THE SINFUL PPLThe teacher who oversaw the production of a high school yearbook that depicted drug and alcohol use issued an apology Monday, saying it was "completely inappropriate."
The english teacher's apology was issued by the school district in response to a letter sent to them and the media that complained about the pages in the yearbook.Parent Karen Marshall said in her Friday letter, "I am absolutely outraged at what has been printed in our student's 2007 yearbooks released a few days ago."
Her letter continued: "On p.13, page title is 'Drug Addictions': there are pictures of students smoking pot, using bong paraphernalia, pictures of alcohol and prescription drugs with associated stories of each. Each caption is written in 6 pt. font so anyone over 40 would have to get their magnifying glass to read, which I feel was strategic on their part so parents would miss it, but its there all the same 'I smoke pot because it relaxes me, helps me deal with situations...there's nothing wrong with it.' says a student."
"p.33, there are pictures of police officers with stories of 'cops busting our parties' and 'law enforcement is a necessary evil' depicting law enforcement as an annoyance only to be disregarded if you don't get caught. I want our police officers to be respected for the heroes they are and this disgraces them and sends the wrong message.
"p.71 titled 'Regrets and Mistakes', shows a picture of three female students holding an MIP (Minors in Possession) certificate, one girl smirking in this picture, with the caption "...my regret was telling the cop the truth when they busted our party."

THE BAD WORDWhen many seniors opened their Fort Walton Beach High School yearbooks this week, they flipped right past page 60 without a second glance.
But the obscene word hidden at the bottom of the page didn't go unnoticed for long.
"I missed it the first time, too," said Principal Charlene Couvillon.
As soon as the unseemly term was discovered, yearbook distribution halted.
An editor on the yearbook staff had hidden the "F word" in captions at the bottom of the page. Each of the first letters of the captions was placed in bold red and spelled the word out over four photos.
"If I had to write out a list of kids who might do this, I would have never included her name," Couvillon said of the student.
In a mutual decision by the student's parents and the school, a sticker was printed to change the caption and then affixed to the page on which the obscenity appeared. The student's parents paid for the correction that is hard to pick out at first look.

MEANIES

A young girl did not go to school on Wednesday and says she was too humiliated.
In fact, she does not ever want to go to school again and tells 3TV she does not want to leave her room.
“I just feel like sitting in my room and crying," said freshman Marie Gray. "I don't feel like doing anything."
Marie has spent the last two days crying. Her Tonopah Valley High school yearbook came out and beneath her signature for the class of 2012 is the word “fat” followed by a three letter word we can't say on television.
Her mother, Rae Knowlton, admits, “I was just like there's no way and I looked at it and there it was. I wouldn't wish that on any child at all."
Marie texted her mom from class with pictures of the embarrassing words. Knowlton explains, “I zoomed in on my phone and I was like ‘What is this?’ and then I saw it and I was like, ‘Oh No’."
There was also a derogatory word about another boy’s sexuality. The yearbook teacher sent an apology letter with the class' signatures calling the act immature. The class starting marking out the words after they had already handed it out to hundreds of students.
For Marie, the damage is already done. She says, “I don't want to go back to school."
The mom says the yearbook staff apologized for printing the words but blames the publishing company for overlooking it. They are asking students to bring their yearbooks back and are putting stickers on the derogatory words .

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Sickles High School Yearbook Panties
headlines because it features a photos and Videos where one of their female students is exposed Sickles High School Yearbook, Sickles High School Yearbook Photos, Sickles High School Yearbook Videos and Youtube. The 16 year-old girl decided to not wear panties the day the yearbook photos were taken because she didn’t want panty lines showing up. Imagine that!
The teenage girl is embarrassed, devastated and hasn’t attended school since the yearbooks were handed out on Monday. The girl’s mother Jeanette requested that the school stops distributing the infamous yearbook, collects the distributed copies and reprints it without the photo in question

NICCEEE JOB!!!Hillside yearbook wins at State Fair
Provided by: Stephen Galvin

Contributed by: Stepehn Galvin on 9/8/2007 Hillside's 2006-07 Yearbook won honors at the California State Fair and the Ventura County Fair. The Yearbook featured a Puzzle Theme for the 2006-07 year. Both the Ventura County Fair and the California State Fair honored it with First Place Blue Ribbons. The California State Fair gave added, higher recognition to the Yearbook with a Special Ribbon for "Outstanding Project."
The "Outstanding Project" Ribbon included an invitation to class advisor Stephen Galvin to attend a special awards ceremony, and "before-the-crowds-arrive-sneak-peak" at the State Fair in Sacramento. The awards and sneak peak took place on Thursday, August 16, 2007. Grand Opening of the Fair was the very next morning, Friday, August 17, 2007.
The Yearbook was judged and displayed as a Group Project in the Technology and Industrial Education division.
A total of twenty First Place Blue Ribbons were presented to the Yearbook effort. That meant one for every student involved in producing the work. Naturally, this offered a perfect opportunity to call the whole winning class together for one last meeting and awards celebration. Some students had promoted from Hillside Middle School to ninth grade at high schools in Simi. One student had moved to Utah, and a large group had come back to bring their year of experience to creating the 2007-08 yearbook.
Proud students joined their advisor in their Hillside Middle School art classroom to receive their Ribbons. From left to right: Alexandra Kiefer, Suntia Shelly, Hannah Reichl, Raahima Shoaib, Mr. Galvin, Rachel Nemeth, Dwayne Okpaise, Jasmine Roder, Becky Thomas, Valeria Cervantes, Demi Brown, Karina Monroy, Kelsey Hecht, Angel Alyssa.
Not pictured: Karyn Childs, Megan Madrid, Christian Orzano, Sabrina Stokes, Makayla Yarborough, Alexis Rautenberg.