Hello Trent Grads of 2020
This is an update on the status of the 2019-20 yearbooks. I’m sorry we haven’t been able to give you an update earlier. Things have been changing so much and so frequently over the last few months that it’s been difficult to finalize plans for how or when to distribute your yearbooks.
And unfortunately, those plans are still up in the air.
The 2019-20yearbooks have not been printed yet.
The final page designs went to the printers the week before the stay at home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When convocation was postponed, we realized we don’t have the space to store the books for a full year or more. So we decided to delay printing until we knew more.
We now know that classes in the fall will be primarily online and that graduates from spring 2020 invited to formal, in-person convocation ceremonies in spring 2021
With that in mind, we are trying to make the best plan for the printing, storage and distribution of the 2019-20 books.
We aren’t able to do a mail out as each book costs $20 or more to ship. So we want to wait until students are able to gather again. This might not happen until January 2021 or even later.
So unfortunately, we aren’t able to give you a clear answer as to exactly when the books will be printed but we will likely have them printed this fall. We still have to find a way to get them to you.
We do want to assure you that they WILL be printed and you WILL receive your copy.
- Esther Vincent
Advisor, Trent Annual Yearbook