Summer 2024

Students at Saint Agnes School can find their Summer work packets in the Resource Documents section of FACTS/RenWeb. 

Arlington Catholic believes that the truth and beauty found in language can inspire students to become life-long learners.  We believe that reading deepens students’ understanding of ideas, provides an opportunity for reflection and self-discovery, and broadens perspectives.  With that in mind, we have long supported a summer reading program that encourages students to read for pleasure as well as enlightenment.   Summer reading is an integral part of the School curriculum- across disciplines- providing an opportunity to foster imagination, and enhance critical reading skills.

Please read the books listed and bring them to school with you on the first day of classes.  For some courses, you are asked to complete an accompanying exercise, thinking guide or dialectical journal.  Bring those assignments to school with you on the first day of classes as well.  

Happy Summer Reading!  

Bridge

English:  Nothing But the Truth by Avi

Incoming Freshman

English 1:             Night by Elie Wiesel (collaboration with Theology) 
Honors English 1:   Night by Elie Wiesel (collaboration with Theology) 
  
Theology 1 -   Night by Elie Wiesel (collaboration with English)            
 

Incoming Sophomores

English 2:   Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo  
Honors English 2:   Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo.   

AP World History:   Guns, Germs and Steel, The Fates of Human Societies, Jared Diamond.   Click here for assignment

AP Seminar:   Summer Assignment, click here 

AP Music Theory:  Summer Assignment, click here

Incoming Juniors

AP Biology:  click here

English 3:  Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Honors English 3: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
                                           

AP Language & Composition: On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine Scarry and complete the writing assignment found here .  Additional:  Aristotelian Appeals: Logos, Ethos, and Pathos Handout

United States  History:  Click here for assignment.  Virtual Assignment Option:  Click here  
Honors US History:  American Dialogue:  The Founders and US, Joseph J. Ellis.  Click here for assignment 

AP United States History:  Killer Angels, Michael Shaara.  Click here for assignment 

AP Seminar:   Summer Assignment, click here

AP Music Theory:  Summer Assignment, click here

Entrepreneurship:  Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, Phil Knight, Summer Assignment click here

AP Latin:  Aeneid, Virgil - Read Book 1 (27 pages) in English, Gallic War , Julius Caesar - Read Book 1 (Chapters 1-7 only: 7 pages) in English.  
Translate the poem of Vergil's Aeneid (Book I lines 1-33) from Latin into English.
Scan Book I lines 1-33 of Vergil's Aeneid in dactylic hexameter.
Translate Book I Chapter 1 (lines 1-17) of Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War from Latin into English.

Incoming Seniors

AP US Government and Politics:  click here

AP Biology:  click here

English 4:  
Adolescent Psychology in Literature (Mrs. Listro): Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
Diverse Voices in American Literature (Mr. Fay): The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Dystopian Literature (Ms. Downey): Ready Player One by Ernest Kline

AP Language & Composition:  On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine Scarry and complete the writing assignment found here .  Additional:  Aristotelian Appeals: Logos, Ethos, and Pathos Handout

Click here for details about your two-part summer assignment. 

Part 1: Fiction - You will be reading two total books (detailed below) over the summer. For each book, you will fill out an “Essential Literary Synopsis” worksheet. Your responses on the worksheet should fit within the space given. Do not add space. 

Part 2: Poetry - You will be reading poetry by a living poet of your choice and responding to a prompt. 

AP Psychology:  Click here for assignment 

Theology 4 and all Senior Theology Classes:  Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl.  Click here for assignment.  Note: For "Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor Frankl.  Students are required to read the first half of the book on Frankl's experience in a concentration camp. The second half of the book on "logotherapy" is not required but highly recommended.