Members of the Gladius Yearbook staff pose on the first floor on Oct. 2. Gladius adviser Nestor Domingo has worked to make positive changes to the yearbook’s production and is feeling optimistic about what’s to come. “We have a motivated team and they’re learning more about putting books together,” Domingo said. “We always build the yearbook from scratch every year, just so that we have that experience of doing it.” Photo by Victoria Garland
The Gladius Yearbook staff is working to make the 2023-24 yearbook an immersive experience for CCHS students.
The Gladius Yearbook staff is working to make the 2023-24 yearbook an immersive experience for Clarke Central High School students, one in which they see themselves more and learn about their peers.
According to Career, Technical and Agricultural Education co-department chair Nestor Domingo, the adviser for the Gladius, the seniors’ final year acts as a catalyst for creating a great book.
“There’s a lot of seniors (on staff) so their motivation (is that) it’s their yearbook,” Domingo said. “They seem to be really energized by the roles, we were struggling a lot with photography, finding people, and getting equipment together, but we’ve solved that, and I think the photography will be very good this year.”
“There’s a lot of seniors (on staff) so their motivation (is that) it’s their yearbook. They seem to be really energized by the roles, we were struggling a lot with photography, finding people, and getting equipment together, but we’ve solved that, and I think the photography will be very good this year.”
— Nestor Domingo,
Gladius Adviser
Gladius Yearbook Editor-in-Chief Riley David, a junior, has monitored the changes within the team as well as their goal to change their book’s overall tone.
“The theme is retro collegiate. It’s taking old yearbooks, but modernizing it. So we’re doing an old-style theme, but we’re making it new with the programs and facilities we have,” David said.
Along with their new theme, the Gladius is attempting a more journalistic approach this year. David is excited about the opportunities this will bring for CCHS students to be highlighted in the publication.
“We’re definitely focusing more on interviews this year than last year. It’s going with the theme this year. Less pictures, more coverage about stories about people,” David said. “We also want people to look at them and be able to see themselves more than just their portrait that they take on Picture Day. We want to see them at least twice, maybe three times. That’s the goal.”
