Thank you Maria Manigbas, branch manager, and the staff of the
Sergio Troncoso Branch Library for administering the annual
Troncoso Reading Prizes. Yesterday we presented the winners with certificates of achievement and gift cards from Barnes and Noble. The winners also received two signed copies of my books.
Below are photos with the winners, library staff, parents, and teachers who attended the event. I am so excited to do it again next year and to keep encouraging students in our community to read. We also discussed college preparation, strategies for applying, different colleges to consider, and how to prepare students to be thinking and getting ready for higher education. I loved all the questions the audience had, and I hope we can continue these conversations in the future with more community events.
Winners of 2017 Troncoso Reading Prizes:
5-8th grade category:
1st Place: Aaron Avila, LeBarron Elementary School
2nd Place: Savannah Vega, LeBarron Elementary School
3rd Place: Edgar Aragon, LeBarron Elementary
9-12th grade category:
1st Place: Amber Esperanza Madrid, Valle Verde Early College High School
2nd Place: Katya Neida Compian, Del Valle High School
3rd Place: Amy Ruby Diaz,
Ysleta Middle School
Every year, we award prizes for students who read the most books between September 15-November 15. The
prizes are awarded only to students within the geographical area
covered by the Sergio Troncoso Branch Library.
First
Place receives a $125.00 gift card.
Second Place receives a $100.00
gift card.
Third Place receives a $75.00 gift card.
All prizes are
gift cards from Barnes and Noble Booksellers. A total of six prizes are
awarded in the two categories every year.
Runners-up and students who read at least ten books also receive certificates of participation. Individual schools also receive certificates of appreciation. This year: LeBarron Elementary School, Lancaster Elementary School, Ysleta Middle School, Del Valle High School, Valle Verde Early College High School, and El Paso Academy East.
Librarians
at the
Sergio Troncoso Branch Library register
readers during the eligible period of the prizes. The library staff
administers the prizes and makes final decisions on all the
prizewinners.
If you have any questions or to register
next year, please contact the library staff at the Sergio Troncoso
Branch Library, 9321 Alameda Avenue, El Paso, Texas, 79907. Telephone:
915-858-0905.
I will be reading with Sonja Curry Johnson and Viktoria Peitchev at Pen Parentis in New York City: Tuesday, Feb. 12, 7 PM, The Hideout at Killarney Rose (80 Beaver Street). 
