[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] Topics and Ideas for Graduation Anthologies: Themes You Can Use on the Class Page (41–50)
4-panel comic relay
In this idea, each person draws one panel, and together you complete a four-panel comic in a relay format.
The last person has to come up with a punchline based on what the previous three have drawn, so it might be a bit of a headache—but it’s fine to interpret it in your own way.
In fact, it’ll be even more fun if you end it with a twist the first three never even considered! Don’t worry too much about drawing skill—just pick a theme perfect for graduation season and create a four-panel comic packed with everyone’s unique sensibilities and humor!
One-line comment collection for memorable photos
We’d like to introduce a “One-Line Comments for Memory Photos” collection, featuring everyone’s treasured pictures—from sports days and field trips to school excursions and casual moments in the classroom.
Add a short comment capturing the feeling you remembered when you looked at the photo.
Short is perfect, like: “We laughed so much that day!”, “I was nervous, but it was fun,” or “Best memory ever!” When words accompany the photos, the atmosphere and feelings of that moment come back to life.
Just looking at them naturally sparks conversation, creating pages packed with your class memories.
Even after graduation, you’ll want to revisit them again and again—these pages will become heartwarming keepsakes you’ll treasure.
Secret Special Skill Introduction
How about an idea called “Secret Special Skills,” where everyone introduces a talent they don’t usually show—something they’re good at or a little proud of? Magic tricks, dancing, fast handwriting, a unique way of drawing—any skill is welcome.
Adding drawings or photos with a short description makes it clearer and more fun.
Friends will be saying, “Wow, you can do that?” and the class will discover new sides of each other.
When you look back after graduation, it becomes a special page that brings back your individuality and those moments of surprise, making you smile.
It will be a fun, exciting feature that becomes a class treasure you can keep for a long time.
Hidden Message
As an idea that will wow your audience, consider hidden messages.
This involves embedding content that isn’t obvious at first glance.
For example, a vertical text that, when read from the side, reveals a different message.
Sharing this with everyone will create excitement, or you could keep it a secret and unveil it at a class reunion or another special occasion.
For a more elaborate approach, you can include a cipher, or arrange the letters so that swapping them reveals a different sentence.
Collection of quotes and misquotes
The idea of a collection of famous quotes and infamous quips can be both hilarious and moving.
This involves compiling classmates’ inspiring lines—or the ones that make no sense.
If you include these quotes and quips in the graduation yearbook, looking back later will bring back the atmosphere and memories of that time.
It could also be fun to compile the teachers’ quotes and quips.
Let’s all reflect on what’s happened so far and share the lines that left the strongest impression.
The teacher’s report card
If you want to preserve memories about your teacher, a “Teacher’s Report Card” is also a great idea.
Think of it as summarizing the teacher’s usual behavior and writing a profile.
You could introduce the teacher’s catchphrases, list strengths and weaknesses, and more.
This is also a good chance to express gratitude that you don’t usually get to convey.
You might even include a section for the teacher to draw something.
Adding something like a “Message from the Teacher” would make the graduation anthology even more memorable.
Something I committed to outside of academics
Through your school life, is there a hobby you pursued in depth? You probably spent the most time on it, so you must have many memories attached to it.
Try setting a theme like “something you pursued to the end” or “something you stuck with,” and think about it.
Anything goes—anime, manga, games, music, sports, and more.
If there’s something you can say “I’m an otaku for ___,” that’s likely what you stuck with.
Try writing about it together with memories you shared with friends.