Last week, 55 members of the class of 2007 came to Richfield Springs Central School to have their formal portraits taken for the 2007 SPA yearbook. The senior pages of this year’s book will be in color and need to be submitted to the Herff-Jones Company in Gettysburg, Pa. in early fall. This year’s senior section will include three photos of each senior class member: a formal portrait taken against a purple background, which was taken in school, and then a baby picture and a casual photo supplied by the students and their families. “We are thrilled with the response of the parents and members of the class of 2007,” said RSCS Principal Penny Harrington. “This is the first time in many years that we asked the seniors to come to the school for their formal pictures, and the students stepped up and helped raise the bar for the 2007 SPA.” The theme for this year’s SPA is Our Feature Presentation and will present the senior class as the “featured” stars of the yearbook, with the staff, underclassmen and elementary students as the supporting cast and understudies. The yearbook staff will again attempt to highlight the student life and activities at RSCS and focus on the people and events that make up the RSCS school community. Last year, the 2006 SPA devoted several pages to the history of RSCS, particularly the Bronner Street School. This year, the yearbook would like to include photos and memories that residents have on businesses and merchants that were once flourishing in the RSCS school district. The yearbook staff is hoping that perhaps there are those in the Mercury readership that would be willing to write short accounts of some of their memories of businesses that have come and gone. “The 2007 SPA will likely be the only book published about the Richfield Springs area this year,” said Harrington. “It’s our desire to make our yearbook an account of the community and school.” Last year’s book included the restoration of the historic clock and contained photos in and around the community. The yearbook hopes to capture what happened in the area and school during this year. Already the flooding that occurred this summer is something that will be mentioned. Soon, the 2007 yearbook staff will be soliciting sponsors and selling ad space in the yearbook. “Ads in the yearbook are another way to document the community,” said Harrington. “Have you ever picked up a school’s yearbook that was published 15 years ago? Regardless of which school it is, it’s interesting to note the businesses and events that made up that community.” Bruce Watson is a teacher at RSCS.
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