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La Sierra High School

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Yearbook

Senior Photos

Senior formal photos are taken at Prestige Photography in Corona, CA. For the yearbook, the photo must be formal or in the graduation gown (navy blue) without the cap. The deadline is December 19, 2025 for appointments. For appointments: https://local.prestigeportraits.com/ca/corona/268-n--lincoln-ave.html
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Awards

Publication:

  • 2022-2023, “A Journey not the Destination”, The Sunrise Yearbook, Vol. 54 – First Class (NSPA)
  • 2023-2024, “The Way WE See It”, The Sunrise Yearbook, Vol. 55 – First Class (NSPA)

Individual:

  • Yohanna Yonas, 2024 NSPA Leadership Award in Student Journalism

What is Yearbook? (And Important Links)

Yearbook: What is it?

  • Yearbook publishes the yearbook every year. Everything—cover to cover—is designed, created and produced by students in the class.
  • Yearbook students choose the color palettes, font families and design template. They also take all of the non-portrait photos that are used in the book. 
  • They also design the cover, conduct all the interviews, and cover important events, like dances and assemblies.
  • Student work within a professional production cycle, bringing pages from topic proposals to finished products.

Subjects & Skills Covered:

  • Graphic design (color palettes, typography, and layouts)
  • Journalism:
    • Interviewing
    • Photojournalism (telling stories through photos)
    • Article Writing
    • Law & Ethics (1st Amendment, CA Ed Code, copyright laws, etc.)
  • Branding (verbal & visual theming)
  • Data visualization (Infographics, timelines, etc.)
  • Polling & Statistics
  • Videography (video & sound recording)
  • Time Management & Deadlines

Important Links:

  • Walsworth Yearbooks 
    • Buy yearbooks
    • Purchase senior ads
    • Donate a Yearbook (to a student in need/as a gift)

CA Ed Code 48907 (Roles)

Protections:

Enjoy the freedom of speech and of the press:

  • It does not matter if the publication is funded by the school or not
  • Limited by:
    • obscenity
    • libel/slander
    • incitement (to commit illegal acts or disrupt the school day)

Official school publications include: newspaper, yearbook, journalism, or writing classes (and distributed to the student body for free or a fee)

Duties:

  • Pupil editors:
    • assign & edit content

Protections:

  • shall not be dismissed, suspended, disciplined, reassigned, transferred or otherwise retaliated against solely for acting to protect pupil’s rights

Duties:

  • supervise production of pupil staff
  • maintain professional standards of journalism & English
  • maintain the provisions of CA Educational Code 48907

Limitations: 

  • No prior restraint:
    • prior restraint = requiring approval before printing
    • Must provide justification without undue delay PRIOR to a limit to student expression
  • Protections:

    Enjoy the freedom of speech and of the press:

    • It does not matter if the publication is funded by the school or not
    • Limited by:
      • obscenity
      • libel/slander
      • incitement (to commit illegal acts or disrupt the school day)

    Official school publications include: newspaper, yearbook, journalism, or writing classes (and distributed to the student body for free or a fee)

    Duties:

    • Pupil editors:
      • assign & edit content
  • Protections:

    • shall not be dismissed, suspended, disciplined, reassigned, transferred or otherwise retaliated against solely for acting to protect pupil’s rights

    Duties:

    • supervise production of pupil staff
    • maintain professional standards of journalism & English
    • maintain the provisions of CA Educational Code 48907
  • Limitations: 

    • No prior restraint:
      • prior restraint = requiring approval before printing
      • Must provide justification without undue delay PRIOR to a limit to student expression

About the Adviser

About Mr. Erikson: 

Charles Erikson, CJE, has been teaching since 2006 and advising student publications since 2015. He teaches and advises the yearbook program at La Sierra H.S. in Riverside, California.

Education:

  • California Baptist University: BA in English & History (2000-2004)
  • Concordia University, Irvine: Single Subject Teaching Credential (2005-2006)
  • California Baptist University: MA in English Lit. (2009-2013)
  • Kent State University: MA in Journalism Education (2022-in progress)

Certifications:

  • JEA Certified Journalism Educator (2020-present)
  • JEA Trained Critique Judge (2020-present)
  • JEA Adviser Mentor (2023-2024)

Professional Experience: 

  • Articles:
    • “It Starts With Story.” Communication: Journalism Education Today, Fall 2021
    • “Building a Community: Focusing on soft skills helps to ensure the story.” Communication: Journalism Education Today, Winter 2022.
  • JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention:
    • “Defining your publication’s purpose.” Spring 2022
    • “Accessibility in publication classes.” Spring 2023
    • National Student Media Contest Judge ​(Spring 2022 & 2023)​​​​​​
  • San Diego Yearbooks Summer Workshop (2025):
    • Beginning Yearbook (class)
    • “1st Amendment Protections in CA” (elective)
    • “Accessibility in publication classes” (elective)