The Academy of the Holy Cross has once again earned the Jostens’ National Yearbook Program of Excellence for 2017 Cross and Anchor yearbook. Jostens is the leading producer of yearbooks. This is the third year in a row Holy Cross has received the award. 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 literacy.
The Academy of the Holy Cross’s award-winning yearbook was both an academic class in the Technology department and a co-curricular club led by Editor-in-Chief Isobel Hermans ’18, Managing Editor Jennifer Case ’17, and staff: Cassidy Accardi ’17, Haley Hogan ’18, Sophia Garcia-Zafis ’17, Samantha Copeland ’18, Carmen DiPippo ’17, Emily Dimond ’19, Gabriella Sebastain ’18, Emily Ryan ’17, Alexa Rios ’17, Mary Rowedder ’18, and Jessica Snowden ’17 under the direction of Lauren DeZinno, faculty yearbook adviser. The award was presented to the Academy for achieving the defined criteria in each of three following categories: creating an inclusive yearbook, generating school engagement, and successfully managing the yearbook creation process.
A representative from Jostens presented the award to the school community and a banner to display in the school during the assembly on Monday, May 15.