The Iliad: Saint James School's Yearbook

By: Erin Grigsby, senior and Iliad co-editor

Iliad Yearbook staff with issues from the 1980s.

Seeing the yearbook for the first time is very exciting at Saint James. The students look forward to it every year! However, a lot of hard work goes into the final book we all know and love.

Journalism Yearbook, one of the art electives at Saint James, requires a multitude of skills and familiarity in different areas. The class requires patience, organization, and creativity. Members of the yearbook staff use their writing skills to write the story and captions of their spreads and photography skills if they wish to capture moments around the school.

Iliad Yearbook staff working on digital spreads.

This year's Iliad is Volume Number 52, with “The STJ Life is Full of Color” as the central theme. It includes beautiful color splash templates.

I, along with my Co-Editor Dodge Prim, oversee all of the progress and work being done as the yearbook comes together. We organize pictures, create the year’s ladder, adjust layouts and templates, and proofread spreads when they are complete. We seek to include our student body on a variety of pages so everyone can be featured in the book of our school’s best memories.

Our class could not be possible without Mrs. Kimberly Ramsey, our yearbook sponsor. She works tirelessly to create a special book for our school year. Overall, this year’s staff working on the yearbook has done a tremendous job showing their creativity. The book is so close to being finished, and we cannot wait for everyone to enjoy the memories of the school year! We will debut the Iliad next fall on our annual Iliad Day, where students see the book for the first time and have it signed by teachers and friends.