupThe HUD17.25 × 11.25, 300 dpi, CMYK, guides locked on top.The numbersPage SpecsThe BookBleed, gutter, dpi, rich black, formats, the contrast checker.For the testsStudy GuideFind ItEvery answer on the tests and where it lives.Bookmark itToolkitThe ShelfAdobe, downloads, Discord channels, which camera, fonts.Your first spreadAbout Me SpreadThe practice spread, step by step, with a checklist.Who runs whatOrg ChartOfficers run the club. Chairs run the book. Reps share the news.Who scores your postsDojo-kunThe Bot0 to 4, 5 is extra credit, no screenshot no credit.20% of your gradeCRED RubricThe same rubric in every CTE class here.Bonus stageCentaurCadeThe arcade board, live. Scores only go up while you’re caught up.Sixty-five yearsThe Archive1962, 1988, 2019, and yours.

05Class rules

Class rules

The numbersThe Grade60 production, 20 CRED, 20 role. On time, correct, complete. Late work and Power Passes.EveryoneThe FloorShow up, keep the gear safe, represent the class. Club hours. AI. Running a department.The loopThe MonthWorkshop, build, proof, checkpoint. A normal week. The workshops.Six FridaysThe Post-MortemFifteen minutes after every checkpoint. Three questions. One written fix.

Checkpoints don’t move. Specs don’t move. First name, last initial on social, always. Everything else is yours.

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