Annie Wright Schools' yearbook, Shield, has been recognized for excellence and featured in the 2018 Jostens Look Book, celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and coverage. The Jostens Look Book is a collection of spreads and photos from outstanding yearbooks and their creative themes, cool covers, dazzling designs, relevant coverage, storytelling copy and action-packed photography. Along with design excellence, the annually published Look Book honors the important role well-crafted yearbooks play in helping schools chronicle the experiences, stories and achievements most relevant to students and that academic year.

Shield was created by students Jade Cheatham, Hailey Cho, Emily Filiciano, Marilyn Fisher, Ashley Kovalik, Lily Li, Ruby Meyer, Gloria Qi, Rina Wang, Tiffany Wang, Amhina Webb, and Helen Wei, under the direction of Mrs. Emily Weston, Annie Wright Schools' yearbook adviser.

Shield was one of only 413 yearbooks selected from approximately 2,000 entries and was recognized for the cover design which included thermal ink. The word "BIG" can be seen when you apply heat by rubbing the thought bubble on the cover, to showcase the 2017 yearbook theme, "think BIG."The 2018 panel of judges, comprised of nationally recognized scholastic journalism professionals and award-winning yearbook advisers, selected the best examples of yearbook spreads and covers to make up the 304-page 2018 Look Book.

“The Jostens Look Book showcases the hard work and dedication of students who tell the story of the school year through photos and words. It is their collaboration and communication, as well as creative thinking in challenging situations, that results in the fine designs shown in this book,” said Sara Sausker, Senior Manager of Customer Experience. “We are very proud to celebrate the ability of this country’s future leaders and communicators by showcasing their sophisticated designs and photography.”

Mrs. Weston and her yearbook staff received a copy of the 2018 Jostens Look Book and plaque from Jostens to recognize their outstanding achievement. Congratulations, Gators!