The Harvard Book Prize is awarded to an outstanding Junior year student selected by the faculty of each participating high school, based on academic excellence, exceptional personal qualities and significant contribution to school or community. Each winner receives a personally inscribed copy of “The Harvard Book”, an anthology of essays written by Harvard alumni spanning three centuries.
Since 1910, the Harvard Book Prize has been an important way for Harvard Club members to help attract talented young people to Harvard and the opportunities in Cambridge. Harvard Book Prize books are presented annually in more than 2,000 high schools around the world, and are made available through generous donations from individual Harvard Club members.
Through the Harvard Book Prize program, we at the Harvard Club of Silicon Valley hope to raise the visibility of Harvard among local secondary schools, and to encourage outstanding students in our area to consider applying to Harvard. We especially thank our members and friends who have generously contributed, and appreciate your continued support through future donations.
2020 Winners
Audrey Chang
Los Altos High School
Christina Cheng
Woodside Priory School
Samantha Chock
Leland High School
Derek Nease
Lydian Academy
Kaitlyn Tsai
Saratoga High School
Angela Wong
Gunn High School
1. Kylie Akiyama – Los Altos High School
2. Neharika Jain – Notre Dame High School
3. Rithu Paramesh – Presentation High School
4. Mallika Parulekar – Henry M. Gunn High School
5. Michael Tang – Saratoga High School
1. Alicia Chu – Henry M. Gunn High School
2. Anya Gupta – Los Altos High School
3. Chelsea Leung – Saratoga High School
4. Regina Ta – Presentation High School
5. Cassidy Wallace – Notre Dame High School
1. Clarissa Daniel – Henry M. Gunn High School
2. William Luo – Lynbrook High School
3. Mashia Mazumder – Notre Dame High School
4. Sarah (Yage) Pi – Leigh High School
5. Anna Piskun – Presentation High School
6. Karen Xia – Mountain View High School
1. Sean Adibi – Los Altos High School
2. Andrew Rao – Valley Christian High School
3. William Shan – Lynbrook High School
4. Kaitlynn Sierra – Presentation High School
1. Cayla Barsotti – Prospect High School
2. Jeffrey Chang – Lynbrook High School
3. Annette Chu – Presentation High School
4. Giulia Valentina Corno – Saratoga High School
5. Kimberly Lew – Piedmont Hills High School
6. Robin Peter – Henry M. Gunn High School
7. Rebecca Shaffer – Notre Dame High School
8. Misbah Surani – Milpitas High School
9. Kelyn Wood – Mountain View High School