Summer Reading
Students returning from last year or accepted Before July 14, 2026 must complete the regular Summer Reading assignment listed below.
Grade 9
Grade 11
Summer Reading expectations for students accepted after July 14, 2025
Students accepted between July 14, 2025 and August 1, 2025
will be expected to read a
fiction book from their grade summer reading list and adhere to the assignment expectations regarding the project. Students in grades 10-12 will also read the
alternate non-fiction article for their grade and will have a timed write in class. (Grade 9 is exempt from the non-fiction reading requirement; it will be done in class and be
teacher-directed.)
Students accepted after August 1, 2025 will be expected to read the alternate fiction selection for their grade and do the project assignment. Students in grades 10-12 will also read the alternate non-fiction article for their grade and will have a timed write in class. (Grade nine is exempt from the non-fiction reading requirement; it will be done in class and be teacher-directed.)
- Grade 9
- English 9 Project Assignment
- Short story: “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
- Grade 10
- English 10 CP Project Assignment
- English 10 H Project Assignment
- Short story: “The Man in the Wall” by Ira Sher
- Article: “Why it matters that teens are reading less” by Jean Twenge
- Grade 11
- English 11 CP Project Assignment
- English 11 H Project Assignment
- Short story: “Winged Blackmail” by Jack London
- Article: “Jimmy Carter’s Nobel Lecture” by Jimmy Carter
- Grade 12
- English 12 CP/H Project Assignment
- Short story: "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
- Article: "How Resilience Works" By Diane Coutu
PLEASE NOTE
- All students, regardless of when they have been accepted, will do a project for their fiction piece.
- All projects are due the first week of classes.
- Grade 10-12 will read a non-fiction piece and have an in-class timed write. Grade 9 students will do that work in class.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Peggy Sica via email at: [email protected]




