[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)
What I want to tell the teacher
Is there a teacher who helped you during your school life? Many of us feel grateful but haven’t had the chance to fully express it.
If that sounds like you, try writing a message to your teacher in the graduation anthology.
It lets you take your time to put your feelings into words, and later you can both look back on it and feel warm inside.
You could also write questions you want to ask your teacher, things you kept secret, or things you couldn’t say before.
Use “A message to my teacher” as your theme and start expanding your ideas.
[For High School Students] Ideas and Topics for Graduation Anthologies: Themes You Can Use on the Class Page (51–60)
Class Memory Sugoroku
One idea is to turn the entire page into a sugoroku-style board game.
Start from the “Start” square and fill each space with different memories.
Then add instructions according to the events, such as “Move forward X spaces” or “Move back X spaces.” If it’s a happy memory, make it a space that moves you forward; if it’s a disappointing or funny event, make it a space that moves you back.
I’d like you to craft it thoroughly, coordinating it with the design outside the squares as well.
It’s also a good idea to choose a theme, such as “game style.”
Anything Survey
It would be a good idea to survey everyone in the class and publish the results.
The tricky part is deciding what kind of questions to ask.
Basically, anything goes, but if you choose topics unique to elementary school, it will probably feel more nostalgic later on.
Try coming up with questions like: “What’s your favorite subject?”, “What’s your favorite school lunch?”, or “How do you spend recess?” You could also make it more exciting by deliberately choosing questions that might split opinions—for example, “Which do you prefer, dogs or cats?”
Floor plan of a memorable classroom
Here’s an idea for a classroom floor plan that’s simple yet will feel nostalgic when you look back on it later.
This is literally about drawing a layout of your classroom.
Details like where things were and where you sat are surprisingly easy to forget.
But if you include it in your graduation anthology, rereading it will surely bring those memories back.
Try adding your own touches—use a cute art style, add annotations in various places, or draw your classmates in a simplified, chibi-like way.
Future Declaration
As a positive-feeling idea for a graduation yearbook, I’d like to introduce “Declarations.” This involves looking back on yourself up to now while declaring a goal.
For example: “I always failed math, but in high school I will be the top of my class.” The goal can be anything—studies, sports, hobbies, dieting, saving money—so choose one and declare it.
The biggest advantage is that by stating it definitively with “I will do it” or “I will become,” you can push yourself to follow through.
If you were to compare (liken) everyone in the class, to what would you compare them?
How about trying to compare your classmates to something? You could use living things like animals or fish, or inanimate objects like dishes or stationery.
It might also be fun to think of them as anime characters, or match each person to a character from a popular anime.
Everyone can share ideas and decide what to compare each person to and what they would be if you made a comparison.
Another nice part is that when you look back later, you can think, “So that’s the kind of image people had of me.”
Class news summary
If you’re compiling memories from school life, presenting them in a news format can be fun.
Add headlines like “Class X-Year Y Takes First in Relay,” then follow with the details.
Of course, it’s fine to include not only dazzling highlights but also stories of mishaps.
As everyone looks back on memories together, try posting them as news items.
Alternatively, you can set up entries for every class member and have each person present news about themselves.