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Senior Portrait and Grad Ads & Yearbook Info

Senior Portraits & Grad Ads For 25-26 Yearbook

Senior Portraits (If Interested) Due Nov. 13, 2025

Announcements

Rowland Studio Senior photos sessions opportunity: October 10 (Fri. No School) & Oct. 18 (TBD Sat at BHS). Check back for more information.

Senior Portraits

Ballard Seniors have the option to submit their own photo for the yearbook. If a different photo is not submitted, the School ID photo taken at the beginning of the school year will be used.

Submit Online with Walsworth | Snap

General Photo Requirements

Senior Photo Headshot example.

Your Senior Portrait needs to meet the requirements below.

  • No props, other people, pets, etc. Only fully clothed student in the picture.
  • Photos should be a vertical (portrait), head and shoulders, not full body.
  • Images need to be high-quality jpg files.
    • Dimensions should not be lower than 900 x 600 pixels at 300 ppi

Instructions: Submit Portrait on Website or Snap App

Submitting Senior Portrait on Yearbook Snap Website

  1. Visit Yearbook Snap and search for Ballard High School
  2. Enter the code: gobeavs (case sensitive) & select your images
  3. Upload Image
  4. Check “this photo is a portrait box”, and enter your information, select SAVE
  5. You’ll receive a confirmation email once complete

OR
Instructions: Submitting on Yearbook Snap App

  1. Download Yearbook SNAP! Google Play / Apple Store
  2. Search for Ballard High School & Enter: gobeavs (case sensitive)
  3. Select ‘Portraits’ (for Senior Portraits)
  4. Upload Image, Click on the Image
  5. Enter the name and grade of student
  6. Enter your info and submit
    • Do not close out of the Snap App until the image is fully uploaded
  7. You’ll receive a confirmation email once complete

Portrait Upload Questions?

Note: If submitted properly, you will receive a confirmation email. Contact us at ballardshingle26@gmail.com with questions on ads. For any technical questions related to your submissions contact the School Store at 877-723-6344 or help@walsworth.com

If Interested, Senior Grad Ads Due Dec. 1, 2025

Yearbook page with child photos and text call outs examples.

Grad Ads are an opportunity for families to submit photos and a personal message for graduating seniors to be printed in the Shingle Ballard HS Yearbook. The Ads include photos of your choice and a personalized message of your choice for your graduating student. Order a beautiful Grad Ad to congratulate your student’s accomplishments!

Purchase a Personal Ad (Grad Ad) on Yearbook Forever

  1. Visit Yearbook Forever and search for Ballard High School
  2. Select “Get Started” on the Create an Ad section
  3. Enter the information for your student
  4. Choose your Grad Ad size and cost (full, half, quarter and eighth page)
  5. Enter the text for your Grad Ad & Upload your photo, choose ‘certify ads and photos’
  6. Checkout and Pay for your Grad Ad (paypal or credit card option) then submit
  7. The school will design your ad for you
Grad Ad sizes and prices that are on screen.

Grad Ad Upload Questions?

NOTE: If submitted properly, you will receive a confirmation email. Contact us at ballardshingle26@gmail.com with questions on ads. For any technical questions related to your submissions contact the School Store at 877-723-6344 or help@walsworth.com

Pages of a Yearbook with photos and text layout for Grad Ad

Ballard HS Yearbook | The Shingle

Yearbook sales dates are established in accordance with state tax policies. No yearbook sales between Spring Break (April) and Beaver Day (June) TBD. Yearbooks purchased during the pre-sale will be distributed at a Senior Dinner, and Beaver Day. Yearbook sales resume following Beaver Day and continue until books are sold out.

Yearbook Sales Windows

  • Sept. 19 – Oct. 10, 2025: $60 Closed
  • Jan. 5 – 28, 2026: $65
  • April 1 – 29 (excluding Spring Break 4/13-17): $70

Note! Yearbooks have sold out the last 2 years. Please don’t miss out! After April, students can no longer pre-order a yearbook, and can only then buy a book after June distribution, if any books remain. Parents! Pre-ordering helps the students know how many books to order and not run out at the end of the school year.

Yearbook sales dates are established in accordance with state tax policies. 

Payment Options

  • Pay Online: via Parent/Guardians Source/SchoolPay
    • Yearbooks will also be sold in the main/fiscal office before school or during lunch and after school with cash, check or Debit/Credit Card to avoid the transaction fee.
  • Cash, Check (Ballard High School), Debit, Credit Card

Ballard HS Yearbook Contact: 1ballardshingle@gmail.com as well as BHS Yearbook Advisor: mtsmith@seattleschools.org

SchoolPay Tips to See if You Pre-Purchased a Yearbook!

  • Logon to the Parent Source/SchoolPay
  • Verify you are on the correct student account
  • If the Yearbook option is not displayed on SchoolPay check the payment history to see if already purchased
    • Open the History menu in the upper right portion of your screen
    • Select Items Purchased.  SchoolPay will provide a search menu
    • Select the date range and student, and click the Search button

As of October 10, 2025