School spirit is an essential element of creating a theme for your yearbook. Consider what is special about your high school. You can do this by brainstorming specific events and accomplishments that your student body is proud of. This might include sports accomplishments or successful charity events.
Pop culture represents the time and thoughts of a country during a specific period of time. Whether referencing fashion, television shows, popular movies or music, pop culture references will resonate with a specific place in time. Yearbook themes can take a popular quote or theme from a cultural reference and transform it into a quote that also represents your high school.
If your high school is active about political or global issues, you might consider a yearbook theme with global tones. This might be a theme that can create a positive memory of the influence and efforts your school took to better the world, if your school has collectively raised its voice on any single issue. These types of issues can be controversial, so any large topic should reflect the perspective of the greater majority of the student body.
Yearbook themes are always textually based, but including graphic themes is a way to enhance your high school yearbook. Graphic themes might include a version of your high school mascot or maybe a cartoon character from a favorite movie or show that resonates with your yearbook theme. Consider various personas that you can use in conjunction with your theme and include a graphic image throughout the yearbook. This image can represent and enhance your yearbook theme.