Poster Project
Please read the following details very carefully.
1. Each student will make a total of two (2) 8.5x11 inch posters.
a.
At least one of the posters will be vertical and one will be horizontal.
The third may be of your choice.
b. All posters will consist of text AND graphics. The graphics can be clip art, a photo or drawn by the student..
c. The three (3) poster themes:
i. The 1st poster topic will be a theme/message poster. It can be humorous, environmental, social, political in nature, motivational, spiritual, etc. See Quotes
ii. The 2nd poster will be a promotional piece for a teacher or staff member (counselor, principal, etc.). Choose a staff member now...talk to them in advance...and make sure the staff member knows not to agree to work with anybody else. Then ask them what poster they would like designed. Note: The teacher you choose now will be the same for all of your projects for the year. You will do at least two more projects for that teacher, one of which will be a gift.
1. Ask a teacher you would like to do a poster if there is a poster they would like to have created for them. Most teachers will be VERY appreciative that you are willing to design them a poster.
2. Work with the teachers to develop the theme and content, and then determine useful clipart, pictures or scanned images.
iii.
The 3rd poster needs to be a business poster/flyer...something for somebody else to
use…your family, of your family, for your church, your friends, etc. Like a
Lawn Service, or Beauty Salon Flyer listing the prices, Car
Stereo Installation, Computer Repair. It just has to be legitimate...no FAKE
business. Even if loosely organized...you can be the catalyst that helps that
business get off the ground.
d. All posters must be appropriate for production at school.
e. Posters MUST be as TIMELESS as possible. It needs to be something that is good for at least several months. Do NOT make a poster for something that is about to happen in a couple of weeks, or even a couple of months from now as this assignment could span more than 6 weeks.
2. Each poster must be completely planned before the student begins to work on each…i.e.. you must have a rough draft WITH YOU to start work on that poster. Start designing the rough drafts now, especially for Poster #1, as I will check for the first rough draft in just a few days. You will need to be working on the rough draft design of the 2nd poster (the teacher poster) WHILE you are completing the 1st poster on the computer). All rough sketches must be on unlined paper. They should be approximately the same size as the finished product. Rough drafts for the faculty/staff person will need to be signed by that faculty/staff person BEFORE the computer phase begins.
- All posters must have a "By Line" - giving credit to the designer (you) and art work. Depending on use, the by line can be made really small name in 10-point times font from the computer in the bottom right hand corner. alt, n, x, d
- The posters will be done in MSWord. When starting each poster, you must first choose the orientation and page setup and set margins to 0.5” (Alt, P, M)
- More instructions on using clip art and photos will follow. Please be patient in the design, proof and review process that a project like this involves.
- Additional posters may be completed for the annual Health Theme of the Year poster and/or the National Smoke Out Poster contests.
** Once your Teacher Poster is approved for printing, and you have printed it, deliver it to your teacher and get a delivery receipt (something signed that they received their poster) and return that slip to me for your final 10 points.
* All text MUST go in a text box!!!
* All OBJECTS (text boxes, graphics, pictures, clipart, etc.) must be set to Square Objects. - Set the Advanced Properties by turning on the "Lock Anchor" and turn OFF "Move object with text".
Poster 1 Examples (Motivational, Spiritual, Political, Environmental, etc.):
View Previous Student Samples NOTE: Unlike previous examples, text MUST go BELOW the photo...NOT on the photo.
Official Example (the LSU poster): Yours needs to look VERY much like this one. Picture with a frame. Light background. Text with a LARGE title, with the quote smaller.
Actual samples. Use the entire sheet of paper. But watch out...when you do a print preview (see next image below), you will see that entire picture will NOT print (see the second railroad shot) because a printer HAS a margin no matter what you do. Also, if you know the photographer (you or me, give photo credit: "Photo by"). Don't use a solid black border.
Most pictures do not support text on top of the image. If you really want text
on top of the picture, you may need to use a transparent box below.
No solid black borders. Looks good...but doesn't print well.
No text on pictures. Looks good, but doesn't print well.
Putting blue text on the black background cost this business owner $1,000 to
have all of the signs reprint. The blue text BARELY showed in direct sunlight,
and would disappear in lower light.
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Here is the redone billboard...notice the white background...and how much better the text shows up.
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Poster 2 (Staff Poster): P2 & P3 MUST be a fairly timeless poster, or at least something that happens each year.
WEST BROOK HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS: Note, your staff member does NOT have to be a sponsor of a club, these are just here as a reference as these people are likely to need posters. Also note that the teacher many have changed since this was posted (updated 01/2011) so ask around if you are not sure who is now leading a club. There may be new clubs, like the Cycling Club that was started by Mr. Daniels for the 2009-10 year.
