Currently, the yale book award is presented to the following schools. The students were selected by their schools in recognition of their outstanding personal character and intellectual promise. May 03, 2018 27 millburn high students earn college book awards millburnshort hills, nj the awards are given to outstanding high school juniors by colleges and universities or their local alumni. Yale educator award winners the yale office of undergraduate admissions has the distinct pleasure of recognizing the following educators as recipients of the 2019 yale educator award. In that tradition, the yale club of nevada will present academic achievement awards to students nominated by their schools in addition. The description of the award says that i was invited to apply to yale, so i was wondering, does this award give me any upper hand, or precedence in the admissions process. It is such an incredible honor to have been chosen to be this years recipient of the yale university book award at scarsdale high school. The yale club of new haven honored 47 high school seniors from the greater new haven area at its annual yaleseton book award event, held oct. Jan 11, 2017 various harvard clubs around the country give the award to an outstanding high school or prep school senior in their coverage area. Asanti ahmed, fridley high school principal patty hand, yangchen namgyal. The yale club of nevada is proud to announce that nevada supreme court justice kristina pickering, a yale alumna, will be the featured speaker at the clubs annual award presentation event. The actual selection of the winner in each school is officially made by the coll. The yale award recognizes juniors for outstanding character and intellectual promise.
Mar 31, 2020 the yale university press blog is the official blog of yale university press. Each award recognizes a certain area of excellence and achievement, such as talent in music or the arts, academic success, political advocacy, or service in the community. High school students from the region honored with yale. Colleges gift book to high school leaders books make a. For some students, the award introduces them to yale. The yale book award is sponsored by local alumni, but they dont necessarily have a say in who receives it. The gw book award recognizes high school juniors who embody the gw drive and spirit, specifically with their academic excellence, leadership.
Each school selects a yale book award recipient based on criteria provided by ywaa. In 2019, the yale club of cape cod proudly offered the yale book award at the following 18 high schools. The yale book award is presented to a student in the junior class who embodies outstanding personal character and intellectual promise. The yale educator recognition program recognizes outstanding educators from around the world who have supported and inspired their students to achieve at high levels. Coordinating with local schools the club decides the number of awards and which schools are to be involved. Yale book award guidelines yale club of new hampshire the yale book award is a way for local yale clubs to recognize high school students at the end of their junior year who have outstanding personal character and intellectual. Prize books may be awarded to students in a high school of the clubs or sigs choosing. She came to union after 17 years at yale, where she was titus street professor of theology at yds and chair of women, gender and sexuality studies in the graduate school of arts and sciences. Each award recognizes a certain area of excellence and achievement, such as talent in music or the arts, academic success, political advocacy, or service in the. High school students from the region honored with yale seton book award. Periodically, at the recommendation of a yale parent or alum and after the recipient school approves, additional schools are added to our list. While the ceremony and criteria for the award varies from school to school, the.
Currently, the yale book award is offered at twenty six local high schools. Every year, yale clubs around the country present the yale book award to high school juniors who demonstrate outstanding personal character and intellectual promise. A yale college prospectus portraying yales excellence and student life. Once again, the award this year includes the yale book of quotations, edited by yale law schools fred shapiro, a tote bag and book plate with the students name. The 2019 yaleseton book award winners and their schools are. I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to the yale university westchester alumni association. The harvard book award or harvard prize book is an award given out by the alumni of harvard university to the topperforming students in 11th12th grade reading classes in nearly 2,000 selected high schools from.
Caron kim, academy of our lady of mercylauralton hall. Area yale club awards, endowed scholarships, and other gift aid from yales alumni and friends may be used as grants in place of some yale scholarship funds. Sep 06, 2018 winners will be announced at the 2018 connecticut book awards ceremony on sun. Asanti received the book, a little history of the united states through the yale alumni association of the northwest. Since 1957, the yale law school association, the alumni organization of yale law school, has presented the award of merit annually to an esteemed graduate of yale law school or to a person who has served as a fulltime member of the yale law school faculty for at least ten years. Dante strollo 20 earns yaleseton book award cheshire. May 19, 2019 may 20, 2019 framingham source editor susan petroni 594 views 0 comments ashland source, class of 2019, florencia paz cortez, mount alvernia high school, saint bridget school, salutatorian, yale book award. Oct 16, 2017 the new award the yale bassett award for community engagement goes to high school juniors who demonstrate creative leadership and public service, academic distinction, problem solving and experience addressing societal problems, including issues of race and racism.
