How much do yearbooks cost at your child's High School?

[claudia]

$109 for DS HS book.

 

[marebear_marebear]

The yearbook at my high school was $85 or $90 when you pre-paid (not sure on the cost). If you bought the yearbook after they had arrived, it was $95. I believe that last year, it was $85. This was the first year they had the yearbooks in full color, though.
The yearbooks in my high school kind of irk me, though. My friends and I noticed a correlation between if you got your picture taken and if you appear in the yearbook. We believe that if you have no picture taken formally by the school (does not matter if you bought the picture), then you will be left out of the yearbook. It happened to many teachers this year and last year it happened to my science teacher. Some students are also incorrectly labeled. I wouldn't want to buy a yearbook to find out that I'm labeled with the wrong name or not even included in the yearbook; yearbooks are a lot of money!

 

[Poohbear5]

$45.
All three of our kids only got one in their senior year though they are offered all 4 years.

 

[Kimberly]

I remember paying 77 dollars back in 2002. On the bright side, it was a nice yearbook.

 

[châteaux]

I wish my high school yearbook cost $45!

 

[MinnieMe87]

Mine were $45, and $50 if you had your name engraved on it. I did that the first year, and it looked like crap. So I saved the $5 every year after that and just wrote my name on the inside.

 

[december]

The yearbook at my high school was $85 or $90 when you pre-paid (not sure on the cost). If you bought the yearbook after they had arrived, it was $95. I believe that last year, it was $85. This was the first year they had the yearbooks in full color, though.
The yearbooks in my high school kind of irk me, though. My friends and I noticed a correlation between if you got your picture taken and if you appear in the yearbook. We believe that if you have no picture taken formally by the school (does not matter if you bought the picture), then you will be left out of the yearbook. It happened to many teachers this year and last year it happened to my science teacher. Some students are also incorrectly labeled. I wouldn't want to buy a yearbook to find out that I'm labeled with the wrong name or not even included in the yearbook; yearbooks are a lot of money!

Everyone here has there picture made for the yearbook-you don't have to buy it. But every student from K-12, every teacher, every office worker, cafeteria worker, etc. I guess I just assumed all schools did this?

 

[Becky2005]

Everyone here has there picture made for the yearbook-you don't have to buy it. But every student from K-12, every teacher, every office worker, cafeteria worker, etc. I guess I just assumed all schools did this?

That's how it is here too. The school pictures that they take every year of everyone is included in the yearbook. Now if you miss picture day & retake day, you won't be in there. Although, I think that would be impossible in HS now as you get a student ID & that is the picture you use. You NEED that student ID for lots of things. You don't have to buy any pictures whatsoever.

Also, if you are in clubs & for whatever reason aren't there during picture day, you won't be included in the group pictures.

 

[monkey68]

I never paid for any of my yearbooks. They were only given to seniors (in 8th grade and 12th grade). Only seniors got it. And everyone got one, you didn't have to order one.

 

[torinsmom]

My DS's was $70, but we did not buy it. I am still getting info about buying the dang thing; they must have ordered extras or something!

Marsha

 

[bballmom56]

Last time we bought a HS year book was for DS back in 2007. It was $90 then.

 

[BigMama]

100.00

 

[Tikitoi]

$30 for DD's middle school!

 

[LindaDe]

I don't remember the cost of the yearbooks for my kids but whatever it was it was not worth it due to the fact that most of the current year's important events was in the next years book which is so ridiculous. To get the pics from the graduation or prom or high school musical, you had to buy the next years book even if you had already graduated. Imagine you were a senior and the yearbook contained last years graduating pictures and prom

I also, unless you have a child that is on the yearbook staff in the photography club or is very popular, think that buying the yearbooks are a waste of money. They are not very good at being inclusive, even though we spend 12 years hearing about how inclusive our classrooms need to be and how our very bright kids need to be in classes that never challenge them due to it.

 

[golfgal]

I don't remember the cost of the yearbooks for my kids but whatever it was it was not worth it due to the fact that most of the current year's important events was in the next years book which is so ridiculous. To get the pics from the graduation or prom or high school musical, you had to buy the next years book even if you had already graduated. Imagine you were a senior and the yearbook contained last years graduating pictures and prom

I also, unless you have a child that is on the yearbook staff in the photography club or is very popular, think that buying the yearbooks are a waste of money. They are not very good at being inclusive, even though we spend 12 years hearing about how inclusive our classrooms need to be and how our very bright kids need to be in classes that never challenge them due to it.

That is strange. We have the yearbooks come in the mail over the summer and they have all of this year's activities in it. When I was in high school we got an insert for our yearbook that was set up to just remove a strip of paper and paste into the book. That was usually available at the start of the next school year.

 

[ms.yt]

I don't remember the cost of the yearbooks for my kids but whatever it was it was not worth it due to the fact that most of the current year's important events was in the next years book which is so ridiculous. To get the pics from the graduation or prom or high school musical, you had to buy the next years book even if you had already graduated. Imagine you were a senior and the yearbook contained last years graduating pictures and prom

I also, unless you have a child that is on the yearbook staff in the photography club or is very popular, think that buying the yearbooks are a waste of money. They are not very good at being inclusive, even though we spend 12 years hearing about how inclusive our classrooms need to be and how our very bright kids need to be in classes that never challenge them due to it.

Your school must have a spring delivery book, which means that the books are ready before the end of the current year. In order for that to happen, the final deadline is usually in March, so it's impossible to get end of the year stuff in it. A lot of schools who are spring delivery produce a supplement to include the end of the year stuff that can be pasted in the book. I will never, ever understand why a school would be spring delivery, but tons of them are. Usually it's one of those "that's how we've always done it" things, but it makes no sense to me. People will say it's easier to distribute the book to those that ordered it during the current year, especially seniors. I'm sure that's true, but I think the benefit of having the whole year in a fall delivery book would far outweigh that concern. If they ever tell me that we have to go to a spring delivery book, I will give up my duties as adviser.

As far as your other concern, good advisers make every effort to make sure that the book contains all students, not just the ones in the "in" crowd. You've got to understand, though, that some students are just involved in so much that they are naturally going to be in the yearbook more. A student that is active in several clubs, sports and other activities has a much better chance of having his/her picture taken than one who just goes to class and doesn't do anything else. I don't know what the situation is with your child, he/she may be the most active kid in school and they just have an adviser who doesn't care. Unfortunately, that happens sometimes.

 

[MonorailNate]

$80 at DD high school. Just ridiculous IMO.

 

[DisneyBlonde]

I can't really remember how much his yearbooks were, they were not cheap. I do remember clearly that his senior pictures were about $400. And they were taken Jr year, and didn't look a lot like him come graduation.

It also seriously bothered me that I had to pay a graduation fee...on top of the cost of the cap and gown, after paying tuition for 4 years. I mean, come on. There was no paid speaker, there was no chair rental, there was no coffee served. What a racket.

 

[browneyes106]

I think the costs of yearbooks depend on the size of the school or whether the yearbook is made before the end of the year. I went to a small high school and the price of yearbooks were around $30. Usually the yearbooks were distrubuted in the following fall. The previous graduating class received their yearbooks in the mail.

 

[saratogadreamin09]

$125 for grades 7,9,10,11


$40 for grade 8

$0 for seniors