Book Awards Program
In 2004 the Capitol Hill Campus began an ongoing program to recognize and promote readership among the student body. The Book Awards program was designed like this:
- Teachers select a student who demonstrates passion for reading to create a book prize
- The student selects a text that is particularly meaningful to them
- The student chooses a fellow student to award the book to
- At a meeting of the school community, the presenter gives the award in their name to the receiving student
The following table lists the book prize winners up to this point:
| Presenter/Award | Recipient | Book |
|---|---|---|
| The Julian Andrades Book Award | Christian Alfaro | Black Boy by Ralph Ellison |
| The Ingris Mejia Book Award | Tony Benevides | Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks |
| The Raphael Rodriguez Book Award | Tyisha Smallwood | The Pact by Sampson Davis |
| The Jammal Morgan Book Award | Amy Andrades & Jeanine Thomas | The Color Purple by Alice Walker |
| The Isolina Joya Book Award | Hedy Romero | The Giver by Lois Lowery |
| The Jessica Soriano Book Award | Ja’anai Delaney | The Davinci Code by Dan Brown |
| The Shawnece Butler Book Award | Jackie Canales | Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck |
| The Italo Cruz Book Award | Susan Reyes | Eats, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss |
| The Jose Cruz Book Award | Manuel Rivera | Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston |
| The Fernanda Pardo Book Award | Cesar Reyes | Night by Elie Weisel |
| The Caprika Robinson Book Award | James Graham | Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger |
Last updated 03/26/06