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Senior India Rounds talks with junior Willy Poulter regarding her section of the yearbook.

Flyers, posters and social media are just a few of the ways Echowan attracts attention to buying their yearbook, according to senior business manager Kate Ruhland.

This year, Ruhland said, Echowan will take advantage of National Yearbook Day to remind students to buy the book.

According to Ruhland, Echowan staff will go to all four lunches, sell yearbooks and hand out candy Oct. 21.

“It’s a fun activity to get the word out about people buying their yearbooks,” Ruhland said. “It’s going to be fun for us so we hope it will be fun for other people,” Ruhland said.

Echowan adviser Julianne Herbert said celebrating the sale of the yearbook on National Yearbook Day helps remind the staff about all their hard work. She said the day’s focus is more on reminding students to buy their yearbook, rather than worrying about the number of sales.

“People have to remember to bring money and all those kinds of things, so it’s more just a reminder to get us pumped about the selling process in general,” Herbert said.

Herbert said she thinks the increased celebration of National Yearbook Day this year will help bring attention to Echowan.

“It’s become a bigger thing with promotional materials with the yearbook publishers,” Herbert said. “It’s been going on for a while, but really it’s been on our radar for the last few years.”

Ruhland said she hopes yearbook sales will peak during National Yearbook Day, but sales so far this year are good.

“We’ve had a lot more sales right off the bat,” Ruhland said. “We’re at 20 percent of our goal and I think it’s because people have been notified about buying their yearbook.”

Herbert said the staff has already sold 200 of the 700 books they hope to sell in the next two months.

“We’re in really good shape for this time of the year,” Herbert said.