Yearbook Baby Ads

Submitted by Mark Gleason


THE OLYMPIAN
gunn.the.olympian@gmail.com


Dear Parents of Seniors,
Every year, the yearbook staff sets aside a portion of the yearbook for Senior Baby Ads. These ads allow parents of seniors to honor their child and send them a supporting message. Graduation from high
school is a noteworthy step in every child’s life that surely makes every parent proud. As a long-standing tradition at Gunn, these Senior Baby Ads help celebrate this monumental achievement.
The 2012-13 yearbook will continue to be published in full-color, follow a journalistic style, and showcase all-digital photos. As in previous years, each ad will be designed by the yearbook’s graphic staff
and will be printed in full color.

Size and Pricing
This year we are  trying something different in the name of equity for our school community. Rather
than 3 different sizes, our standard will be a half-page ad for all participants.
Half Page Ad ($100.): 5 photo maximum, 100 word maximum, 9” x 6”

As always, we have tried to determine a pricing that will be affordable to all parents. All proceeds go
toward yearbook printing and production.

Please note that the final ad is only as good as the photos submitted. If we receive a photo quality that
we think will contribute a negative overall effect to the ad, we may choose not to use it and to compensate by making the other photos larger. Also note that although we put our very best effort into making
the design for your son or daughter’s ad aesthetically pleasing, we wish to make all the ads similar in
style and matching in theme, as to give no visible preference to any one student. We know that your
child is very important; however, under our current restraints we may not be able to make his or her
ad match your exact expectations. Please be understanding of our situation, and we hope you enjoy this
coming year’s Senior Baby Ads.

Ordering Information
In order to scan pictures and design pages for a class of some 400 students, we must have orders in
by Friday, October 5, 2013. Places in the yearbook are on a first-come, first-served basis. Any orders
after the deadline will have a 25 dollar late-fee added. Ordering is simple; just complete the order form
on the reverse, and deliver to Mark Gleason at Gunn. We would greatly appreciate it if we could get
orders as soon as possible.
Thank you so much for your cooperation. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at
gunn.the.olympian@gmail.com or contact a yearbook staff member.
Sincerely,
Nitika Johri                                   Mark Gleason
Editor-In-Chief                              Olympian Advisor





2013 Senior Baby Ad Order Form
1. Contact Information
Name of Parent
Name of Student
Telephone No. (     )                               email address
2. Photo Submission
Number of photos
Format (digital or hard copy)
You may send in digital/scanned photos to gunn.the.olympian@gmail.com (hi-res only!)
Please:
•Arrange all your photos into an envelope and mail it along with your order form.
•Label all your photos with your son/daughter’s full name on the back of each picture.
•Allow ink to dry before stacking photos so as not to damage them.
•Indicate which photo you want to be dominant, or largest, in the layout (if you have a
preference).
•Include a stamped self-addressed envelope if you want the photos returned to you.
3. Text Submission
•Please email your letter or text to the yearbook at gunn.the.olympian@gmail.com
•In the subject of the email, type “(Your Son/Daughter’s Full Name) Baby Ad.
•In the body of the email, type your letter to your child.
•Please make sure that you send your edited letter through email, as we will not
edit any of the text.  Also, please take into consideration that we will be formatting
the text to fit our Senior Baby Ads designs.  Therefore please keep your letter in
paragraph form.
4. Check and Payment
We would prefer a check payment for $100. made out to “Gunn High School Yearbook”.  If you are submitting this after Oct.5, please include the $25 late fee in the
payment.
Please mail to: c/o Mark Gleason                                    
                         Re: Gunn Senior Baby Ad
                         780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA  94402
Or place in Mr. Gleason’s box
in the main office.
Again, please mail out all of these items by Friday, October 5th.
Please be considerate of this deadline, because designing all of the individual Senior Ads
is time consuming, and we wish to make them as pleasing as possible.
The Olympian Staff