About Treering

For sixteen years, you’ve trusted Treering to capture and print your school’s memories, and every December, we pause to reflect on what a privilege that truly is. What started as a simple idea (that yearbooks should be easier, more affordable, and more personal) has now grown into a movement powered by editors, teachers, parents, and students who care deeply about preserving their school stories.

This year, that movement reached new heights.

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In 2025, Treering helped schools raise $2.9 million, printed our 10 millionth yearbook, and earned a place on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies. But behind every milestone is a more meaningful truth: editors and advisers across the country continue to create smarter, stronger, more student-centered yearbooks. We’re honored to support them every step of the way.

Below is a look back at the innovations, stories, and community moments that shaped Treering’s 16th year plus a peek into what’s coming next.

‍A creative community that keeps growing (and inspiring us) 

Each year, the Treering community grows not only in size but in creativity and confidence. In 2025, our community passed 12 million members, representing schools in Australia, Canada, and the US. Behind every login is someone with a vision: the first-year adviser walking into a new school year, the senior editor rallying a team of ninth graders, the parent volunteer learning design terms for the very first time.

Helping schools raise a remarkable $2.9 million

Fundraising continues to be one of the biggest stress points for schools, and Treering schools love receiving a yearbook check instead of a yearbook bill. By choosing their fundraising amount and adding it to the total cost of the book, schools raised $2.9 million in 2025.

Instead of paying a yearbook invoice, schools are putting real dollars back into their budgets, funding what matters most: field trips, clubs, student journalism programs, arts initiatives, athletic equipment, spirit events, classroom resources, and yearbooks for students in need.

A major milestone: Treering’s 10 millionth book

Some milestones call for a moment of awe — and this was one of them.

This winter, we printed Treering’s 10 millionth yearbook. That number represents millions of stories, academic achievements, halftime huddles, first days of school, senior dedications, hallway friendships, and portraits of students who will one day show the book to their own kids.

For us, it also represents innovation: we’re one of the only companies able to produce fully custom books, with custom pages for every student, in under three weeks. When every book is uniquely theirs, yearbooks celebrate students in a way that is meaningful for them.

How we supported editors this year

If we had to choose a theme for 2025, it would be editor empowerment. Every enhancement we built this year was designed to support the people who power the book, especially advisers and student editors who juggle deadlines, clubs, homework, coverage gaps, and the joyful yet chaotic reality of school life.

Your feedback, questions, wish lists, and creativity drive every improvement we make.

‍1. Faster, smoother, more confident onboarding

This year, we expanded the Treering onboarding experience. Whether you were learning the platform for the first time or returning after a few years away, Welcome Walkthrough calls with the Community Advocate Team and communications from L1FT helped create a clear roadmap for setting up the book, customizing pages, inviting editors, collecting photos, and aligning your timeline.

Many schools reported that this shifted their entire experience, turning what once felt intimidating into a confident first step.

2. A bigger, better year of contests

We heard your requests for contests that spotlight page design talent and also inspire creativity during key moments of the production cycle.

This year, Treering contests included:

• Inaugural cover contest
• Instagram photo contests
• Parent and editor design contests
• Seasonal challenges that aligned with design checkpoints via pop-up giveaways on Instagram and Facebook

3. Camp Yearbook: our annual two-day summer conference

Camp Yearbook launched in 2024 as a way to help advisers and editors start strong before school even started. Schools joined us for two days of themed workshops, live design sessions, team-building exercises, and planning challenges.

It quickly became one of our highest-rated programs of the year, and many schools left with their theme locked, their ladder built, and their editors trained before the first bell rang.

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4. Updated yearbook curriculum

A team of former classroom teacher-slash-yearbook advisers and a group of current yearbook advisers completed a complete overhaul of Treering’s free yearbook curriculum. The updated curriculum is now grab-and-go. Instead of long, one-size-fits-all sessions that advisers have to divide and support, lessons are now broken into focused segments that can be taught in short class periods, advisory blocks, club meetings, or asynchronous settings.

Each module now includes five lessons with

• A clear objective based on Common Core and/or CTE Career Ready standards
• Bite-sized instruction that fits real bell schedules
• Bell ringers, student-facing slides, activities, and exit tickets
• Practical examples pulled directly from real Treering schools’ books
• Action steps students can apply immediately to their pages

This structure made it easier for advisers to meet students where they are, whether they’re first-time editors learning the basics or experienced leaders ready to push design and storytelling further.

