School years pass surprisingly quickly. It seems like only yesterday was the first day of school, and now it is prom night or the end of the year ceremony. Fortunately, we have phones full of photos from this period - from school trips, assemblies, meetups with friends, and first achievements. It is worth gathering them in one place before they scatter across old phones and a forgotten cloud account.
What to include in a school photobook?
A school photobook does not have to be an official class album. It can be something far more personal. Besides group photos, it is worth adding shots from everyday life - from breaks in the corridor, from preparations for the school play, from the walk to school in winter, from a trip to the seaside or the mountains. A nice idea is also to include scans of drawings from art class, diplomas, or funny notes exchanged during lessons. Such details will be priceless in a dozen years.
When creating a photobook, it is worth arranging photos year by year or by stages - primary school, middle school, high school. This way you can see how faces, hairstyles, and interests changed over time. You can add short captions under the photos - names of classmates, names of places, dates of events. In a few years those details might fade, but thanks to the photobook they will be preserved permanently.
A gift for graduation
A school years photobook is also a wonderful gift idea. For a graduate finishing school, for a teacher as a farewell, for a friend leaving for university in another city. Such a gift shows that someone dedicated time and effort to collecting shared memories in a lasting form. There is more heart in it than in the most expensive gadget.
Do not wait until the last moment with this project. The sooner you start gathering photos, the more material you will have to choose from. Ask friends to send their photos from the same period - it often turns out that someone else captured moments you did not even know about. The finished photobook will become one of those things you reach for with nostalgia and a smile, no matter how many years pass since the last school bell.
