"Yearbook goes digital in Sleepy Hollow"
By Leah Rae
The Journal News, June 13, 2006

...Sleepy Hollow High School still publishes The Legend, its traditional print version. But the 2006 digital yearbook, a two-sided DVD called "DY6," brings the school year alive with two hours' worth of video, animation and hip-hop beats. Forty short videos include highlights of every sports team, scenes from the school musical, a fashion review and a talent show.

..."Not many people are buying the print yearbook," said Ronie Bencosme, an 18-year-old senior and member of the DY6 production team. "Everyone loves this way more."

...The digital yearbook's appeal is partly economic, because so much more content can be included without driving up the cost.

...For graduate Dave Swift, class of 2004, a video from his last year brings back memories in a way that print could not. Swift is now a computer science major at Union College in Schenectady and works as an assistant in his old school district. "Everything comes back at you in those five minutes," he said.

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