5. More real-life examples shown across our socials

Editors asked for clearer examples of real pages created by real schools. This year, we overhauled our social strategy to prioritize:

• Regular showcases of elementary, middle, and high school spreads and cover ideas
• Behind-the-scenes process videos
• How to use Treering’s complete themes
• “Fix this spread” mini-tutorials on TikTok
• Real portraits and coverage examples to inspire editors
• Creating a private Facebook group for advisers to support and inspire one another

This shift helped new advisers see what’s possible. It also helped experienced teams level up their work.

‍Looking ahead: what to expect in 2026

As we enter year seventeen, we’re more committed than ever to supporting editors with tools, training, and community spaces that make yearbook creation easier:

Superior support as you design, market, and distribute your best yearbook yet

• Clear how-to guides for marketing your book
• Expanded training calendars
• New resources for student leadership teams and editing workflows

Yearbook Club workshops

Our virtual Yearbook Club is expanding to twice-monthly sessions, including:

• Design labs
• Editor leadership coaching
• Photo submission strategies
• Theme development deep dives
• Marketing walkthroughs
• Distribution planning in real time

Print ready to delivery: still three weeks or less

We remain committed to fast, predictable, high-quality printing. 

Templates editors have asked for

Yearbook advisers met with the design team for three focus groups to evaluate this year’s crop of themes and predict design trends for 25-26. Based on early feedback, to support schools that want clean, easy, plug-and-go options, we are releasing ten theme packages in fall.

Treering theme packages will continue to be complete, coordinated yearbook design systems with a customizable cover, matching interior layouts, 100+ coordinating graphics, and a curated color palette. They’re designed to make yearbooking easier and faster.

Thank you for an amazing year

Thank you for another year of creativity, passion, and partnership. Whether you built your first book this year or your eleventh, whether you’re a student editor, a parent volunteer, a journalism adviser, or a school leader, your work matters, and we’re honored to support it.

Sixteen years in, and every new year feels like the most meaningful one yet. The number of books we’ve printed, the awards we’ve received, the millions raised matter. What matters most is the trust you place in us to help you preserve the moments that shape your school communities.

We wish you joy, rest, and inspiration this holiday season. We cannot wait to create with you in 2026.

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In honor of the season of giving, Treering will match up to thirty yearbook donations per school account. From Tuesday, December 2, 2025 through Tuesday, December 31, 2025,  one community book donation equals one Treering book donation. Editors can re-assign these books to teachers, promoting students, the principal, or students in need.

How the donation match works

1. Enable the Book Donation option on the dashboard
2. Let your campus community know 'tis the season to share the (yearbook) love
3. Re-assign the yearbooks so recipients can customize or order non-custom books to hand out

This promotion ends at 11:59 pm PST on December 31, 2025. Matched yearbooks will automatically be added to your account by January 30, 2026.

The Fine Print

• Maximum of 30 donated books will be matched per Treering school
• Promotion ends at 11:59 pm PST on December 31, 2025
• Matched yearbooks will automatically be added to your account by January 30, 2026
• Donations may not be combined with any other promotions
• Donated yearbooks cannot exist on ship-to-home, invoiced, or PO orders; credit card or PayPal orders only
• Ordering donation books will not be available for After Deadline Orders

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People often ask about the process behind creating yearbook themes—how we come up with ideas, what inspires the designs, and what steps go into making them both creative and versatile. To help answer those questions, I’ve gathered the most common ones I hear, along with insights into how we approach theme development.

– Allison Vecchio, Design Director

– Ashlyn Wong, Associate Graphic Designer

Q: What’s the first step you take when creating a theme for a yearbook?

Allison: The very first step is listening. We start with focus groups, inviting editors and advisers to react to early design inspiration and share what excites them. That feedback becomes ourcompass—it points us toward where to explore next. From there, the design team dives into inspiration.

Q: Where do you look for inspiration?

Allison: Inspiration comes from anywhere and everywhere—online platforms like Pinterest and Designspiration, opening credits in films and series, the type treatments on city signage, or the latest work from leading agencies like Pentagram. We also keep a close eye on current graphic design trends. Those pieces come together in a mood board, much like a collection of magazine tears, so we can see the direction starting to take shape. We cast a wide net at first, then refine and narrow down as we go.

One of the biggest themes actually came directly from our users during a focus group. The Gallery theme idea originated in a focus group session where a few customers described looking through a yearbook as feeling like walking through a gallery.

And, the idea for Gallery was born!

My most recent spark came during a trip to Madrid, where I visited the Museo del Prado, and the Museo Reina Sofía. My creative mind expanded tenfold viewing works by the old masters whom I studied years ago, such as Caravaggio, El Greco, Fra Angelico, and Heironymus Bosch.

