What is a Yearbook Theme?

Consider the yearbook theme as the attitude or personality of the year for your school. It is a perfect medium to tell a story that will be remembered by all in a positive or spirit-related format. Your school yearbook should record the events of the year and celebrate the milestones of the year under the unified story format of your the theme. Yearbook themes come in different shapes and sizes based upon the attitude of the year. Yearbook themes are discussed and portrayed in all sections of the yearbook, especially on the cover, endsheets, title pages, opening pages, closing pages, and division pages for each section of the school yearbook.

Good Yearbook Theme Ideas:

Here are a few themes you can consider just for starters:

  • A Cut Above 
  • A Day in the Life
  • A Flash from the Past
  • A New Awakening
  • A New Point of View
  • A Season of Change
  • A Step Above the Rest
  • A Touch of Class
  • Anyway You Slice It
  • Attention to Detail
  • Between the Lines
  • Breaking Thru
  • Built to Last
  • Capture the Magic
  • Catch the Moments
  • Caught in the Act

The key to developing a good yearbook theme is making sure you address the theme in every section of your yearbook as well as the cover and endsheets (if applicable). Consider playing off words of the yearbook theme as titles for each section or work on conceptual themes that play of a yearbook idea vs. words.