Book Rental

Book Acquisition Progress Changes for 2023-2024 School Year 

There will no longer be a book bundle option for families. Families will now be responsible to purchase or rent books for their student(s). Wheaton Academy has worked with our bookstore company, eCampus, to provide each family a convenient option to purchase or rent books.

Families can shop for each student’s books using eCampus’ “Shop by Schedule” option on their website. Then, eCampus will ship the purchased or rented books directly to each family’s home. Here are some important things to note:

  • The bookstore opens July 19.
  • Shipping is free from July 19-25. After the first week, families will pay for their own shipping.
  • Please order books by August 14 to ensure arrival before school begins on August 22.
  • You must use your student’s Wheaton Academy email (firstname.lastname@walearner.org) to order books.
  • If you have more than one student at Wheaton Academy, you will need each student’s email with eCampus password. You must log in separately for each student, as their schedule information automatically populates the customized booklist through their email.

We believe this option will provide an economic and streamlined process for families. Thank you for navigating this change with us. Please email Jenn Trott with questions at jtrott@wheatonacademy.org.

Let us help you Step-by-Step!

Ordering Books For New Students:

If your student didn’t take Summer Academy, stop by Wheaton Academy IT Department during regular office hours to pick up your student’s computer and login credentials to their student email.

You will need to set up the student email before you can buy books. Here is how to do so!

  1. Go to https://families.wheatonacademy.org/.
  2. Click on the Book Rental Box.
  3. Click on the eCampus Bookstore: https://wheatonacademy.ecampus.com/
  4. Click on “Shop by Schedule” button.
  5. Click on New Customer, “Create Account”.
  6. Create a password using your student’s Wheaton Academy email (firstname.lastname@walearner.org).
  7. A message will appear that says: “A customer with this email address already exists. Please enter a new email address or sign in as a returning customer.” This is a default security message. 
  8. Next, sign in as a returning customer and click “Forgot my password.”
  9. An email will go to your student’s Wheaton Academy email account to reset the password, so you will need to be able to access this email to reset the password.

Once your student email is set up, you can continue the process of ordering books.

  1. Once the password is set, log in and scroll to the bottom of the page.
  2. Under Textbooks, click “Order Textbooks” Your student’s schedule will appear with required textbooks listed. (Note that with year-long courses, the books appear twice, once for each semester. You only need to rent/buy them once.)
  3. Select the books you want to purchase/rent and choose the preferred condition.
    1. Buy new
    2. Rent
    3. Buy used
    4. Visit Marketplace (to search for better pricing, if desired)
  4. Once you have chosen all of your books to buy/rent, scroll to bottom of page and click the box that says, “Add to Cart.”
  5. A screen to review your cart will pop up.
  6. Click on “Go to Cart.”
  7. Click on “Proceed to Checkout.” Complete student name Complete parent name and email
  8. Complete Shipping Address. You must put your home address. Do not ship to Wheaton Academy.
  9. Choose shipping method – shipping is free for the first week the bookstore is live (July 19-25)
  10. Choose payment method.
  11. Review and place your order!

Ordering Books For Returning Students:

If you haven’t ordered textbooks from eCampus before, follow the New Student instructions for ordering textbooks.

Note: You must use your student’s Wheaton Academy email and must know your student’s password to their eCampus account. (For seniors this is your wascholar.org email) If you have to reset the password because they can’t remember it, the reset password will go to your student’s Wheaton Academy email, so they would need to be available to reset it for you.

  1. Go to https://families.wheatonacademy.org/.
  2. Click on the Book Rental Box.
  3. Click on the eCampus Bookstore: https://wheatonacademy.ecampus.com/
  4. Click on “Shop by Schedule” button.
  5. Under Textbooks, click “Order Textbooks” Your student’s schedule will appear with required textbooks listed. (Note that with year-long courses, the books appear twice, once for each semester. You only need to rent/buy them once.)
  6. Select the books you want to purchase/rent and choose the preferred condition.
    1. Buy new
    2. Rent
    3. Buy used
    4. Visit Marketplace (to search for better pricing, if desired)
  7. Once you have chosen all of your books to buy/rent, scroll to bottom of page and click the box that says, “Add to Cart.”
  8. A screen to review your cart will pop up.
  9. Click on “Go to Cart.”
  10. Click on “Proceed to Checkout.” Complete student name Complete parent name and email
  11. Complete Shipping Address. You must put your home address. Do not ship to Wheaton Academy.
  12. Choose shipping method – shipping is free for the first week the bookstore is live (July 19-25)
  13. Choose payment method.
  14. Review and place your order!
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Here are some graphics with Instructions provided by eCampus

Some important things to note:

  • Our faculty worked hard this year to update our booklists to ensure they only require books that will be used in class.
  • The eCampus bookstore is the only place where you will find your student’s personal booklist which is required for each of their registered classes.
  • Wheaton Academy will no longer facilitate book returns mid-semester or at the end of the year. All book returns will be handled by families individually, by printing a free return shipping label from your eCampus account. Affix this label to a box with the books and return via UPS.
  • Books should be shipped directly to your home, not to Wheaton Academy. Be sure to promptly order all books by August 14 to ensure delivery by the first day of school (August 22, 2023.)
  • If your student experiences a schedule change: There is a 30-day free return policy from the start of each semester at no cost to you. Parents will need to print the return shipping label from your eCampus account and mail the book back to eCampus. If your student enrolls in a new class, it will be your responsibility to purchase/rent any books for the new class.
  • It is imperative your student’ schedule is finalized before you order books.
  • There will no longer be a book fee charged to your Tuition account in the month of September.