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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 2026-27 classes. Please scroll to the bottom to find assignments for any class in which you are enrolled. Students should complete the assignment(s) before coming to class in the fall.

English

List of 5 items.

AP Literature

1984

Please read 1984 by George Orwell and complete the summer assignment.
English 9

The Lord of the Flies

Please read The Lord of the Flies before school begins and complete the summer assignment.
English 10

The Alchemist

Please read The Alchemist before school begins and complete the summer assignment.
English 11

The Great Gatsby

Please read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and complete the summer assignment.
Grade 12 Elective Courses

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Please read Haroun and the Sea of Stories before school begins and complete the summer assignment.

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 not a summer assignment for Honors Chemistry.
Honors Physics

Please complete this Honors Physics summer assignment.

Social Sciences

List of 5 items.

AP European History

Please read Chapters 1 and 2 of the AP European History textbook and complete the assignment.

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AP Human Geography

Please read Prisoners of Geography and complete the assignment.
AP United States Government & Politics

Please read Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? and complete the assignment.
AP United States History

Please read Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership that Changed America 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.

World Language

List of 8 items.

AP Chinese

Please complete the assignment.
AP French

Please complete the assignment.
AP Italian

Please complete the assignment.
AP Spanish

Please complete the assignment.
Honors Spanish 2

Please complete the assignment.
Honors Spanish 3

Please complete the assignment.
Honors Spanish 4

Please complete the assignment.
Honors Spanish 5

Please complete the assignment.

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