Harbor High School Wins National Yearbook Contest

On Monday morning, students at Harbor High School gathered for an assembly to discover they were the winners of Picaboo Yearbooks first annual My School Deserves a Yearbook contest. The contest began on October 5 in conjunction with National Yearbook Week and as part of Picaboo Yearbooks’ annual Yearbooks for Everyone Grant Fund, which helps make yearbooks a reality for students and districts that might not otherwise be able to afford them.

Entrants were asked to submit their unique story in 250 words or less about what made their school deserving of free yearbooks. Harbor High School’s yearbook adviser, Ben Dowker submitted on behalf of the school. In his nomination, Dowker states “With success built on crumbling foundations, the students who attend Harbor High School, attend as a last resort. The ‘At Risk’ label that more than 70 percent of our students qualify for the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch program, is just one more label identifying a life of struggle, loss and fortitude. Harbor High is a beacon of hope for a population with a diminishing view of that hope.”

According to a statement from Picaboo Yearbooks, the company received more than 100 entries submitted from across the US and Canada. While each entry captured the school’s individual personalities, as well as the reasons why their school deserved to win, Picaboo Yearbooks ultimately chose Harbor High School as the Grand Prize winner.

“The amount of entries we received for this contest solidified just how important our mission of Yearbooks for Everyone is,” said Kevin McCurdy, CEO of Picaboo Yearbooks. “Each school had an amazing story to share, and we look forward to carrying out this contest again to ensure even more schools have access to a yearbook.”