Rockland’s Inaugural Yearbook Takes Shape with Nationally Recognized Inspiration

The Rockland Middle/High School Yearbook Club is making history with its first-ever yearbook, Foundations, drawing inspiration from award-winning predecessors.

Livingston Manor’s 2025 yearbook, Manorisms, earned Honorable Mention for Overall Design in the Entourage Yearbooks National Yearbook Competition, placing it among the top 10 entries nationwide. The contest judges creativity, originality, and journalistic relevance, with more than 800 entries this year from schools across all 50 states.

Guided by advisor Jessica Mall, the Manorisms team—co-editors Frances Ball and Halie Cheng, treasurer Tyler Gorr, and students Emily Hathaway, Bronwynn Wolcott, Mackenzie Cole, and 2025 graduate Ashley Hoag—managed every aspect of production, from photography and content writing to custom layout design.

“This was truly a labor of love,” Mall said. “As soon as the communities approved the merger, we went straight to work on a yearbook that would celebrate LMCS and mark the 75th—and final—year of our yearbook.”

Now, Rockland’s Yearbook Club, made up of 16 students including most of the award-winning team, is combining traditions from Manorisms and Roscoe’s “Records” yearbooks to create Foundations. Students are reviewing past editions to carry forward design elements, photos, and storytelling that reflect both communities.

Mall said, “It excites me to see the work our students are putting into creating this publication, and I could not be more proud to be part of it.”

With this mix of legacy and new creativity, Rockland MS/HS’s first yearbook promises to honor the past while starting a new chapter for students and the community alike.

Image: (left to right) Rockland Yearbook Club members Mackenzie Cole, Tyler Gorr, Frances Ball, Halie Cheng, Bronwynn Wolcott, Emily Hathaway and Advisor Mrs. Jessica Mall. (Credit: Rockland Middle/High School Yearbook Club)