Q: How do you decide what to design?  

‍Allison: Our process is customer-focused and data-driven. After running focus groups, we analyze the usage data in our application to see which themes are trending across schools. We combine that with customer feedback to understand why something resonates. Once we have that insight, the design team begins exploring themes that can work across different grade levels and schools.

Many questions come into play when we think about what to design. Does the theme make sense for all genders? Will it look too feminine, or too masculine? How can we achieve a healthy balance? Is this primarily for an elementary school, or could it be designed in a manner to apply to all grade levels?

Q: How do you choose your color palette and typography to match the theme?

Ashlyn: Color and typography decisions always begin with exploration and testing. We build out several palette and type combinations, then test them — dropping them into sample spreads, pairing them with backgrounds, and checking legibility. We look at how bold or neutral tones interact with student photography, and we make adjustments based on feedback from internal collaboration. It’s a cycle of experimenting, testing, and refining until the theme feels balanced and cohesive.

Q: How do you create the artwork?

Allison: In our focus groups, customers told us they wanted the same collection of graphics across every theme. We set out to do this by working with illustrators to create bespoke artwork. Finding the right illustrator takes time. We review portfolios until we find one whose aesthetic aligns with the concept. For example, with the Gallery theme, we partnered with illustrator Ekaterina, whose warm, approachable style was a perfect fit. She created more than 100 illustrations that together gave the theme the feeling of walking through a gallery.

Q: Which past theme are you most proud of and why?

Ashlyn: The focus groups revealed that records and decades were popular, and we really wanted to give our users a full, cohesive theme that could synthesize these concepts. For the Record stands out because it challenged us to unify five distinct decades into one cohesive theme. Although we hit roadblocks and had to pivot several times, the final product was something fun, flexible, and unique. I’m proud of the way our team was able to not only fulfill our customers’ requests despite challenges, but problem-solve to create something revolutionary.

‍Allison: The themes that stand out most for me are the ones I see schools using again and again. Dream Big is one that always gives me the feels. It carries the charm of a children’s book, with richly illustrative backgrounds I created in Photoshop. Small details—a child holding a kite or soaring into the sky—symbolize limitless potential, inspiring students with the idea that they can achieve anything they set their minds to.

Making a yearbook with Treering's online software is as simple as drag and drop. Options such as portrait autoflow and auto layout make anyone look like a professional designer, and integrated professional tools, including a color picker and page designer, give you the flexibility to create from scratch.

Watch a brief software demo.

What Editors Love

Teachers, parents, and students enjoy using Treering's free online creation software to collaborate on their yearbooks. They also enjoy

• Flexible deadlines
• Three-week turnaround
• Custom pages
• No order minimums
• Ease of use

Why Principals Choose Treering

School administrators and the front office team appreciate

• No contracts
• Inclusive pricing: 100lb. paper, software, curriculum, bulk shipping to school, themes
• E-commerce tools that collect payment and show real-time order reports
• Fundraiser capabilities
• Parents can order after the deadline (no one ever misses out!)

Recreating the wheel is exhausting. Having Treering Live (TRL) experts provide all their tips and tricks saves time and energy and brings the fun back to yearbooking. (Yes, yearbook is a verb.) Treering tailored TRL for yearbook volunteers, educators, and aficionados of all levels, offering 18 sessions so you can engage with various aspects of the creative process. In anticipation, we compiled our top reasons TRL is the yearbook event of the season.  

1. Leave with a road map

Figuring out how to get started when you're new to the school yearbook is daunting, especially when the person who used to do it is no longer at the school. Learn how to start and finish your yearbook.

Recommended sessions: I’m the Yearbook Coordinator… Now What? and Teaching Yearbook

2. Live event

Real-time sessions mean your questions get asked and answered promptly. Between the live Q&A during each session and the chat throughout, there are plenty of opportunities for shared learning. 

Recommended sessions: Ask Us Anything with Treering’s Co-Founder Brady McCue and Keep, Change, Stop

3. Connecting with other advisers

Because two—or four hundred—heads are better than one, working together turns terrifying yearbook mountains into easy-to-approach small hills. TRL is not just about knowledge acquisition; it's about building connections within the yearbook community during National School Yearbook Week. You'll collaborate with fellow yearbook enthusiasts, sharing your triumphs, learning from your challenges, and forging bonds beyond these three days online.

