All students have the opportunity to read any of the twenty Young Adult Book Award (YABA) books available for the current school year in the school's media center all semester for extra credit.
Click the link at the bottom of this page to see a brochure with this year's eligible novels; approximately three copies of each title are available to check out from the EHS media center.
To earn extra credit, students simply read a YABA book and then take a “test” on it in the media center. The “test” consists of discussing the book with a media center specialist, who asks the student approximately 10 questions to determine if the student receives credit for the book.
Extra credit is only added to student grades at the end of the nine weeks after all grades have been entered so that the extra credit can be added to the grade(s) that will raise the student’s overall quarter grade the most.
For each book, a student will receive extra credit in ONE of the following ways, depending on which option raises the overall quarter grade the most, with the quarter grade raising a minimum of one point for each book read.
lowest minor grade raised to 100
5 points added to a major grade
More than one extra credit book can be applied to the same major grade. For example, if a student scored a 70 on a major grade and read two extra credit books, the extra credit for both books could be added to the 70 if adding the credit in that way raised the quarter grade the most.
Any other available extra credit opportunities will be announced throughout the semester.
It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that parents/guardians approve of student self-selected reading choices from the YABA book list.
The YABA book list with book descriptions can be found using the following link: