• Highlights who they are and what they accomplished
• Colors fit together
• Made the text into their mascot (it looks cool)

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/055/4/7/spartan_yearbook_cover_2010_by_opov20-d3abh2o.jpg

http://opov20.deviantart.com/art/Spartan-Yearbook-Cover-2010-198730032

• Its simple
• Its aesthetically pleasing
• Has a mascot (we could find a better one)

http://i.imgur.com/Cve3PUb.jpg
http://www.reddit.com/r/Design/comments/1fu8m0/well_here_it_is_the_full_cover_i_designed_for_my/

 

 I found this yearbook cover on Reddit (here: http://www.reddit.com/r/design_critiques/comments/1unfnp/coverhows_this_for_a_yearbook_cover/, and also here http://i.imgur.com/5LuhN4L.jpg)

• Shows the mascot
• hasd a picture of the school
• doesn't look bad