Summer Assignments: Grade 9-12

Welcome, rising Grade 9 - 12 students!

Below you will find assignments that your teachers have selected for the summer to support 2024-2025 classes. Please scroll to the bottom to find assignments for any class in which you are enrolled. Students should read the title(s) and complete the assignment(s) before coming to class in the fall.

English

List of 6 items.

American Gothic

Poe

Please read Poe, a graphic novel adaptation by Gareth Hinds before school begins.
AP English Literature and Composition

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Please read The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera before school begins.
English 9

The Lord of the Flies

Please read The Lord of the Flies before school begins.
English 10

The Alchemist

Please read The Alchemist before school begins.
English 11

The Great Gatsby

Please read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald before school begins.
Romance

Ethan Frome

Please read Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton before school begins.

Science

List of 7 items.

AP Biology

Please read chapters 1 - 4 in the textbook.
AP Chemistry

Please read chapters 1-3 and complete the summer assignment.
AP Environmental Science

Please complete the summer assignment for AP Environmental Science.
AP Physics

Please complete the AP Physics summer assignment.
Honors Biology

Survival of the Sickest

Please read Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity by Dr. Shannon Moalem and Jonathan Prince before returning to school.
Honors Chemistry

There is no summer assignment for Honors Chemistry.
Honors Physics

Please complete this Honors Physics summer assignment.

History and Social Sciences

List of 6 items.

AP Comparative Government

Please complete the assignment.
AP Economics

Please read Basic Concepts of Economics and complete the assignment.
AP Human Geography

Please read Prisoners of Geography and complete the assignment.
AP Psychology

Please read Blink and complete the assignment.
AP US History

For this course, you will need to read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave and complete the assignment.
AP World History: Modern

Please read Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford and complete this assignment before returning to school.

World Language

List of 6 items.

AP French

Complete the online review workbook. A code to the Book Creator Library will be sent to students before leaving campus for the summer.
AP Italian

Complete the online review workbook. A code to the Book Creator Library will be sent to students before leaving campus for the summer.
AP Spanish

Complete the online review workbook. A code to the Book Creator Library will be sent to students before leaving campus for the summer.
Spanish 2

Watch as many shows/movies and listen to as much music as you can in Spanish.
Spanish Novice 2

Watch as many shows/movies and listen to as much music as you can in Spanish.
Spanish V

Watch as many shows/movies and listen to as much music as you can in Spanish.