Well, it was a long ride, but after 391 pages, we have reached the end of our journey. We stayed to work during study hall, making friends with the other journalism classes, we stayed after school ordering in Chick-fil-A and Pura Vida for dinner, and we came in early hours on the weekends. But it was all worth it. This was not just a book of pictures and writing, but rather a book that truly represents our student body. Through creating this book, we realized the uniqueness that our school holds – the outstanding service, diverse student body, and energetic school spirit. Because this was a staff that consisted mostly of new members, we wanted to make the book different, but most importantly, bold. So, we chose a bold theme with a bold font to accompany it. After spending weeks striving to pinpoint the perfect theme or concept to drive our design, we came to the realization that “This Right Here” would be ideal, with our Gulliver “g” in our “Gulliver Blue,” representing the people who make up our story. The purpose of our concept was to uncover the essence of Gulliver, and to get an in-depth insight of what constitutes our school as a whole. We realized that “this right here”, is our moment in time, and would never come again. This year was also very different for our school due to campus construction, so our campus would also never look this way again. Through the process of literal transformation, we realized that it was the people and the events that made us who we were this year. For our design, we decided on a clean magazine style, while introducing powerful modular elements and vibrant colors. We incorporated pull-out quotes, Q&As, and information modulars for additional information. We used Raleway and Chloe for our headlines. We used GeosansLight medium italic for our decks and the Helvetica family for our copy. The pages are printed on FSC- Certified 100# Legend Gloss paper with a 150-PT board weight, and its dimensions are equal to 9x12 inches. The Raider is a hybrid publication, providing an interactive, multimedia experience while using QR codes as extended coverage for various events, and includes additional content and information on our website and Instagram social media platform. The dividers, endsheets, and all spread layouts are original designs created by the yearbook staff, through the use of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Procreate. Our book was printed by Walsworth Publishing Company at their plant in Marceline, Missouri. All of our pages were submitted as certified-PDF documents via Walsworth’s online PDF submission server. Our customer service representative was Veronika Levine, and our plant representative was Lana Kilmer. We used Fox Mar Studios for student portraits as well as several sporting and special events. All the photography produced by the yearbook staff was taken on a Canon EOS Xsi and a T3i camera. Other equipment utilized included 14 27” iMacs, Canon Lide 110 Scanner, and HP Color Laserjet printers. The Raider is a nationally recognized, award-winning publication, having earned the recognition of being named an NSPA Pacemaker finalist, multiple Crown awards from CSPA, CSPA Gold Medalist, NSPA All American, and FSPA All Florida ratings and Sunshine Standout awards. The Raider is consistently recognized as part of Walsworth Publishing’s Gallery of Excellence and is part of their President’s Collection. It is also featured in Walsworth’s “Possibilities” idea book, and in NSPA’s “Best of the High School Press” publication.

 

Thank You...

We want to give a special thank you to people who were always there to support us throughout this long process. Thank you to Daniel Lara and Jennifer Ucelli for taking great quality photos that we have used for numerous spreads, dividers, and profiles. To Mrs. Bowen, thank you for your unwaivering support through this process! Sophi Massoumi, thank you so much for volunteering to help us with our index, which is one of the most technical and time consuming tasks there is. We really appreciate you! Thank you to all of the students from the Principles of Journalism class that helped us proofread the senior pages and helped us write profiles and cover events. Thank you to the members of “The Raider Voice” that came through with additional coverage. Thank you Mr. Sylver for setting up our photo shoots for student profiles and Senior Superlatives. Thank you to Veronika Levine for keeping us on track. We would like to also thank Jim Jordan for helping us and offering your advice and support throughout the year, especially with our theme copy design. Lastly, we could not have finished this book without the support of our teachers, parents, and friends. You had faith in us and were a huge part of helping us make this book.

 

SO...YEAH. THIS RIGHT HERE IS OUR STORY. We made it! With love, your editors Ava Burke and Chiara Zecchini