A letter from the English Department about Summer Reading:

To our prospective 25-26 English honors and AP students:

We hope you have had a rewarding experience in your English classes this year and that you feel appropriately prepared for success at the next level. As you navigate the last few weeks of school, we want to share some suggestions and expectations with you with regard to summer reading.

Traditionally, it has been the expectation that students enrolled in honors or AP English read assigned texts over the summer and complete the accompanying work assigned by the team of teachers for each course. While summer reading will not be mandatory and you will not be graded for work completion, it does not mean to suggest that reading shouldn’t be a summer priority.

As teachers of English, we are committed to helping you develop your literacy, critical thinking, and communication skills, and we are passionate about literature’s ability to help us better understand the world and our place in it. Reading outside the classroom builds life-long reading habits, vocabulary, and the capacity for empathy. It also helps to avoid the “summer slide” in skills by offering readers continued practice. As students in the honors/AP English program, you have already demonstrated your commitment to learning and your desire to grow as readers, writers, and thinkers. As such, we ask that you spend some time this summer reading the following recommendations from your teachers, all of which can be accessed in Sora.

Whether you are continuing your English honors/AP experience or are new to honors/AP course work, we look forward to working with you in the fall and talking with you about your favorite summer reads!

Sincerely,

The English Department