Please join us in congratulating our Yearbook sponsor, Jamie Reynolds. She has just been named as a Rising Star from the Journalism Education Association (JEA). Mrs. Reynolds is one of only twelve teachers in the nation to receive this award. She will be recognized at the upcoming JEA National Convention.
Mrs. Reynolds is also our reigning Teacher of the Year.
Well done, Mrs. Reynolds! 😊 
Jamie Reynolds has advised the yearbook at Melbourne High School in Florida since 2021 and launched the school's first digital newspaper in 2024, which she also advises.
Varsity Yearbook sales representative Tennie Reddeck, CJE, has known Reynolds since she was a yearbook editor in high school. A couple of years after returning to her former high school to teach English, she agreed to co-advise the yearbook for a year before stepping into the role completely.
"That's when it became apparent that she'd been wanting more," Reddeck said. "While there were strong systems in place, Jamie was all about more. More organization, more efficiency and more fun."
One example of this is seen in distributing the yearbooks. The staff distributes nearly 1,000 books in less than an hour, but the relevance and fun factor encourage students to stick around signing their friends' books, giving everyone a chance to celebrate the year together.
"In my 11 years as a yearbook rep, I have worked with hundreds of advisers and many who have impressed me," Reddeck said. "There are those who are intelligen, kind and organized. Some who are super techy and others who are sales machines. Jamie is all of those things. There are far fewer who are as curious, passionate or hungry to learn as Jamie. In fact, I can confidently say she stands alone as the newer adviser who gives me great hope for the future of scholastic journalism."