Yale Book Awards, 2019

Between now and June, YWAA will present Yale Book Awards to over 50 juniors at Westchester high schools. A Westchester annual tradition, the book awards recognize top students at these schools for "outstanding personal character and intellectual promise." 

Over the past several years, the award has been The Yale Book of Quotations, edited by Yale Law School's Fred Shapiro, a tote bag and book plate with the student's name. YWAA board president Tim Mattison '73 administers the program. Other YWAA board members are involved in presenting the book awards at Westchester high schools. 

YWAA board members and other alumni distribute books to the schools. At some schools, Westchester alums will present the awards at an honors assembly and highlight the accomplishments of winners.

Each school selects a Yale Book Award recipient based on criteria provided by YWAA. The program is not associated with Yale admissions, although many recipients in past years choose to apply to Yale and some have attended. For some students, the award introduces them to Yale. YWAA's long-time goal has been to recognize exceptional achievement in Westchester schools.

Participating schools cover the full cross-section of public and private schools in Westchester from Yorktown to Yonkers, from Tarrytown to Port Chester.

The program is supported by YWAA and alumni donations. (For more information and to consider a donation to the program, contact YWAA at YWAA@aya.yale.edu.) For more about the program, go to YWAA Book Award.

Click 2018 to see the list of winners from last year.  Winners in 2018 included honorees from such schools as Alexander Hamilton in Elmsford, Early College High School in Yonkers, the Masters School, and Palisade Prep. Click 2017 to see the list of winners from that year.

Click on the following to read YWAA blog posts about the program in previous years:

2017
2014
2013