Building a Book Ladder

The book ladder organizes your project into sections containing pages. Create thematic sections organize your book effectively, assist with team management and enable portrait page customization more easily.

One of the first planning decisions required for your yearbook project is to decide the topics for all the pages in your book, and how the pages will be organized thematically. Review your previous years' books and your school calendar to come up with a list of groups and activities to include in your book.

Suggested sections include:

• Intro: Inside cover, table of contents, "all about me" layout, administrator greetings, book dedication or special tributes
• Staff pages: Staff portrait flows, candids, accolades and retirements
• One portrait section per grade: Portraits flowed into classroom groupings or all students alphabetically. May include candid pages of grade activities or "splash" pages to introduce each section.
• Senior special pages: baby or graduation photos, memories & quotes, favourites/superlatives, prom and graduation ceremony.
• Sports teams & clubs: one or more sections, depending on your page count and the number of groups at your school.
• Special activities: performances, field trips, dances, theme days, etc.
• Ad pages
• Autograph pages

Ladder planning tools:  For help deciding which sections to include in your yearbook, download our PDF topic checklist. If you would like to plan your ladder on paper, feel free to download this printable PDF form.