By Chris Moffitt

This is going to be a year to remember. There is no doubt of this fact. This year will never — can never — be forgotten. Why? Because this year’s Yearbook staff has made sure of it.

Although it may seem as if the end of the year is still multiple light years away, it is time now to get excited about the yearbook since most of it has already been completed. Senior Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook, Sarah Buchert, says, “I am proud of the work shown by the staff and cannot wait to hear what people are going to say about this year’s yearbook. My goal was to make this the best yearbook ever. As a senior, this is going to be the last yearbook I will have. I want this year’s yearbook to never be forgotten.”

One thing that excites the entire yearbook staff is this year’s cover. With much enthusiasm, Sarah explains, “This year’s yearbook has a completely different style of cover. I have never seen a cover as complex yet stunning as the one this year. This year we decided to use a cover created by a student. I’m pretty sure it will go down in TPA’s history as a new standard for yearbook covers. Whoever comes after this year is going to have to live up to the 2015-16 cover design.”

The cover was hand drawn by TPA’s very own artistic genius, Jasmine Antony (Senior). Although the actual drawing for the cover is not yet open to the public and only those with the highest security clearances have been privileged enough to see it, Jasmine was gracious enough to explain some of her thoughts as she created her masterpiece. She said, “My goal for the cover was to give Tempe Prep the best cover it’s ever had. I wanted people to enjoy the entire book, not just the interior. It’s a very complex work, with a lot of different ideas within it, so I had to be mindful about allowing those ideas to be ultimately unified. I got a lot of inspiration from the splendor of the Earth. There is something so pure and awe-inspiring about its natural beauty.”

When I tried to squeeze more information out of her, she reluctantly continued saying, “It is nothing like the covers in the past, although it does incorporate our mascot, the knight. It is designed less like a PowerPoint cover slide and more like a storybook, with plants, animals, and beautiful scenery.”

Being one of the privileged few who has seen this new cover, Senior Co-Editor Connor Will describes it as “exquisite.” It certainly sounds like we should all await our upcoming Yearbook with excitement.