The end of school is near and the Chapman yearbook staff has worked tirelessly on the 2016-2017 edition of the yearbook, and the staff cannot be more delighted to unveil it.

The Chapman yearbook staff consists of students from all four grade levels, and each person has to do their part in order to produce a yearbook that students will look back on for many years.

Yearbook adviser Alex Hollis has been in charge of the yearbook for just three years now, and he is excited to show off this year’s book.

“I am excited for people to see this year’s edition,” he said. “I believe that it is very different from years past, and we are thrilled to unveil it.”

Yearbook day will be held on May 12 and will begin with an assembly where the staff will be recognized and the cover will be unveiled.

Senior yearbook editor Breanna Godfrey is very pleased with the commitment of everyone on the yearbook staff, and she cannot wait for the whole school to experience their work.

“The first time that everyone gets to see the yearbook is so exciting,” she said. “I cannot wait for yearbook day.”

Her job as editor calls for taking charge in order to direct the rest of the staff to do things correctly and then she edits their work after they do their parts.

The process of creating the yearbook begins in the summer before school, with the next year’s staff being organized and a meeting between the artist and designers to make the cover and develop the overall theme of the book.

Throughout the year, the staff takes pictures, writes stories, adds quotes and often stays late when extra time is needed to work on the book.

After the book is complete, they are ordered and the distribution room is set up. The staff has to give out each one and check every name off of the order list.

Godfrey said she wants students to enjoy the book and appreciate the hard work that is put forth to create the yearbook.

“I hope that people like the yearbook and I hope that they think it is worth their money,” she said.