THE JAMES PRESTON COLEMAN AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

In December of 2019, Ron Coleman '67, contacted Brother David to establish an award to recognize excellence in teachers and students at CBHS. Ron and his wife Jan wanted to honor both the memory of Ron’s father, James Preston Coleman '39, and the Colemans' generational legacy, with Ron's son and James' grandson Hunter Coleman '02 having also attended.

The James Preston Coleman Faculty Award for Excellence will be awarded each year to two faculty members who exemplify excellence in the classroom, excel in teaching, and demonstrate care and concern for their students and Christian Brothers High School. These teachers “go the extra mile” in touching hearts and teaching minds of the young men entrusted to their care. The recipients of this award are selected by a committee appointed by the President.

The James Preston Coleman Student Award for Excellence is awarded each year to two students, a rising sophomore and a rising junior. Each recipient is a student who has striven to improve himself academically and personally while at Christian Brothers High School. The award will be applied to his tuition for the following year. The recipients of this award are selected by a committee appointed by the President.

The recipient of the 2020 inaugural James Preston Coleman Faculty Award for Excellence is the entire faculty of

Christian Brothers High School. The entire faculty was chosen for their hard work and dedication to their students when we transitioned effortlessly to online distance learning for the fourth quarter of the 2019–2020 academic year during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

The recipients of the 2020 inaugural James Preston Coleman Student Award for Excellence are Chapel Rainer '22 and Luis Mercado '23.

We are grateful to Jan and Ron Coleman for instituting this wonderful tribute to James Preston Coleman and for their generosity to the advancement of Christian Brothers High School.