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Success Stories

We picked a handful of yearbooks that showcase our unique features and innovative customization options, as well as how we collaborated with advisers to transform their ideas into reality. Each yearbook has a unique story that we’d like to share with you. United Yearbook cares about not only the final product, but also the journey it takes to get there and the impact we bring. We want to make your dreams soar for years to come.

A surfboard yearbook

Surfboard yearbook

by Eric Hartman, former yearbook adviser for St. Anne School

Enjoy these unique stories on how we collaborated

with advisers to transform their ideas into reality

Heat-sensitive cover case

Heat-sensitive cover case

This yearbook was published the first year that we worked with Baldwin Park High School (BPHS). Heather Malone was the yearbook adviser at the time. The school was struggling with many different issues before signing with us. One of the significant issues they faced was the yearbook’s unpopularity.

St. Anne’s 30th-anniversary celebratory yearbook

St. Anne’s 30th-anniversary celebratory yearbook

The school wanted to encapsulate the era of 30 years ago and carry it on into the present. The cassette tape was a perfect symbol of the past. Times may change and the way we listen to music may have changed, but the core of music is always there. Just like the school may have had many changes in students and time, but the core of the school still rings true. Click on the image to read the rest of the post. Click on the image to read the full story.

A theme that celebrates the post pandemic

A theme that celebrates the post pandemic

The theme “change” is significant because it represents the first year students came back to school after the pandemic. Each student endured radical change during and after the pandemic. The staff and adviser wanted to recognize the change and look toward new beginnings that the next school year would bring. Click on the image to read the full story.

A pop-up solution

A pop-up solution

This pop-up is significant because it is what attracted Grande Mesa Academy to United Yearbook! When the staff asked about including the airplane as a pop-up, the first and only yearbook company that yearbook adviser, Lynn Delinger, thought of was United Yearbook. Click on the image to read the full story.

A surfboard yearbook

A surfboard yearbook

This unique yearbook has a yellow/blue gradient that goes vertically across the cover. The yearbook adviser, Eric Hartman, knew that the 2020-2021 school year was difficult for every student and staff member. Click on the image to read the full story and learn more.

A yearbook with rainbow butterflies

A yearbook with rainbow butterflies

This yearbook has a colorful watercolor painting the staff helped create for the cover. Minimalistic silver butterflies are embossed onto the cover to create an elegant effect. The title, “A Year in Color” is printed on the front. Click on the image to read the full story.

Impact of pandemic holographic mask

Impact of pandemic holographic mask

The focal point of the yearbook is a lenticular, holographic mask. It perfectly symbolizes the events that took place during the pandemic. Click on the image to read the rest of the story.

A three-quarter binding imitation

A three-quarter binding imitation

​​This yearbook’s simplistic cover allows for creativity to flourish from page spread to page spread. By keeping the design of this yearbook simple, we were able to achieve a sleek look. Click on the image to read the full story.

The idea behind a color palette

The idea behind a color palette

We dedicated our first meeting (with Geffen Academy’s Yearbook team) to teach them about our online design software. We went over vital features to get the students started on the program. The staff was able to start uploading photos, organizing them, tagging them, and plugging them into the page layout. We also helped them troubleshoot how to autoflow student portraits by grade level. Click on the image to read the full story.

The peek-a-flap yearbook

The peek-a-flap yearbook

​The peek-a-flap yearbook was produced for St. Anne’s preschool. It was meant for a younger audience and was created to be fun and interactive for the preschoolers. The assistant director, Leslie Gibson, wanted something extraordinary because it was part of their 30th-year anniversary. Ms. Gibson wanted to incorporate a scavenger hunt element for the preschoolers to make it interactive! Click on the image to read the full story.

A sleeve with a movable clapper

A sleeve with a movable clapper

The yearbook staff from Saint Ann created this "straight out of Hollywood" yearbook with a movable director's clapper attached to the sleeve! The design idea came from the yearbook theme, Hall of Fame. As they passed around the freshly printed copy, they tested out the clapper by moving it back and forth. The last student who was handed the copy gently slid the yearbook out from the sleeve and showed it to his fellow staff members. Click on the image to read the full story.

An adviser’s care and precision

An adviser’s care and precision

This yearbook is a wonderful example of how an adviser’s care and precision goes a long way for the staff members and the final yearbook. When we received the files for this yearbook, one of our yearbook representatives needed to call yearbook adviser, Chris Botello, and let him know how impressed we were by the yearbook’s professionalism. Click on the image to read the full story.

A yearbook with ten treatments

A yearbook with ten treatments

Xavier College Preparatory’s yearbook is an example of a journal-style yearbook. The cover is matte black and has a spot UV mandala shape. The title of the book is written in an elegant script font. Gold foil is embedded into the bottom of the book and cascades to the back. Click on the image to read the full story.

The theme title on the hinge

The theme title on the hinge

The theme and concept of this book is beautiful. It shows deep roots, life, and growth through the symbolism of a tree. We think of time going forward and the growth that comes as time passes. This school has a religious background and branches are often symbolic of being connected with the source which (in this case) is the tree. The school specifically asked for cross-grain embossing throughout the book. Click on the image to read the full story.

150 years encapsulating the LAPD’s history

150 years encapsulating the LAPD’s history

This matte navy blue yearbook represents a sense of unity within the LAPD department. The logo is heavily laminated creating a gloss that shines under light. It also has an embossed signet—the police badge. Click on the image to read the full story.

Double-sequin yearbook

Double-sequin yearbook

We published this unique yearbook the first year we worked with St. Anne School. Eric Hartman, the former yearbook adviser, was proactive in contacting us to ask for a yearbook proposal. He had wanted to do a double-sequin yearbook cover for years, but his yearbook publisher (at the time) had told him that it would be impossible.

Read the full story of each of these unique yearbooks!

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