Due largely to a lot of hard work and dedication by the video annual staff, the Yearlook Company has waved the contract sales-minimum requirements, giving them the go-ahead to produce FHS's first video yearbook.
"We've worked our butts off," said junior Jeff Schuman. "We work on it at lunch, during free periods, after school, and at peoples' houses on the weekends."
"It's surprising how much time it really takes," said junior Tonya Wright. "Every seven minute section takes over 20 hours of work."
When they were unable to meet the requirement to sell 400 video annuals by Dec. 6, the staff made a presentation to Student Council, asking for a loan to finish the project. Student Council agreed to loan $1,500, and was in the process of transferring the money when senior Cadie Malberg stopped them.
"Student Council was going to loan us $1,500, but (Publications Adviser Dave) Stone called the company and talked to the Yearlook representative," said Malberg. "The price was supposed to go up if we didn't sell 400 because production costs go up. But they're just going to swallow the losses because they want our business next year."
"We felt that there was an overwhelming interest as far as the students and the adviser," said Yearlook representative Jennifer Murphy. "We didn't want to see it fail in it's first year with such interest."
The video annual staff will make a new proposition to Student Council that the video annual be connected to the print annual. If the proposal goes through, buying one will mean buying the other. However, students would be allowed a money-back guarantee on the $10 price of the video.
Said Malberg: "I think people are really excited about it."