Applicant Name:_________________________________________ Email: ________________________ th Grade level next year (circle): 10 11 12 Current 4 period location:___________________
Talon Yearbook Staff Application: 2016-17 School Year If you are interested in joining the yearbook staff, please take the time to complete this application to the best of your ability so we can best determine where you can make the greatest contribution to the yearbook staff. It is important that you be confident and comfortable with the work assigned to you. If you have any questions or concerns with the application, please see me in the yearbook room (3318). Return a complete application to Ms. Weeks in 3318 by 12:50pm March 10, 2016.
Use five adjectives to describe yourself.
Circle the best answer to the following questions: 1. Are you willing to make the yearbook one of your priorities? 2. Are you willing to work as needed after schools, on weekends, or during vacation days to fulfill your responsibilities in meeting deadlines? 3. Would you be willing to accept a leadership role and assume a position involving additional responsibility and commitment? 4. Do you feel comfortable meeting new people and interviewing them? 5. Do you feel comfortable writing and having your work edited? 6. Do you feel comfortable with electronic publishing and/or learning these skills? 7. Do you feel comfortable taking pictures? 8. Do you have access to a 35mm or a high megapixel digital camera? 9. Will you contribute to the financial success of the publication by selling books and advertisements?
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Previous Experience Of these areas (interviewing, writing, electronic design, taking pictures), which – if any – are areas in which you have had previous experience? If any past course work, club activities, or experiences gave you practice in any of these skills, please explain here. (Don’t worry, if you don’t have any experience in these areas!) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________