Harvard Book Prize
Our Book Prize is one of the most successful in the nation
Each year, we award over 50 books to deserving high school juniors in over 50 local schools.
Thanks to our generous supporters, our program is often oversubscribed.
Help us sustain this amazing program. Sponsorship is $50 per book prize award.
About the Harvard Book Prize
The Harvard Prize Book Program was originated by Harvard Alumni in 1910. Harvard Prize Books are presented annually in more than 1,000 high schools around the world. The Harvard Club of Westchester has taken part in the program for decades, awarding prize books to students at New York Westchester-area high schools.
Prize Books are awarded to students in a high school of the Club’s choosing. Recipients are exemplary students in the next-to-graduating high school class who display excellence in scholarship and achievement in nonacademic fields. The Prize Book is usually presented at the chosen school’s award or graduation ceremony.
Prize Books are awarded without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, or political beliefs. It is at the discretion of the high school to determine the recipient of a Prize Book.