Dante strollo 20 recently visited yale university as a recipient of the 2019 yaleseton book awards. Yale book awards, 2019 yale westchester alumni association. High school students from the region honored with yaleseton book. The book award program is a solid part of the annual programming for many of our regional yale groups, says nory babbitt, senior director for clubs and association at the association of yale alumni. Learn more about the actions yale university press is taking. Dec 06, 2015 the yale book award is a way for local yale clubs to recognize high school students at the end of their junior year who have outstanding personal character and intellectual promise. Obi blood drive at yale high school starting at 11. Annually, yale clubs recognize outstanding juniors in local secondary schools by presenting books to them or their schools. The yale club of new haven awarded the annual yaleseton book award to 47 high school seniors from the greater new haven area. Yale clubs present this award to outstanding local high school students, generally at the end of their junior year. The 2018 yaleseton book award winners and their schools are. Students come to yale summer session to take yale college courses in new haven, online, or abroad or to hone their craft at the yale writers workshop or in the summer drama program.
Making of an american high school yale university press. Winners will be announced at the 2018 connecticut book awards ceremony on sun. We encourage school counselors to nominate one qualified high school junior each year. Regional club leaders toolkit yale alumni association. Alumni present yale book awards to outstanding local high. Those awards are given to the junior at a high school most likely to be the kind of applicant the colleges would like to see. The yale club of new haven honored 47 high school seniors from the greater new haven area at its annual yaleseton book award event, held in davenport college on oct. High school students from the region honored with yaleseton. Yale honors high school juniors who are making a difference in the world catherine collins. Amy biehl high school abhs junior, chase coda weaver, has been selected to receive this years highest award by the association of yale alumni. Bring yales name to awards assemblies each year where the most outstanding students, their parents and key teachers, administrators and guidance counselors are present. Alumni present yale book awards to outstanding local high school students. This past year, over 60 clubs, alumni schools committees, and individual sponsors presented over 800 books to worthy high school students.
Please join the yale club of nevada for the presentation of the yale book award and academic achievement awards. The yale club of new haven ycnh honored more than 40 talented high school students from the new haven region on wednesday, oct. This book should find a useful niche in advanced courses in the sociology of education and organizations, as well as courses in the history of education. Founded in 2005, the log has since chronicled updates and breaking news about authors, books, publishing, museums, awards, contests, events, podcasts, book trailers, and reading. Apr 05, 2017 once again, the award this year includes the yale book of quotations, edited by yale law school s fred shapiro, a tote bag and book plate with the students name. The yale university alumni association of greater cleveland presents the yale book award each year to an outstanding junior. Many colleges and universities across the us partner with high schools to ceremonially award college book awards to exceptional high school upperclassmen, usually juniors. Ansonia high school veronica fabrizio daughter of joseph and vickie fabrizio of ansonia.
Every year, yale alumni clubs throughout the country recognize outstanding juniors in local secondary schools by presenting them with the gold medal academic award, the yale book award. The gw book award recognizes high school juniors who embody the gw drive and spirit, specifically with their academic excellence, leadership outside of the classroom, diversity of thought, and ability to put knowledge into action. Yale alumni present yale book awards to outstanding local high. At some schools, westchester alums will present the awards at an honors assembly. Congratulations to padua franciscan high schools outstanding senior angela falconi 20 on receiving the yale book award. It is not a recruiting tool in the same way athletes are recruited. The making of an american high school is a wellresearched book with a definitive thesis worth arguing about. Fridley high school juniors earn harvard prize and yale. Yale and yale university are registered trademarks of yale university.
For those who donate in the community, you will be able to donate at your next blood drive in the summer. Cowinner of the 1989 outstanding book award given by. Yaleseton book awards go to 47 high school seniors yalenews. The office of undergraduate admissions and alumni relations at the george washington university are excited to present outstanding high school juniors from participating high schools with the george washington university book award. Home news high school students from the region honored with yaleseton book award high school students from the region honored with yaleseton book award october 10, 2017. The chris faber award is named in memory of a social studies teacher and coach at druid hills high school. Alexander pavlicin is a high school senior and published freelance writer. The yale book award is a way for local yale clubs to recognize high school students at the end of their junior year who have outstanding personal character and intellectual promise. In the spring, the yale club of the suncoast presents book awards to selected junior students at most of the areas high schools. The making of an american high school is an immensely valuable studya major achievement for a first book. Druid hills presents this book award to a high school junior who has displayed scholastic achievement, and who has made significant contributions to his or her. The harvard book award or harvard prize book is an award given out by the alumni of harvard university to the topperforming students in 11th12th grade reading classes in nearly 2,000 selected high schools from around the world.
