Entourage Announces Winner of Yearbook Contest's 3rd Place High School Page Design Award

PRINCETON, N.J. - Dec. 6, 2016 - PRLog -- Entourage Yearbooks announced their 6th Annual National Yearbook Competition awards, recognizing South Shore from Port Wing, WI with the distinctive 3rd Place High School Page Design award.  The nationally sponsored contest, conducted by Entourage Yearbooks, judged school yearbooks in many facets including creativity, originality, and journalistic relevance.  Hundreds of schools entered across all fifty states at the Elementary, Middle School, and High School level.

"I'd like to offer my sincere congratulations to all of the schools that completed yearbooks and submitted entries into the yearbook contest this year," said Entourage's President Elias Jo. "Putting together a great yearbook takes a lot of time and dedication.  The award winners represent schools who clearly went above and beyond on their yearbook and deserve recognition for their work.  I'm personally blown away by the level of achievement this year."

This achievement recognized South Shore for putting together a notable yearbook at the High School level.  Their entry was submitted at the end of June 2016 and was officially awarded on November 1st, 2016.  The South Shore yearbook was selected from hundreds of schools who had submitted entries from around the country.

Brigid J. Ripley, yearbook advisor at South Shore High School, said "I am thrilled beyond words about the award.  It was only my second year advising the yearbook.  All the credit, however, should go to my staff.   They are an amazingly talented, driven group of students who worked well together and it was a pleasure working with each of them.  Additionally, I would like to extend a huge thank you to Alex Laberrie who was instrumental in fielding all of our questions & concerns.  And of course, Entourage.  I echo all of the praise others have said about the ease of use, outstanding customer service and responsiveness."

Crystal Stewart, student athlete, designer and 2016-2017 student editor-in-chief, said "It's amazing to be part of a project that received such a high award.  With a small staff, it meant lots of hours not only during school, but also after school and on the weekends... It's an honor to be part of an award-winning publication and I look forward to spending even more time on the 2016-2017 yearbook."

Started in 2011, this is the 6th year that the annual Entourage National Yearbook Competition has been held in recognition of schools with yearbooks created by students and school volunteers. To participate, schools had to submit their yearbook content into categories for overall yearbook theme, page design, photography, and cover design.  This year, over 800 schools entered the competition.

Judging of the contest entries was based on a balanced rating across the dimensions of creativity, originality and journalistic relevance. Schools were judged at separate levels: Elementary, Middle School and High School. 1st through 3rd place winners in each category receive various prizes like cameras, yearbook cover upgrades, and Columbia Scholastic Press Association membership.

See the winning yearbooks by visiting the link below: http://www.entourageyearbooks.com/YearbookContest.asp.

About Entourage Yearbooks:

Founded in 2006, Entourage Yearbooks provides yearbooks to over 4,000 schools across the US and in 18 countries around the world.  Entourage's unique collaborative yearbook technologies and industry leading production times has made the company one of the fastest growing in the country, recently recognized by Inc. Magazine as the 17th fastest growing private education company in the US. For more information about Entourage Yearbooks, visit http://www.entourageyearbooks.com