"At Arlington School, Memories Are Now Offered in Megabytes"
Some Yearbooks Add CD-ROMs, More Color ?
By S. Mitra Kalita
Washington Post, June 7, 2004

...This year, Wakefield joined a growing number of schools across the country that produce a yearbook for tech-savvy, tech-hungry teenagers. The yearbook's supplemental CD-ROM allows viewers to choose what they want to see (the homecoming court, a special assembly) or hear (the field hockey team's giggly rendition of Wakefield's fight song) with the click of a mouse. Photos and collages flash to a musical score.

..."Yearbook sales are a challenge," Beach said. "We have 65 nationalities in our school. Many children do not even understand what a yearbook is."

...Because of language and cultural barriers, Beach said, immigrant students might prefer visual images and a CD-ROM to preserve their high school memories.

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