Periodically, at the recommendation of a yale parent or. Club members are asked to adopt a school and work with the guidance department there to select a student. What kind of students can get a harvardyale book award. Fridley high school juniors earn harvard prize and yale book. The yale book award is a way for local yale clubs to recognize high school students at the end of their junior year who have. Just a few of his greatest hits include apollo, arrested development, american gangster, 8 mile, 24, frostnixon, friday night lights, the da vinci code, parenthood, and the new show, empire. The book award is a recruiting tool to get yales name out to top students. Yale alumni present yale book awards to outstanding local. What separates a college book award from other acknowledgements of high.
This award is presented annually to a high school junior who has shown intellectual promise, significant involvement in extracurricular activities, and community service. Brian grazer, academy awardwinning producer yale dyslexia. Ywaa board members and other alumni distribute books to the schools. Each school selects a yale book award recipient based on criteria. Prize books are generally presented at the end of the academic year, at high school award ceremonies or graduation exercises, with remarks from a local harvard alumnusa. The yale club of new haven ycnh honored more than 40 talented high school juniors from the new haven region on wednesday, oct. Oct 03, 2019 the yale club of new haven honored 47 high school seniors from the greater new haven area at its annual yaleseton book award event, held oct. The yale book award helps the yale club of dallas to. The book award is a recruiting tool to get yale s name out to top students. Angela falconi 20 receives yale book award padua franciscan. Abhs student to receive award from yale alumni amy biehl. Yale educator award winners yale college undergraduate. I am a junior in high school, and i just recieved the yale book award, for outstanding personal character and intellectual promise. You will receive this brochure with your bookplates.
This website is operated independently of yale university. Creatures of water, air, and land by pieter van dokkum, a professor at yale. Other special events such as high school counselor breakfast, joint programs with other ivies, yale book award and june book awardees reception will be announced at details are arranged. During his junior year, he received the brandeis university book award. The new award the yale bassett award for community engagement goes to high school juniors who demonstrate creative leadership and public service, academic distinction, problem solving and experience addressing societal problems, including issues of race and racism. In todays world, often filled with sadness and fear, college book awards preserve the joy of reading and instill hope for learners and leaders of the future.
The yale book award is given to the high school junior who best exemplifies excellence in scholarship, character, leadership, and civicmindedness. The yale club of dallas is honored to sponsor the yale book award for local high school juniors every year. Yales center for the study of race, indigeneity, and transnational migration ritm will bestow the yale bassett award for community engagement on a select number of high school juniors class of 2021 in the united states in spring 2020. The oklahoma blood institute has challenged us to get 28 donations. Colleges gift book to high school leaders books make a difference. Scholarships and grants financial aid yale university. Noel ignatiev, journal of social history a fine study. The yale university press blog is the official blog of yale university press. Outstanding area high school seniors honored by yale club. In my time as an interviewer, not all winners ended up going to harvard but id guess that 90% did. Oct 10, 2017 the yale club of new haven honored 47 high school seniors from the greater new haven area at its annual yaleseton book award event, held in davenport college on oct. Book award yale alumni association of the northwest. Ivy league harvard stadium yale football rivalry lavietes pavilion brightlandry hockey center.
It is given to honor a senior student who has excelled in social studies and athletics at druid hills high school. Yale book award and acceptance into yale university. All donors will receive a free tshirt and be entered into winning a flat safe tornado shelter. Most yale book awards are determined by high school guidance counselors. I am interested in compiling a list of book awards or similar honors that high schools can wlittle effort nominate juniors to receive.
Columbia book award columbia university awards an annual book prize to a junior who exhibits the intellectual curiosity and achievement, community activism and leadership for which columbia is known in new york. Lincoln high school in yonkers, for was a new participant in 2016. Okey ndibe, the 2017 connecticut book award winner for nonfiction, will deliver the keynote speech. However, the award itself is most often sponsored by a brown university alumnus, although sometimes the high school, or one of its faculty or staff, sponsors the award. Ashlands cortez graduates as mount alvernia high salutatorian. Various harvard clubs around the country give the award to an outstanding high school or prep school senior in their coverage area. The award is traditionally handed out at graduation ceremonies. Angela falconi 20 receives yale book award october 23rd, 2019 news. Yale book awards, 2018 yale westchester alumni association. Strollo and feng no longer attend the same school strollo is a student at cheshire academy while feng attends cheshire high school but the two friends found themselves among the 47 high school seniors from across the state honored with the yaleseton book award on oct. The program is not associated with yale admissions, although many recipients in past years choose to apply to yale and some have attended.