[For High School Students] Ideas and Topics for Graduation Anthologies: Themes You Can Use on the Class Page
A graduation yearbook is a precious record that gives you a chance, once you’re an adult, to look back nostalgically on those days and laugh together with friends.
The process of creating it—reminiscing about school life with classmates, club members, and teachers—also makes for a wonderful event to wrap up your time at school.
In this article, we’ve gathered ideas you can use for a high school graduation yearbook.
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For High School Students: Ideas and Prompts for Graduation Anthologies. Themes You Can Use on Class Pages (61–70)
Introduction of others
An introduction to others where you write profiles about friends and classmates.
Record a variety of details, from basics like special skills, hobbies, and club activities to more private matters.
Open your class page in the graduation yearbook and write about each other to preserve memories—later on, it can spark fun conversations when you look back.
In the final section of the introduction, it’s also recommended to write your honest feelings to your friend.
It’s a great idea to deepen the bonds with the important people who shared your school life.
What if you could 〇〇?
The question “What if you could do XX?” might be a classic topic for graduation yearbooks.
For example, questions like “What if you could time-travel?” or “What if you could have just one wish granted?” would inspire all kinds of answers and be fun.
Other interesting ones are near ‘ultimate choices,’ such as “If you had to eat the same side dish for the rest of your life, what would you choose?” Questions that spark fantasy and imagination are also recommended, like “If you were reborn, what would you want to be?”
If wishes could come true
Do you have any wishes you want to come true? With that in mind, I suggest the theme “If a wish could come true.” Writing about goals you want to achieve after graduation or your dreams for the future could boost your motivation.
Or you could explore more fantastical wishes, like “I want to use magic” or “I want to fly,” which is also recommended.
As you go, the conversation will naturally expand with thoughts like “I want to do this” and “I’d like to try that.” As for the design, using motifs like a magic lamp could be a good idea.
A word about a failure story
There’s probably no one whose school life went perfectly.
Everyone has likely experienced failure at some point.
If you include those experiences in your graduation anthology, I think they’ll become fond memories.
It could be a funny mishap, something you truly regret, or something that left you frustrated—anything is OK.
When you look back later, you’ll likely feel nostalgic and think, “Oh yeah, that happened.” Try setting aside a space for everyone and have each person write a brief account of a failure in just a few words.
Class Memories Timeline
Here’s an idea for a class memory timeline that packs all your school memories into one place.
As the name suggests, it summarizes memorable events that happened in your class in a timeline format.
You can look back over everything from when the class first formed to graduation all at once.
And since it’s a timeline, each event has to be expressed in just a few words, which also makes it hard for outsiders to grasp the full meaning—that’s part of the charm.
It feels like a secret code that only your classmates can understand, which is exciting.
A memorable place from my high school days
A scene I’d recommend for capturing each student’s cherished memories is a place tied to their high school days.
The specific spot—classroom, gym, club room—will differ from person to person, which is part of the appeal.
Adding concrete episodes, like the classroom where the entire class took photos after school or the club room where you poured your heart into activities, makes it easier to picture the scene.
It can also be nice to write while discussing with classmates, choosing places where you chatted with friends or hidden gems on campus.
It’s a warm idea that brings your time spent vividly back to life with every page you turn.
If I could go to the past or the future
Shall we think about the classic what-if: “If you could go to the past or the future, what would you do?” This topic isn’t just fantastical and fun—it’s also great because you can connect it to school life and dig deeper.
For example: “I want to go back and retake the test I messed up,” or “I want to go to the future and talk to my high school self.” As you expand these imaginings, take the opportunity to reflect on your own past and future.
And of course, more realistic ideas like “I want to win the lottery” are totally fine too.