Annually at Plant, the yearbook comes out in its final form, ready for student viewing. It takes hundreds of pages to showcase staff, students, events, and quotes—but have you ever wondered how those stories came to be? It is all due to the staff who attend and record every Plant event. It takes hours and hours of work, but the effort is ultimately worth the product created. Sophomore staff member Kathryn McAteer works on the yearbook every day, juggling assignments
To comprehend the workload of any given staffer, it should be known that only a fraction of the work collected by the staffers is used in the yearbook. As a result, each staffer has many responsibilities. “My workload depends on the week,” McAteer said. “But this week, I got assigned 10 new assignments.”
Many assignments given to staffers require having to drive back to Plant after school hours to photograph events. However, McAteer enjoys the work. “My absolute favorite thing to do as a staffer is taking photos of sports,” she said. “I always write my best copies and have my best photos with those events, which I end up being the proudest of.”
Despite being McAteer’s favorite, photos are not the only part of the yearbook staffer experience. “I spend most of my lunches and free periods during the week interviewing people about their experiences with different things,” McAteer said. These interviews could be about various things, from winning nationally recognized awards to discussing one’s favorite fruit.
For McAteer, one fun aspect of Yearbook is her classmates. “My favorite part about Yearbook has to be the people,” McAteer said, “I’ve made a ton of new friends this year and gotten closer with people I never thought I would be friends with.”
Through Plant’s Yearbook, McAteer made memories and friends that would last a lifetime. Ultimately, the work connected her and her classmates and provided a home for her within the Plant community. Whether or not a student wants to be a part of Yearbook like McAteer, there is a home for everyone at Plant.