George School Named Jostens 2021 National Yearbook Program of Excellence

Jostens, the leading producer of yearbooks and student-created content, today announced that George School’s yearbook has achieved the Jostens 2021 National Yearbook Program of Excellence award at the Silver Level. The National Yearbook Program of Excellence recognizes engaging yearbooks that reflect a broad representation of the student body while helping students develop 21st century skills such as communication, collaboration, and information and communication technologies (ICT) literacy.

George School’s award-winning yearbook program is led by Melissa Ford ’21 and Sophia Freidman ’21 under the direction of Cori Seraydarian ’91.

“I am beyond proud of the fact that we were able to complete a yearbook this year, let alone achieve this distinction,” said Cori. “The Senior Editors had a vision and were able evolve within the challenges of this historically different school year while staying committed to the book and their vision. They lead their staff with clarity and conviction and were able to motivate the entire community to help us fill the pages with content from on campus and around the world!”

Jostens’ National Yearbook Program of Excellence Awards are presented twice a year, in spring and in fall based on the yearbook’s arrival date at the school. The award was presented to the George School yearbook program for achieving defined criteria in between one and three of the following categories: creating an inclusive yearbook, generating school engagement, and successfully managing the yearbook creation process.

“Jostens is proud to recognize those individuals who have created an exceptional yearbook for their school and community,” said Tammy Whitaker, Jostens VP and COO Yearbook Division. “These schools did an exceptional job on multiple levels, despite the challenges presented by this school year. Yearbooks are a critical part of capturing and telling a school’s story, and Jostens is dedicated to supporting yearbook staff members as they do their important work.”

Founded in 1897, Jostens has produced school yearbooks for over sixty years. Schools rely on Jostens and their local Jostens representatives to provide a combination of journalism education and technology tools to deliver a learning experience that helps students develop 21st century skills in journalism, photography, writing and design, leadership and business while creating the permanent record of the school year. Jostens invests in state-of-the-art technology, best in class service, educational curriculum and award-winning print manufacturing platforms to plan, design, build and produce yearbooks.

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