Every child shows up — not just twice.

Choose "Place an order," create or log into your account, and enter your school code — a short code your school's yearbook team shares (on order links or flyers) that unlocks your school's yearbook options. Don't have one, or your school isn't partnered with us yet? Ask your yearbook team for the code, or refer your school and we'll reach out to them.

Three things: auto-built myClass and myGrade pages with 35–60 photos relevant to your child from their classroom and grade, your child's name and photo on the cover, and the option to add two custom pages of your own. The pages are generated automatically — no design work needed from you.

Log in at rethinkyearbooks.com, open Custom Pages in your profile, and either design in the Canva template (recommended) or upload up to 20 photos to generate a collage. You can overwrite your pages until the deadline. Always check for the confirmation email — that's your proof the upload went through. Custom pages can only be submitted through the link in your profile, not by email.

Print and delivery take about 3–4 weeks. Regular orders ship in bulk to your school's yearbook team, who handle distribution. Summer orders ship to the address you enter at checkout. If a book hasn't arrived within 4 weeks of ordering, reach out and we'll look into it.

Yearbooks are print only — there's no digital, PDF, or flipbook copy for families.

Once a book enters production it's printed and sealed, so changes aren't possible. Refunds for incorrect personalization, misprints, or damage are handled case by case — email support@rethinkyearbooks.com with your order number, or contact your school's yearbook team for urgent issues.

Email support@rethinkyearbooks.com. For urgent issues you can also reach your school's yearbook team directly.

Canva. You design the base book in Canva using our free templates and toolkits — nothing proprietary to install or learn. Your whole committee can collaborate in real time, and you can bring in any freelance Canva designer for extra help. Prefer not to design at all? We'll create the first draft for you, free.

No. There are no binding contracts and no deposits. Invoices are payable by card or check before books go to print.

The latest AI tech, put to work for your team — assistants designed to make you more efficient across the yearbook cycle, like choosing the best photos, spotting which classrooms or events are underrepresented, and flagging which orders are missing a portrait photo. More helpers are on the way.

Print and delivery — that's the only fixed deadline, around 3–4 weeks. Every other date is a recommended milestone. Event photos can be added as late as 3 days before the print cutoff. If books don't reach print in time, on-time delivery before the last day of school can't be guaranteed.

It's optional and you choose when to announce it. After the regular cycle ends, the same link and school code switch to summer ordering automatically. Summer books are printed immediately and shipped to the buyer's home. Summer ordering closes on the date you set, or June 30 — whichever comes first.

Email us and we'll confirm whether we're already an approved vendor for your district. If we're not yet on the list, we're happy to start the approval process and become an authorized vendor for you.

Most photographers — Lifetouch, Dorian, and others — provide student portraits in PSPA format for the yearbook, even if you don't use their book service. We can read whatever format your photographer shares and automatically generate the portrait pages.

Photos are collected in Google Drive folders we set up — one folder per event, and one per classroom or grade for personalization. If you'd like to gather photos from parents, we can provide a "request-only" upload link so families can add photos without seeing anyone else's submissions.

If you'd rather not design, our team builds your book's first draft for free. We work entirely from the requirements you share up front — your photos in the Google Drive folders we set up, your page list, and any layout or content preferences — and deliver a complete first draft built to match. The more you tell us before we start, the closer that first draft lands to what you want.

Student photos are used only to build your school's yearbook — never to train AI models. They're stored securely on US servers and deleted once the season is over. Families never see each other's custom pages, and our request-only upload links let parents contribute photos without seeing anyone else's submissions.

Usually not. Because there are no contracts or deposits, and we can build your first draft from photos you've already collected, schools can start with us partway through the year. As long as your book reaches print in time, we can deliver before the last day of school — tell us your date and we'll work backward from it.

You set the family price above your cost and keep the difference — most schools add $2–5 per book, so a 300-book sale raises roughly $600–$1,500 for your PTA. There's no upfront cost and no unsold-inventory risk, since families order and pay online and we only print what's ordered.

Yes. As long as your book reaches print by the agreed cutoff — about 3–4 weeks before you need it — we guarantee delivery before your last day of school, or we make it right. Every book is printed in the USA.

Yes — 100 books. Most elementary schools order 150–400, so it's rarely a factor, and because families order and pay online there's no risk of unsold inventory above that.