Recommended sessions: Fundraising and Crowdsourcing and Social Media for Yearbook

4. Making a plan

From a ladder and coverage calendar to the next marketing campaign, you’re leaving TRL with concrete steps to make the best yearbook yet. 

Recommended sessions: Getting Organized and Creating a Marketing Plan

5. Design inspiration

Yearbook Hero Lauren Casteen introduced us to mild, medium, and spicy design. Wherever you fall on this scale, you will gain an understanding of layout, typography, and color and how to go to the next level. You’ll also be able to help your yearbook team produce robust designs. Because, seriously, no one should yearbook alone.

Recommended sessions: Design 101 and Design 201

6. Three days of training

Joining TRL for one or all 18 sessions is a testament to your passion for preserving the memories and historical record of the school year, one page at a time. 

7. cash

Kind of. Because we love a theme, there will be some sort of game in many sessions. Prizes include pizza parties, art supplies, and gift cards for coffee or Amazon.

8. 6+ hours of PD

Treering loves teachers. You’ll see learning outcomes in the session descriptions, and some of us, unabashedly, speak in teacher-ese. We know the importance of pro-grow opportunities. We know how annoying it is when someone reads their slides. 

9. The Treering difference

Many schools consider changing their yearbook program and need to see Treering’s software firsthand. Busy schedules make it difficult, so we have four opportunities to dive in.

Recommended session: Live Demo

10. The journey isn’t over

In keeping with our game theme, your next winning move can take the form of weekly posts on the blog, monthly webinars, and 24/7 support with the Help Center. These myriad options allow flexibility in scheduling and enable you to revisit content or learn something new at your own pace. 

Share your top moments during TRL: 23 by tagging us on social using @treering (Facebook and X) or @treeringcorp (Instagram and TikTok) using #trl23.

New for the 2025-2026 school year, Treering’s free yearbook curriculum has expanded. From a new adviser handbook to 40 standalone lessons, you can take a recess from yearbook planning stress and put effort into yearbook production.

What’s new?

Teachers updated Treering’s previous curriculum. Another group of teachers tested it. We can confidently say it is teacher-authored and teacher-approved.

Each of the eight student-facing modules has a pacing guide and instructional slides. The pacing guides give you an overview of each module’s five grab-and-go lessons, including teaching resources, should you choose to expand instructional time. If it’s your first time teaching yearbook, the pacing guide also breaks down terminology used and shows connections between lessons.

Each lesson also includes Google Slides with

• Learning target
• Bell ringer
• Interactive lesson with guided student practice
• Exit ticket

You do enough. However, Treering knows no two schools/classes/clubs are alike, so we made our free curriculum 100% editable. 

‍Curriculum FAQs

‍What’s free?

Everything. Charging extra for resources and support isn’t our thing. 

‍How can I use the curriculum if I only have a club?

The first lesson in each module is a standalone one designed to give you the foundation for teambuilding, theme, design, writing, photography, marketing, and proofing. We recommend club groups do these eight lessons throughout the year.

‍Is Treering’s curriculum only for new yearbook students? 

No, it is for yearbook creators of all backgrounds.

If you have mixed abilities in your class, we suggest:

• Using leaders to teach the first lesson in each module
• Flipping instruction: ask students to go through the slides on their own and be prepared to do the practice session in class
• Use mentor pairs for hands-on activities

‍Do I have to use Treering to use your yearbook curriculum?

Some theme, design, marketing, and editing lessons involve Treering tools. 

‍Get Treering’s free yearbook curriculum

‍Module 0: adviser handbook

This handbook also contains all your yearbook prep templates: a student application, syllabus, grading rubrics, and staff manuals. It’s formatted vertically for printing.

Access the Adviser Handbook

Module 1: yearbook 101

Building a yearbook culture on campus starts with your club or class. Each lesson in Module 1 focuses on team building, establishing clear expectations, and how students can use their individual strengths to build a unified product. This module builds a foundation for the following seven.

Module 1 learning targets:

• Understand the yearbook advisor’s expectations and the class structure
• Locate key information in the syllabus related to grading, expectations, deadlines, and responsibilities.
• Reflect on their personal strengths and interests related to team roles
• Identify and define core yearbook design terms by analyzing real spreads.
• Write specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals for the school year.

Access the Module 1 slides / Module 1 pacing guide

Module 2: kicking off the year(book)

Because yearbooks are part history book and part narrative, Module 2 helps students understand how and why the book they will create will stand the test of time. They will spend time creating a structure for their book and sharing their own stories through an “About Me” yearbook spread.