2010-11
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CLUB/ORGANIZATION |
TEACHER |
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ACADEC |
Suzan Schroeder Jerry Minyard |
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Art Club |
Lisa Wolf |
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AVID |
Terri Grillo |
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A-Team Outdoors |
David Ahysen |
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Baseball |
Jacob Walton |
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Basketball (Boys’) |
Sam Simon |
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Basketball (Girls’) |
Jessie White |
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Bear P.A.W.S. |
Wilma Gibbs |
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Book Club |
Julie Hardegree |
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Boys’ Volleyball Club |
Jeremy White |
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Bruin Bearers Spirit Squad |
Tiffany Woodall |
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Business Professionals of America |
Kathy Martin |
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CampusLive |
Lynnda Castolenia |
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Channel 6 Challenge |
Donna Noblitt |
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Cheerleading (Freshman) |
Amanda Chadney |
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Cheerleading (Junior Varsity) |
Cara Robinson |
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Cheerleading (Varsity) |
Candace LeMasters |
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Chess |
Bill Daniels Wilbert Andrews |
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Choir |
Lynnda Castolenia |
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Cross Country |
Pat Milton & Ruth VanNoord |
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Culture Cadets |
Candace LeMasters |
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Cycling |
Bill Daniels |
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Debate |
Mary Kirkpatrick |
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D.E.C.A. |
Megan Cobb |
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Drama |
Debbie Long |
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Drivers’ Ed. |
James Walker |
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FCA |
Craig Stump |
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FCCLA |
Melinda Johnson |
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FCCLA |
Lynn Millard |
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FCCLA |
Eileen Slater |
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FCCLA |
Donna Tanner |
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Football |
Craig Stump |
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French Club |
Maribeth Jones |
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Freshman Class Sponsor |
Tiffany Woodall |
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Future Problem Solving |
Suzan Schroeder |
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Future Farmers of America |
Jeff Boyd |
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Gamers United |
Jana Jumper |
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Golf (Boys) |
Randy Spacek |
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Golf (Girls) |
Marcus Blankenship |
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GT TAME |
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Interact (Rotary) |
Hannah Gigliotta |
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J.A.Y. |
Ashley Benjamin Virglio Davis |
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Junior Class Sponsor |
Melinda Hamilton |
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Key Club |
Lori Abel |
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Lamar Academic Challenge |
Donna Noblitt |
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Math & Science Team |
Dolores Maceiras & Lyle Goines |
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Metal Club |
Marshall Hoozer |
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Mock Trial |
Mary Kirkpatrick & Alyssa Bailey |
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National Honor Society |
Jean Bryant/Pat Thomas/Melanie Pharis |
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NJROTC |
Phillip Boone Kenneth Akins |
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Newspaper |
Stephan Malick |
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One Act Play |
Debbie Long |
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One Love One Life |
Stephan Malick |
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Orchestra |
Kerry Rice |
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Ping Pong Club |
Lori Abel |
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Boys’ Power lifting |
Greg Bonvillain |
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Girls’ Power lifting |
Norman Abshere |
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Project Graduation Sponsor |
Kristi Fuselier |
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Quest Club |
Shireen Pirtle |
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Senior Class Prom Sponsor |
Vicki McCown |
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Senior Class Sponsor |
Megan Cobb |
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Senior Theater Productions |
Lynnda Castolenia Virglio Davis |
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Soccer (Boys’) |
Don Smith |
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Soccer (Girls’) |
Josh Tanner |
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Softball |
Todd Paine |
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Sophomore Class Sponsor |
Lori Abel |
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SOUNDPOWER Band |
Fred Turner & Shannon Copeland |
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Spanish Club |
Maria Castro |
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Speech |
Joan Lanier |
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Stars Drill Team |
Tisha Smith |
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Student Council |
Kristi Fuselier |
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Swimming |
Sheena Walker |
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Table Tennis Club |
Mary Kirkpatrick |
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Team Tennis |
Pat Thomas |
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Tennis (Boys’) |
Pat Thomas |
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Tennis (Girls’) |
Cara Robinson |
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Track (Boys’) |
Kirby Jones |
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Track (Girls’) |
Pat Milton |
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Volleyball |
Rebecca LaBauve |
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WBCC (Contemporary Choir) |
Virglio Davis |
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Wrestling |
Phil Hemmings |
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Yearbook |
Stephan Malick |
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UIL |
Kristi Fuselier & Nancy Flores |
DEPARTMENT HEADS |
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Math |
Lori Abel |
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English |
Suzan Schroeder |
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Science |
James DeHart |
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Foreign Language |
Robert Janak |
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Social Studies |
Lonnie Hudson |
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Athletics |
Craig Stump |
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Vocational |
Kathy Martin |
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Fine Arts |
Lynnda Castolenia |
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Technology/Business |
Janice Kattawar |
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Special Ed |
Stacy Hansard |
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Teachers are WAITING, literally, for you to talk with them! Get busy!
Poster #3 (Outside Poster): P2 & 3 MUST be a timeless poster, or at least something that happens each year.
