"High schools graduate to video for memories of good old days"
By Dan Caterinicchia
The Washington Times, February 13, 2006

...This year's class of 486 seniors will have a videodisc supplement to their print yearbooks that will include their last day of high school in Rockville. "Being a senior, that's why we're doing it so we can have our graduation, our prom and spring sports," said Bridgett Duarte, an 18 year-old senior and editor in chief of the yearbook.

...StoryRock this year will make yearbooks on compact discs and digital video discs for more than 1,200 schools, including Wootton and about 60 other schools in Maryland, Virginia and the District.

...Mrs. Duarte, no relation to Bridgett, is in her first year as yearbook adviser, but a background in desktop publishing caused her to rethink the paper-based processes. "It didn't make sense for yearbooks to go March to March when the school year is August to June," she said.

...The lights were turned down at a parent-teacher organization meeting last month at Crossfield Elementary School in Herndon to show sample StoryRock DVD, and the 60 attendees erupted in an ovation when it concluded, said PTO President Marylee Querolo. "Parents are wanting more media to keep up with the times," said Mrs. Querolo, who has a second-grader and a sixth-grader at the school. "It's like having your own home movies, except somebody else does it."

..."The students are very excited, and word has spread," Mrs. Duarte said. "So many kids are signing up for next year, including many [technology enthusiasts] who want to play on the computer."

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