Module 2 learning targets

•  Explain how yearbooks act as historical documents and cultural artifacts.
•  Collaborate with peers to build a cohesive and well-organized ladder.
•  Understand where and how to store content throughout the school year.
•  Use yearbook vocabulary in context while giving and receiving peer feedback.
•  Determine the central theme or message being communicated through advertisements.

Access the Module 2 slides / Module 2 pacing guide

Module 3: theme

Theme is more than just a visual concept, and Module 3 will help you and your yearbook team create one that looks, sounds, and feels like the story of their year.

Module 3 learning targets

•  Understand the purpose and components of a yearbook theme.
•  Collaboratively brainstorm relevant and original theme ideas.
•  Connect theme ideas to the student body and school year.
•  Explore the tone, personality, and voice of themes in a creative way.
•  Create a plan to apply the theme across content areas.

Access the Module 3 slides / Module 3 pacing guide

Module 4: design

Building upon the theme developed in Module 3, Module 4 is all about bringing that theme to life and learning how to design yearbook pages that guide the reader on a visual journey. Intentional design is the core of this module.

Module 4 learning targets

• Identify the building blocks of design.
• Use Treering’s design tools to create a yearbook spread.
• Create a color palette to express the yearbook theme’s tone and personality.
• Explain the impact of font family, size, weight, and contrast in yearbook design.
• Create text styles to support the visual theme.
• Identify and apply principles of design hierarchy by organizing visual elements (text, images, and white space) on a yearbook spread to guide the reader’s attention effectively and create visual flow.

Access the Module 4 slides / Module 4 pacing guide

‍Module 5: writing

Many times, students tell us they don’t want to add copy to the yearbook because “no one reads it.” Captions, stories, and pull quotes add to the visual story. These voices provide the context, insider information, and even names for your photos. 

They are worthy of pursuit.

Module 5 learning targets:

• Identify the different forms of captions: ident, summary, and expanded.
• Examine photographs to identify key information to craft summary and expanded captions.
• Define the five common topics. 
• Structure an interview.
• Synthesize and interview by writing body copy and captions.

Access the Module 5 slides / Module 5 pacing guide

Module 6: photography

Transform an ordinary photo into an extraordinary visual story through hands-on activities and real-world applications. With your class, explore how angles and lighting and exposure settings can drastically alter a photo’s impact on a yearbook spread.

Module 6 learning targets:

• Identify the composition elements of a photo and evaluate.
• Photograph a subject using six angles.
• Compose an image using natural and artificial light sources.
• Recall the three parts of the exposure triangle and how they work together. 
• Use Treering tools to present a photograph to its advantage in a layout.

Access the Module 6 slides / Module 6 pacing guide

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Module 7: marketing - in development

Learning targets:

• Identify the components of a marketing campaign.
• Identify, classify, and rank yearbook value props.
• Differentiate marketing messaging based on audience.
• Initiate community participation in yearbook creation.
• Plan milestone celebrations for reaching yearbook creation goals.

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Module 8: proofing - in development

Learning targets:

• Discuss and develop a consistent framework for all copy elements and community-submitted content.
• Review editing guidelines to help catch errors and maintain consistency by reviewing content early and often.
• Identify tools and methods to carefully proof both visual and written elements for accuracy and clarity.
• Use checklists and tools to ensure every page aligns with your yearbook’s design standards.
• Learn to use Treering’s editing tools to establish and maintain clean lines and a polished, professional look.

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We’ve got something exciting to share: Treering just got a bold new look.

After months of collaboration, exploration, and a lot of thoughtful design work, we’re thrilled to unveil a refreshed brand identity, one that better reflects who we are today and where we’re headed.

Turning the page

We’ve moved away from the softer, muted tones of the past and embraced a more vibrant, energetic palette that speaks to the creativity and joy at the heart of what we do.

Our new logo is a small thing that says a lot—it’s clean and modern, but it also holds meaning. The icon forms a “T” for Treering, doubles as an open book, and symbolizes our approachable, flexible platform. It’s our mission, captured in a single shape: helping people turn everyday moments into memories that last.

Why we did this

This wasn’t just about updating fonts and colors. We took a step back to reflect on who we are as a team, what makes Treering unique, and how we want to show up — for schools, parents, and now, for travel brands through Treering Memories. 

After 16 years of innovating how memories are captured, shared, and preserved in the school space, we’re expanding our vision. Treering is evolving into a full Memory-as-a-Service platform, extending our technology and expertise beyond yearbooks to meet the growing demand for smart, personalized memory solutions across industries. With Treering Memories, we’re bringing the same intuitive experience, powerful AI, and just-in-time printing to the travel world by helping brands turn unforgettable trips into meaningful, lasting keepsakes.

