ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 30, 1992                   TAG: 9203310428
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 6   EDITION: METRO 
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ABOUT THE YEARBOOKS

SALEM HIGH THE LACONIAN Format: Book Price: $25 for early orders, then $30 Enrollment: 1,013 Copies sold: 835 Staff members: 17 Academic credits: one photojournalism credit Delivery date: around May 20 Recent awards: 1991 first places from Virginia High School League and Columbia Scholastic Press Association, plus all-Columbian awards in concept and design Quote: Most difficult part is "working under pressure - the need for perfection. The world is mediocrity today. You go to a piano recital, and everybody screws up." - adviser Joyce Noel

WILLIAM FLEMING HIGH THE COLONEL Format: Videocassette recording and senior portrait book Price: $25 Enrollment: 1,523 Copies sold: 150 last year Staff members: 7 Editor: Keisha Calloway Adviser: Jimmy Deck Delivery date: Fall Quote: "They love doing the camera work." - adviser Jimmy Deck

GLENVAR HIGH THE CRUSADER Format: Book Price: $30 Enrollment: Under 600 Copies sold: 400 Staff members: 10 Academic credits: 1 hour of photojournalism for first year only. Editor: Suzanne Compton Advisers: Nancy Hartenstein, Jim Cromer Delivery date: late May or early June Recent awards: Third place from Virginia High School League Quote: "In January I was asking the kids about what they liked, and some actually said they love the stress involved. Not me." - adviser Nancy Hartenstein

NORTHSIDE HIGH THE NORTH STAR Format: Book Price: $26 for early orders, then $30 Enrollment: 824 Copies sold: 650 to 700 Staff members: 12 Academic credits: 1 journalism credit Editor: Seth Plunkett Adviser: Sandy Gotschal Delivery date: Fall Recent awards: First place, 1991, Virginia High School League Quote: "You're out to win the awards, but it's the students' book. It needs to show their year, because this is something they're going to have for the next 30 years, to show their kids and grandkids." - adviser Sandy Gotschal

LORD BOTETOURT HIGH THE SHIELD Format: Book Price: $30 Enrollment: just under 900 Copies sold: 300-400 Staff members: 12 Academic credit: one hour in mass media Editors: Beth Huffman, Angela Benge, Dawn Herron Adviser: Bruce Ingram Delivery date: first day of school in September Quote: "I usually spend all of my lunch period working on it and part of all my planning period, which follows yearbook. The girls, voluntarily, a lot of times just work on it during lunch period. That shows how dedicated they are." - adviser Bruce Ingram

WILLIAM BYRD HIGH Name: The Black Swan Format: Book Price: $25 for early orders, then $30 Enrollment: 1,075 Copies sold: 600-650 Staff members: 30 Academic credits: None Editor: Jessica Underwood Adviser: Phyllis Zorn Delivery date: August Recent awards: Trophy class, Virginia High

School League, 1991. One of seven best in the state. Quote: "I tell my family, `Somebody else can do the laundry, somebody else can do the cooking, you can fend for yourselves - it's yearbook time."' - adviser Phyllis Zorn.

CAVE SPRING HIGH THE ACCOLADE Format: Book Price: $25 for first two days of school, $30 for three months and $35 for final orders Enrollment: 1,150 Copies sold: 810 Staff members: 28 Academic credits: One hour of photojournalism Editors: Jennifer Dye and Tara Prillaman Adviser: Sandy Ferguson Delivery date: Late August Recent awards: Trophy class, one of seven best in state, Virginia High School League, 1991. Quote: "We laugh, we cry, we scream at each other. They learn to get along with each other and to deal with somebody who's not holding up their end of the bargain in a team effort." - adviser Sandy Ferguson

PATRICK HENRY HIGH THE PATRIOT Format: Book Price: $30 Enrollment: 1,800 Copies sold: 500 ordered this year Staff members: 25 Academic credits: 1 hour in photojournalism Editors: Melany Bundy and Troy Jamison Adviser: Matthew Thompson Delivery date: Late May, early June Recent awards: Chosen for Yearbook Yearbook of Taylor Publishing Co., 1991 Quote: "I don't think anyone could ever appreciate how much work goes into it." - Melany Bundy, editor-in-chief



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