Album for schools

Your school's history, kept in one private place

Every principal and board, prize givings and sports days in photographs and videos, the timeline, trophies and press, stories and tributes, and the documents the board keeps. Private to the people you invite, on your school's own domain.

Use the domain you already have, or check a .sc.ke name

Private by defaultInvitation only, always
Backed up nightlyEvery photo, automatically
Yours to keepExport everything, any time

Your school's history is in a hundred places

The photographs from prize giving are on the phones of the parents who were there. The first class photograph is in a box in the staff room. The trophies are in a cabinet, and the title deed is in a drawer only the bursar can open.

Then a principal retires, a long-serving teacher moves on, and the stories go with them. Old students ask for a photograph of their class for the reunion, and nobody can find one. Many schools have lost a website, and everything on it, the year somebody forgot to renew it.

Album keeps all of it in one place your school owns, with the years labelled and the people named, backed up every night.

Everything a school album keeps

Leadership over the years

Every principal, deputy and chair of the board, with the years they served. Tap a person to see every photograph they are in.

Photographs and videos

Prize givings, sports days, music festivals, trips and graduations, sorted by occasion, by year and by who is in them.

The timeline

The first intake, the new science block, the year the choir won the national finals. The school's story, year by year.

Awards and press

The trophies, the certificates and what the papers, TV and radio said, kept together.

Stories and tributes

How the school began, told by the people who were there. Retirements, long service, and the teachers and students you remember.

School documents

The certificate of registration, the title deed and the board minutes, locked away for the owner and the board.

Every occasion, kept properly

Prize givings, sports days, music and drama festivals, trips, graduations and reunions. Each one sorted by occasion, by year and by who is in it, at full quality.

  • Upload from a phone or a computer, or straight from Google Photos
  • Videos on YouTube, free and unlisted, playing inside your album
  • Do It Yourself holds about 2,000 to 3,000 photos, Done For You about 10,000 to 15,000 photos
Students receiving certificates at a school prize giving

Getting started takes an afternoon

You do not need every photograph ready on day one.

1

Choose your address

Use the domain your school already has, or a part of it such as album.yourschool.sc.ke. No domain yet? We register a .sc.ke, .ke or .co.ke name for your school.

2

Add what you have

Photographs, the timeline, the trophies and the papers. Start with one occasion and add the rest when you can.

3

Invite your people

The board, the teachers and the old students. Choose what each person can do. Signing in is a link or a code, with no password.

Questions people ask before starting

What does it cost?

Do It Yourself is KES 9,999 for the first year, then KES 19,999 a year, and Done For You KES 14,999 for the first year, then KES 29,999 a year. You can also pay by the month. It covers the album, a new .sc.ke, .ke or .co.ke name if you need one, hosting, storage and support. See pricing.

Who can see our album?

Only the people you invite. Every request is checked against that list. The album is never public and never listed by search engines.

Can we see one before we buy?

Yes. Open the demonstration at demoschool.album.ke: Baraka Hill School, an invented school, with every principal since 1984, its timeline, awards and press, photographs, stories and sample school documents. Look around as much as you like; it is put back every three hours.

What about photographs of our students?

They are what a school album is for. The album is private to the people you invite, never public and never listed by search engines. As with any photographs of children, the school should have the consent of parents it needs; our terms say so plainly.

Who can open the school documents?

Only the owner, and the members the owner marks as board. They are locked with their own key, apart from the rest of the album.

Can we use our own colours and badge?

Yes. Add your school badge and choose your colour, and the album carries them on your own domain.

Can we use the domain we already have?

Yes, most schools do. Use it whole, or a part of it such as album.yourschool.sc.ke, so your website stays as it is. After you pay, your album shows you the record to add, and we can add it with you.

Can someone set it up for us?

Yes. On Done For You we design the album the way you want it, then organise and upload your photographs for you.

Your school's story deserves somewhere permanent

Start with one occasion this term. The album is live the moment your payment clears.

Start your school album

Not ready? See every part of the album first.

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