After the Fair
You RULE
Take a bow! We sent the books. But YOU delivered the all-the-feels rush of page-turning excitement that we call “Bookjoy.” You created the day kids will remember for the rest of their lives. It’s official: You crushed it!
Time to wrap it up and put your earnings to good use.
Essential to-dos
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Shop the Fair with Scholastic Dollars™ before you pack up.
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Remind families the Fair continues online, where 25% of every purchase benefits your school. Share your homepage.
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Close out your school's Fair before you pack up your Payment System
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Complete your Financial Form to calculate your earnings.
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Quick Links
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Learning Lab (your one-stop shop for Fairs info)
Wrap it up
The shoppers have come and gone. Now it’s time to pack up and close out the Best. Week. Ever.
Redeem Scholastic Dollars
Take time to shop with Scholastic Dollars before you pack up the Fair. Select “Scholastic Dollars” as the tender type on your Payment System and you can:
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Make sure every kid takes home a book.
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Give gifts to volunteers.
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Stock classroom and school libraries.
Keep the Fair going online
Every Book Fair includes a 14-day online shopping opportunity. After your in-person Fair ends, send families to your homepage to continue their shopping online. They’ll find thousands more items for kids—and more benefits for your school.
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Families can use unspent Book Fair eWallet funds to shop your school’s Fair online.
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25% of every purchase directly benefits your school.
Pack up the Fair
Ready to close up shop? Prepping your Fair for pickup is simple:
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Confirm your pickup date in Fair details and settings.
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Leave unsold items in cases.
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Table covers, runners, and the banner from the Set-up Kit are yours to keep. Pack up everything else in the original boxes and stack them on top of the cases.
Tabletop Fairs
Return display trays and easels in their original cartons. Seal books and the Payment System in shipping boxes and label them with the provided UPS labels. If UPS makes routine visits to your school, then display the “Attention: UPS Driver” sign (located in the Host Hub) where the driver will see your boxes. To schedule a UPS pickup, please call 1-800-823-7459.
Close out the Register
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Print out your financial summary report.
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Upload your Fair data to close out the Fair. Check out chapter 10 of the Payment System video for an overview of this quick process.
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Pack the Register and router back into their Carrying Case to be picked up with the Fair.
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You’re all set! After you close out all the Registers, your financials will automatically update. They’ll be ready for you to review within 24 hours.
If you accepted cash or check payments, you should deposit them into your school’s bank account and write one check from your school to “Scholastic Book Fairs.”
Complete your financials
Review your financials from the Fair—and get the biggest bang from every buck spent by your shoppers.
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Let us know if you completed three or more bonus reward activities. Tell us what you did.
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Consider your profit options. When you choose Scholastic Dollars™, you’ll get up to 50% extra value for your Fair earnings (does not apply to BOGO fairs).
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Finalize your financials. Your sales totals will be added to your Financial Form within 24 hours of closing out the Fair on your Payment System. View FAQs.
Say thanks
Thank everyone who helped make this Book Fair a success.
Tell us what you think
Your feedback helps us improve and evolve the Fair experience for every school—and we want to hear it all. (Really. Tell us everything.)
