RCS Reading Resources

A Resource of Great Reads for Middle School and High School Students

We're glad you're here and that you're as excited as we are to do some quality reading! Use this web site to get ideas on what to read next and where to find it.

Recommendations

Take a look at the RCS Goodreads pages for high school and middle school with ideas on what to read next. Find additional book recommendation sites listed on the Middle School Reads and High School Reads pages.

Check out eBooks and audio books from the Rochester Community Schools Digital Library

From the web: Go to http://rochesterk12.lib.overdrive.com.
Using the app: Download Sora from Google Play or the App Store. (For other formats, go to this list of links for various formats located at the very bottom of the page).

Sign in with your RCS school computer login ID and password.

Check Out eBooks from Rochester Hills Public Library

Take a look at the selection of eBooks available in the Rochester Hills Public Library eBooks collections:

Overdrive -- metronet.overdrive.com/metronet-rochesterhills/content . Sign in with your public library card number located on your student ID.
cloudLibrary -- ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/rhpl/Browse. Create an account using your public library card number.
Hoopla -- www.hoopladigital.com. Create an account using your public library card number, then click Browse > Ebooks > Categories to look around at what Hoopla has to offer.

Get ready for the RCS Battle of the Books 2022-23

In the district-wide high school Battle of the Books, each of our high schools compete against each other to answer the most trivia questions on the six books selected for battle each year. Click on the links below to take a look at them on GoodReads:

How It Works

6 books will be chosen for trivia questions, and three battles will be held, each asking trivia questions from 2 of the books.

Read and compete on your school's team in each of the 3 battles against the other schools' teams. Dates for the 2022-23 school year will be posted soon!

Win Prizes! A first place prize is awarded at each battle as well as one raffle drawing open to all teams.

Prize Night and Author Zoom Meet All team members are invited to join us at our final Battle Night when we zoom live with the authors of our chosen books, raffle off prizes, and award the grand prize to the team with the most points from all 3 battles!

Keep Updated

Instagram: rcsbattleofthebooks

TikTok: @rcsbattleofthebooks

Twitter: @RCSBattleBooks

Keep informed of team meetings --

Remind: text @botbrhs to 81010

Join your school's team -- rcsbattleofthebooks.com

Youth Writing Camps at Oakland University

Oakland University hosts one-week camps Open to all K-12 students and held in-person at Meadow Brook Hall or online during July and August.

Students will workshop with fellow writers in their age group, work with different genres of prose and poetry, spend one day rendering one of their works into a digital movie, and presenting one of their works on the last day of camp.

Registration fee: $185 for virtual, $300 or $400 for in-person.

List of session dates and to register: https://www.oakland.edu/mbwp/youthwritingcamps/.

For questions, concerns, or comments, contact the RCS secondary English Language Arts curriculum consultant Mrs. Ashley Painter at apainter@rochester.k12.mi.us.

Note to Parents: While this website provides some reading suggestions for our students, these suggestions are not a part of the Rochester Community Schools Board of Education approved curriculum materials. Therefore, parents and guardians should determine if the books listed are appropriate for their families.

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