The members of the English Department believe 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.
All students are highly encouraged to read at least one of the titles on the 43 must-read books about racism for adults and kids before we return to school in the fall.
We look forward to exploring these texts with you in the fall.
Happy Summer Reading!
English 1: Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom,
Honors English 1: Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom,
Theology 1 - Click here for assignment. Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom,
(Combined assignment with Theology Dept)
World History: Sugar Changed The World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos. Click here for instructions.
Honors World History: Sugar Changed The World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos. Click here for assignments.
English 2: Long Way Down, Jason Reynolds.
Honors English 2: Long Way Down, Jason Reynolds. Click here for assignment. Click here for additional assignment.
Honors Modern World History: Click here for assignment
Modern World History: Click here for assignment
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 Chemistry: click here
AP Biology: click here
English 3: Choose one of the following: The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, A Separate Peace, John Knowles, One of Us is Lying, Karen McManus. Click here for assignment
Honors English 3: Choose one of the following: The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, A Separate Peace, John Knowles, One of Us is Lying, Karen McManus. Click here for assignment
AP Language & Composition: Click here for assignment and reading list. Choose Two books from the list.
United States History: Click here for assignment. Virtual Assignment Option: Click here
Honors US History: American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic, 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 Research: Summer assignment, click here
AP Chemistry: click here
AP Biology: click here
English 4: The Screwtape Letters, CS Lewis. Click here for assignment
Honors English 4: The Screwtape Letters, CS Lewis. Click here for assignment
AP Language & Composition: Click here for assignment and reading list. Choose Two books from the list.
AP English: Literature and Composition
You will be reading THREE total books 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. Click here for assignment
BOOK 1 - The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewi
BOOK 2 - Literature before 1900 --- Choose one of these works written before 1900
Medea by Euripides (431 BC) [2006 translation by Michael Collier ISBN: 9780195145663
BOOK 3 - Literature after 1900 --- Choose one of these works written after 1900
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (1949)
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (1951)
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (1989)
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2003)
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.
AP Spanish: See Google Classroom
AP Latin: See Google Classroom
AP Seminar: Summer Assignment, click here
AP Research: Summer assignment, click here
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