Great River School Awarded 2nd Place High School Page Design in National Yearbook Competition

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Oct. 24, 2014 - PRLog -- Entourage Yearbooks announced their 5^th Annual National Yearbook Competition awards, recognizing Great River School from St. Paul, MN with the distinctive 2nd Place High School Page Design award.  The nationally sponsored contest, conducted by Entourage Yearbooks, judged school yearbooks in many facets including creativity, originality, and journalistic relevance.  Hundreds of schools entered across all fifty states at the Elementary, Middle School, and High School level.

"I'd like to offer my sincere congratulations to all of the schools that completed yearbooks and submitted entries into the yearbook contest this year," said Entourage’s President Elias Jo. "Putting together a great yearbook takes a lot of time and dedication.  The award winners represent schools who clearly went above and beyond on their yearbook and deserve recognition for their work.  I'm personally blown away by the level of achievement this year."

This achievement recognized Great River School for putting together a notable yearbook at the High School level.  Their entry was submitted at the end of June 2014 and was officially awarded on October 1st, 2014.  The Great River School yearbook was selected from hundreds of schools who had submitted entries from around the country.

Great River School also received awards in other categories including:

High School Cover Design Honorable Mention

High School Theme Honorable Mention

“Great River School wishes to thank Senior yearbook editors Aidan Zielske and Eliza Skoler, and the yearbook team of students who directed the program!” said Great River’s Head of School Sam O’Brien. “Also, congratulations to Joshua Eufinger, 11th grade designer of the yearbook cover! Last, a special thanks to the time and expertise of Cathy Zielske, advisor to the student yearbook team.”

More about Entourage’s National Yearbook Competition:

This is the 5^th annual Entourage National Yearbook Competition in recognition of schools with yearbooks created by students and school volunteers.  To participate, schools had to submit their yearbook content into categories for overall yearbook theme, page design, photography, and cover design.  This year, over 800 schools entered the competition.

Judging of the contest entries was based on a balanced rating across the dimensions of creativity, originality and journalistic relevance. Schools were judged at separate levels: Elementary, Middle School and High School. 1st through 3rd place winners in each category receive various prizes like cameras, yearbook cover upgrades, and Columbia Scholastic Press Association membership.

See the winning yearbooks by visiting the link below: http://www.entourageyearbooks.com/YearbookContest.asp.

About Entourage Yearbooks:

Founded in 2006, Entourage Yearbooks provides yearbooks to over 4,000 schools across the US and in 18 countries around the world.  Entourage’s unique collaborative yearbook technologies and industry leading production times has made the company one of the fastest growing in the country, recently recognized by Inc. Magazine as the 17^th fastest growing private education company in the US. For more information about Entourage Yearbooks, visit: http://www.entourageyearbooks.com