The new visual identity balances the warmth of nostalgia with a fresh, modern sensibility. Our photography style is more candid and vibrant, our typography is clean and bold, and everything is built to work seamlessly—whether in a yearbook or in a photo memory book from a travel adventure.

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What’s next

We’re heading into the school year with renewed energy, and now a look that matches it. But while our visuals have changed, what we care about hasn’t. We’re still the same team, focused on helping people capture and celebrate meaningful moments with care, creativity, and technology that makes it all easier. This year, we’re rolling out smarter tools to simplify yearbook creation, along with fresh new themes designed to give schools even more ways to personalize and elevate their books. It's all part of our ongoing commitment to making yearbooking easier, more intuitive, and more inspiring for everyone involved. We can’t wait to show you what’s next. Let’s make this school year unforgettable, together.

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When you need help, you want it the way you want it. Do you want to pick up the phone and talk with a human? No problem. Do you want to watch a video that shows how something works? We've got 100s. Do you want to read step-by-step instructions? We've got a library. Knowing everyone is unique, Treering's yearbook support options ensure you are the Yearbook Hero for your campus.

Email and Phone Support

Your support team is called the Community Advocate Team (CAT) because they champion yearbook advisers.

With Treering, the days of waiting for one person to call you back, schedule a meeting, or come back from vacation are over. We don't have just one person available to you, we have a full US-based team of yearbook support experts at your disposal. We have your back from autoflowing portraits to obtaining an editable flyer for a cover contest.

Large School Support

When you make a yearbook for a larger school, sometimes you need a little more. You know, that person who is not only friendly, but understands your yearbook so well they find the solution that suits you. Customer Success Managers ensure their entire team knows your school, so not only can you reach out to them for help, but anyone they work with. Anytime.

Step-by-Step Assistance and Videos

Are you are DIY person? Then the Help Center, with its videos and step-by-step instructions, is there 24/7 so you can manage your project on your schedule.

Monthly Yearbook Support Resources

Resources to support you and your team go beyond answers. You'll get Treering's free curriculum and access to training to complete your toolkit as you see fit.

Newsletters

Once a month, Treering Yearbook Creators receive newsletters. You'll receive sales, design, and technical resources to both keep you on track and make you smile.

Yearbook Club

Live Yearbook Club webinars offer additional yearbook support and an opportunity to connect with elementary, middle, and high school coordinators. Topics include:

• Yearbook quick start
• Going print ready
• Design ideas
• Social media tips

From start to finish, Treering will be by your side.

1. No contracts, no commitment

We offer a $0 financial commitment to all of our school partners. There are no minimum orders, no commitments, and never any leftover books. Parents and students can purchase a copy of their yearbook directly from Treering's sales portal. We only print what’s ordered, which means there won’t be any additional cost to your school.

2. Easy, yet powerful software

We make things easier on you so you're not always the last one in the building this spring. The headaches from building your portrait pages and designing your book are magically cured with powerful automated tools and template-based, drag-and-drop pages.

Treering's easy, yet powerful yearbook design software

Making a yearbook is a lot of work, but it can be fun too.

3. Affordable prices

We believe that every student should have the right to celebrate their year through the culture of the yearbook. We’re democratizing the yearbook and making it affordable for everyone by investing in technology to improve efficiencies and keep costs down.

4. Personalized pages

Ever struggle to make sure each student feels included in your yearbook? With Treering every student gets two free, uniquely printed pages, so they can fill their yearbook with personal memories. Since parents and students use our template-based software to create their own pages, there is no extra work for you, the yearbook editor. But don't worry, unless you invite them, parents and students cannot work on the yearbook itself. That's still in the hands of you and your yearbook team.

5. School fundraiser

We're helping schools regain control of their budgets: Treering gives you the ability to add a fundraiser amount to the cost of each yearbook. We also make selling recognition ads (should you want to) super easy: just set the price per size and let parents decide if they'd like to purchase. Since we only print the books that are purchased, your fundraising efforts can fund new laptops or a STEM program rather than covering the cost of leftover books.

6. Premium quality

All Treering yearbooks are gorgeously printed in both softcover and hardcover with upgrade options such as gold or silver foil and embossing. We laminate hardcover books and UV coat our softcover books to provide extra durability. Moments are over in seconds, but memories—and your Treering yearbook—will last forever.

