Please take time to read the information below about Senior Pictures, Childhood Pictures for Senior Video, and Childhood Ads. All yearbook-related checks, messages and pictures can be dropped in the box that is labeled “Yearbook” outside the front office or mailed to Pius X. 

Senior Pictures

Timing: The deadline for senior photo submissions is Friday, October 28. Students whose pictures are missing may not be included in the yearbook. Please ask your photographer to submit in advance if possible. If the Oct. 28 deadline is going to be problematic, please contact Mr. DeWispelare ASAP.

Format: We prefer the electronic submission directly from your photographer in a JPEG format, but we will accept hard copies as well. Files should be sent to nolan.dewispelare@piusx.net – I will confirm receipt within a few days. Photo files need to be at least 600 KB sized files (the bigger, the better) and no larger than 10 MB, vertical images, and please no social media/screenshot images (these will look grainy or pixelated in the yearbook). If sending from a phone, when you choose the size of the attachment, select “Actual Size”. The images will be approximately 2” wide and 3” tall in the yearbook, but yearbook staff members will crop the photos for uniformity. Please do not crop them too tightly as we may need the extra room to make photos look uniform on the pages.

Dress Code:

~All pictures should be a head and shoulders type of pose and include the entire head.

~Hands may be folded and included in the pictures if there are no symbolic gestures of any kind.

~No words or symbols on clothing.

~Pictures with facial or body piercing, tattoos, or hats are not acceptable.

~Indoor or outdoor backgrounds are acceptable as long as the background is free of symbols as well.

Girls: Tops or dresses that reach the neckline with no obvious cleavage and cover the shoulders.

Boys: T-shirts are not acceptable. Pictures with facial hair are not acceptable. The following are acceptable: Suits or sport coats with long neckties or bowties, sport shirt (polo shirts) with top button open, turtlenecks, V-neck sweaters with shirts or crew neck sweaters or shirts. 

~If any senior wants the Pius X Yearbook staff to take his or her photo, we would be thrilled to help.  Contact a yearbook staff member or Mr. DeWispelare by August 30 to schedule.

Childhood Pictures for ALL SENIORS are due Friday, October 28.

This is the photo that will be used in the video at the senior breakfast at the end of the year. There is no cost to submit this photo. We will accept digital photos and hard copy pictures of your child’s childhood picture. PLEASE be aware that scanning your own photos may result in images that are not usable for the book or the video. We would prefer that you send the hard copy to us so we can scan it to our specifications and then we will return it to your senior as soon as we are done with it. 

DO NOT send screenshots from phones as they will not be usable in the video. If sending a digital copy, send the largest file size available. 

The Childhood Ad in the yearbook is optional. The cost is $35.00 and it must be accompanied by a message of 25 words or fewer. We will use the childhood picture submitted above unless you provide us with another image and specific instructions for use. The check and the message are both due Friday, October 28. Please send the check and the message together in an envelope with your student’s name on the outside of the envelope. If we do not have a message and payment by October 28, we will assume your childhood picture is for the video only.

Yearbooks: We are not ordering extra yearbooks this year, so only those who pre-order will receive a yearbook when they arrive at the beginning of August. Be sure to get your order in early so you can check it off your to-do list. Yearbooks are $70 during the first semester and $80 after Christmas until orders close on April 1. You can order yearbooks by sending cash/check to Pius X with the student’s name, dropping the order form and money in the Yearbook box outside the main office, or order online at www.yearbookforever.com. The last day to order yearbooks is April 1.

If you have any questions about any of the items above, please contact Nolan DeWispelare.