By Jake Navarro

SAN JOSE, CALIF—This year, yearbook was changed from an elective to a club, which has sparked concern in the Silver Creek community towards if the quality of this year’s yearbook will suffer.

The yearbook is one of the most important elements of high school. Though hundreds of students post their frustrations and highlights they have while on campus online, a large part of the yearbook is also covering the community. There are a lot of outside programs like the City Peace Project, Red Cross and UNICEF that students participate in that don’t have enough representation in the yearbook. One of the main goals of the yearbook club is to capture the magic of the community around Silver Creek instead of just campus life.

The new yearbook club has three club advisors rather than one to ensure its success. The advisors are Thomas Head, Katie Newray and Peter Chu. The officers are president Jeremy Kinaga, vice-president Jalene Baraona, secretary Vivian Aranda and treasurer Nathan Nunez.

The advantages of having yearbook as a club outweigh any disadvantages there may be. If it were a class, the amount of students is limited, preventing a number of people who want to work on the yearbook. With it as a club, an unlimited amount of people can join, especially since the meetings are during lunch rather than after school.

“When you look at a class, they don’t really do fundraisers,” senior Kinaga says. “They get funded by the district.” With the fundraisers, they can raise money which can help lower the price of the yearbook.

One of the main issues with last year’s yearbook was its price; $100, an unaffordable price for many, even if it’s high quality.

So although there is concern about the quality of the yearbook, the staff are more devoted than ever to produce an excellent yearbook that shows off the community at its best.