Juvenile Court Book Club, Inc.
PO Box 1647
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
Voice - 858 759 8971
Fax - 858 759 8972
Email - juvenilecourtbookclub@yahoo.com
 

Reading, reflecting, discussing, agreeing, disagreeing. . . since 1996, the Juvenile Court Book Club has provided a forum for juveniles in the court school system who are the wards of the San Diego Juvenile Court to share books and develop reading skills. Monthly, at each site, book club students gather with adult volunteers to discuss a wide range of literature. The books serve as a springboard for discussions on personal issues important to participants.

 

The book club was developed by Hon. Maria Arroyo Prokop, Juvenile Court Referee (now retired), with support and encouragement from Hon. James Milliken, former Presiding Judge of the San Diego Juvenile Court. The books for the club are selected to provide the students with appropriate, thought provoking titles.

 

Additionally, at each facility, a donated library of age appropriate books has been created to benefit all residents at that site.

 

Juvenile Court Book Club, Inc. is a non-profit, public benefit 501(c)(3) corporation and gratefully acknowledge support from Weingart-Price Fund at San Diego Foundation, Baker Foundation, Friends of Children United Society (FOCUS), San Diego Foundation's Lawyers Club Fund For Justice, San Diego Council on Literacy and other generous individuals and groups.

 

DID YOU KNOW. .

  • 70% of juveniles who are incarcerated for first time offenses never have further delinquency charges.

  • the average 16-year-old court school student reads at a fourth to sixth grade level.

  • the Juvenile Court Book Club program is comprised entirely of adult volunteers and youth who are delinquent wards of the Juvenile Court.

  • students often have the opportunity to meet and interact with authors.

  • field trips, speakers, and movies are often additional parts of the book club format.

Juvenile Court Book Club, Inc. is the proud winner of a 1998 award
from the San Diego Juvenile Justice Commission.

 

JCBC offers poetry workshops and poetry readings to the book club students.

 

In addition to our monthly book club volunteers, JCBC tutors assist students in need of remedial reading help. Tutors must fill out a Volunteer in Probation form for a background check. Training is available. If you are interested in tutoring, please contact the Tutoring Coordinator listed on the links above for each of the locations.

 

 JCBC is a member of the San Diego Council on Literacy.