7. Three-week turnaround

Once you've finished designing your yearbook we'll get it to you within three weeks. Period. That means you can now include (nearly) the entire year's worth of activities in the yearbook. Treering Yearbooks are printed in the USA.

8. Collaborative

Everyone’s a photographer now, right? Treering makes it easy to source photos for your yearbook from parents and students by allowing your yearbook team to create shared folders. When parents and students create their free accounts to purchase a yearbook, they can also add photos to designated folders (i.e. Fun Run). You still get to pick and choose which ones you’ll use, but you’ll have a lot more to select from.

9. Online payments

Yearbook editors tell us how much they love to design, but how little they like to collect money for yearbook sales. Treering gives your community the ability to purchase their yearbook directly online. We’ll collect the money and keep track of sales, freeing you up to do more of what you love: making a beautiful yearbook.

10. CAT has your back

Having a great business model and product is one thing, and sometimes you need a little more. A little more help to make your yearbook experience a great one. Your Community Advocate Team (CAT) will have you covered with 100's of videos and how-to articles, along with phone and email support. No more waiting for someone to come back from vacation to help you: at Treering we have a team of passionate yearbook experts to help you whenever you might want a little extra.

POV is more than a social media trend, it's the call to reflect the diverse perspectives and students in our halls. So, how do you capture every student in the yearbook? Here's how we help you take control of crowdsourcing and collaboration with built-in collaboration tools.

Collaborate Using Shared Folders

After you decide what content you need, we help you organize the year with shared folders. There's no limit to how many you make.

We Love This Because You Can...

1. Create one folder per classroom teacher
2. Share email links to sports team folders for coaches and boosters
3. Use #photodropFriday social posts to direct submissions to an event folder

Pull photos from Social Media

After taking a pic of our loved ones, our first instinct is to post and share it on our social channels, not with the yearbook coordinator. Treering Yearbooks' Facebook and Instragram integrations make it easy for your yearbook to get social.

We Love This Because You Can...

• Add your chaperone snaps to a shared field trip folder
• Build custom pages using your feed

Multiple Permissions Allows for Collaboration

Collaboration tools are a major component of our yearbook software on the design side as well. Yearbook coordinators and advisers decide the size and access permissions for their teams on an individual basis (we know there's no one-size-fits-all here).

We Love This Because You Can...

• Limit folder permissions for student yearbook team
• Assign a page or two to parent volunteers
• Leave notes on spread and lock completed pages
• Partner with the school photographer for the portrait spreads

Stunning, Sturdy, Scuff-Resistant Covers

Hardcover? Check. Softcover? Yup. Soft-touch matte finish? Mais Oui! Glossy finish? For sure! Want to give your cover something a bit extra? We've got silver and gold foil to add a little more sparkle, and embossing options to add a little more lift. Whatever you and your students can dream up, we create using a superior quality laminate to protect your cover.

And they are all printed in the USA.

Completely Customizable Covers

Your cover can be as unique as your students. With the option of an 8.5x11 and 9x12 size book, you can have the flexibility to get your yearbook to look precisely how you want.

Though we have hundreds of professionally designed themes at your disposal, including our Heritage Collection, we won't limit your creativity. Hold a yearbook cover contest with your community; let your students decide what it should be. Ask your art class to come up with something representative of your year.

Sustainable Memories

In today's digital age, where everything happens on screens, it's amazing how a high-quality yearbook can seem so... special. We print better than HD quality photos on our 100 lb, sustainably sourced paper stock. Because we care about both the quality and global impact of the yearbooks we create.

Bound to Hold Your Memories Together for Lifetimes

All our yearbooks are bound with PUR Perfect adhesive to hold each page safely in place for a lifetime. Both hardcover and softcover books will stand the test of time. What's more, our softcover binding doesn't crack when you open it, meaning you can add your school name to the spine to make it look great on the shelf.

Moments are over in seconds, but memories—and your Treering yearbook—will last forever.

Making a yearbook is a lot of work, but it can be fun too. We built our yearbook software to take away as much of the hard work as possible, so you and your yearbook staff can focus on the fun stuff. No more fighting with changes in portraits or keeping track of yearbook purchases; whether it's making your yearbook, managing your yearbook staff, or collaborating with your community, we eliminate the pain so you can focus on capturing your school's year in a beautiful yearbook.

Manage your yearbook program like a pro

Call it your very own mission control. Right from your dashboard, you can see who has purchased and who hasn't. See a running total of how much money you have raised for your school throughout the year.

Work from anywhere

For the parents in your community who are on the go, they can do everything from their mobile devices. They can add photos to your community's shared folders, design their student's custom pages, and purchase their student's yearbook while waiting in the pickup line.

Assign roles and permissions to your yearbook staff

Grant some users an all-access pass to your yearbook by making them the Chief Editor, or limit their responsibilities by making them a Staff Editor or Restricted Staff Editor. Some people on your yearbook team may only need to add photos or edit text, while others need more responsibility. The choice is yours!

Your entire yearbook staff will be able to edit only those pages you have assigned them, making it clear for the editors to understand their responsibilities and easy for you to manage in one place.

Make suggestions and share ideas on each page within the book. Get notified each time you go in to edit the book if there are new notes, comments, or questions to read.

Once a page is finished, the editors of that page can mark it complete. Now you know their progress (and the big picture). Your finished pages are safe from unintended edits.

Keep track of all your students

Treering's yearbook software will automatically build an index for your yearbook. Never again worry about making sure each student gets equal coverage in the yearbook, or trying to make the index yourself.

Never again worry if a photo has been used on a previous page. Or how many times each student is in the yearbook. With Treering you can tag students in each of your photos, and easily see which photos have and have not already been used.

Easy layout creation

Save time and easily create your yearbook with theme-driven, drag-and-drop templates. Powerful tools and an intuitive interface give you the easiest yearbook software you'll ever use.

Auto layout

Organizing photos perfectly on a page can be tedious, but it shouldn't be. With Treering, just select the photos you want on a page and our yearbook software will automatically drop them into a beautifully designed layou

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If InDesign is more your thing, no problem, you can upload all the designs you'd like.

Portrait auto flow

Point, click, grab some coffee. Yearbook portrait pages are no longer painful. Automatically arrange yearbook portraits. Customize the page layout. Make changes easily. Boom. Between 40-60% of your book is complete, and if you want to add more content to your portrait pages, you can.

Perfectly aligned photos in a snap

It is nearly impossible to manually ensure each photo is centered and aligned on a page perfectly. We've made it possible by adding gridlines that don't get printed, but make book-building a breeze. If you'd like to make it even easier, you can have all your photos snap to the grid. Oh snap! With this kind of precision, you'll feel confident knowing your book will look perfect.

E-commerce

Raise Money with recognition ads

Set your price per size, and let our yearbook software do the rest. When parents log in to buy the book, they will be given the opportunity to purchase one or donate one. Parents get to celebrate their children, and you get to provide your school some extra money to cover the cost of new cameras, field trips, or whatever you might need.

Online marketing and photo-sourcing

School community involvement in the yearbook is crucial, whether that's making them aware of how to buy the book, help contribute photos, or participate in the annual yearbook signing party, you need your community to be involved. We've got you covered from yearbook sales and online purchases to digital signature capabilities.
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Crowdsource yearbook photos

Get more photos for your yearbook by sourcing them from your parents, students, and teachers. With Treering's yearbook software you can create shared photo folders to which your entire community can add photos.

Build your own shared folders for your yearbook staff to use for everything from retakes and doubles to sports and clubs. You can also create a private spot for just you and your yearbook editors rather than the entire community.

Upload photos from anywhere

We understand that all communities store school photos in different places, so we've made sure that our yearbook software will easily allow you to upload from anywhere. Facebook, Instagram? Yup. Google Drive, Google Photos? Got it. Or if you've got photos on your mobile phone or desktop, we can upload them from there too, whatever is best for you.

Yearbook sales made simple

Treering doesn't make your school commit to minimum orders meaning no financial pressure, but it's still something you'll want to do, so we wanted to make it easy. You can add links to your community's Facebook page. You can send emails directly to just those parents who haven't yet purchased. On top of all this, we have a bunch of professionally designed flyers for you to use. If you'd like to have some printed, no problem, we'll do that for free, cause fees just aren't our thing.

Keep your yearbook community accurate

Sometimes students change schools, or a parent accidentally creates two accounts. Our yearbook software helps you keep your community organized. You can quickly merge or separate student accounts, and add or remove students throughout the year as things change.

Even more to love

E-signatures

Technology has changed the way students socialize. With Treering's software, students can e-sign their friends' yearbooks with photos and stickers which can be printed on their free custom pages just in their yearbook. 

Ensure consistent design throughout the yearbook

Set the theme, photo styles, text styles, and more in one place for your entire yearbook. Define all of it, none of it, or just some of it—whatever fits your yearbook style.

Favorites

With so many professionally designed templates, it could be easy to forget where you and your yearbook staffs' favorite ones are. Simply click the stars on the ones you like and they will all be in one spot moving forward.