Click on arrow to the right of the class title to see the summer readings/assignments for each AP class. Â
If a class has required reading, titles are available as eBooks/audiobooks free to SHS students through the Sora app, from the public library or students may purchase the required books wherever books are sold. The Seekonk Public Library has this booklist and can assist families in obtaining books. Â
Links are to free eBooks/audiobooks available through the student Sora platform
Click Here for a PDF of Book Titles by Grade Level
IMPORTANT: ALL students taking an AP course during the 2024-25 school year MUST submit a contract by June 10, 2024. Students can pick up contracts outside of Room #448. Â
If you need an AP contract over the summer, please contact Ms. Thomas, Assoc. Principal.
📧: Mrs. Jennifer Camara-Pomfret - please email directly with questions
TWO Required Readings :Â Â
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt 📖 🎧 (Ebook/Audio through Sora)Â
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 📖 🎧 (Ebook/Audio through Sora)Â
Students should plan to submit completed assignments to Mrs. Pomfret via Google Classroom (Students will receive an invitation to the Google Classroom over the summer)
📧 Mr. Peter Hoogerzeil - please email directly with questions
TWO Required Readings :Â Â
Patriot's History of the United States by L. Schweikart  🎧 (Full Ebook/Audiobook through Sora)Â
People's History of the United States by H. Zinn 📖 🎧 (Full Ebook/Audio through Sora)Â
📧 Mrs. Michelle Salisbury - please email directly with questions
Required Reading: Â Â
Animal Farm - George Orwell 📖  🎧 (EBook/Audiobook through Sora)Â
Chapter 11 Reading - The Later Middle Agesedition with ISBN 978-0-140-44915-0
Course Description: Advanced Placement (AP) European history is an introductory college course. It will not be easy, but neither is it impossibly difficult. AP European history will be demanding, but also rewarding. AP courses require more work, but they allow for greater opportunity to master the subject and to explore it in greater depth. By taking this course, high school students have an opportunity to receive college placement and/or credit. The course follows a basic chronological approach while making connections between historical time periods and events. Â
Solid reading and writing skills, along with a willingness to devote considerable time to homework and study are necessary to succeed. Emphasis is placed on critical and evaluative thinking skills, essay writing, interpretation of primary sources, and historiography. Students are responsible for keeping up with reading assignments and being aware of, and ready for a variety of assessments. The class will be a combination of lecture, group work, coverage of discussion questions and student-driven questions, Socratic seminar, and various other activities that promote student engagement. Periodically, student essays, reports, presentations, and/or projects will be required.
📧 Mr. Michael Petrucci - please email directly with questions
ONE Required Reading :   American Sniper by Chris Kyle 📖  🎧 (EBook/Audiobook through Sora)Â
You are responsible for the Unit I Readings.. All module worksheets, 1-3 and the Unit Review Sheet will be collected and graded the first day of class. We will take the Unit I Test on the first day of class to begin the course. Please also make sure you have read the required reading, "American Sniper" and be prepared for an assessment on that reading during the first week we are back in session.
Mr. Petrucci will be sending out periodic Google classroom updates and messages throughout the summer months. If you need to contact him for any reason, please do so through Classroom or email directly to PetrucciM@Seekonkschools.org
Students should have picked up their textbook and summer work packet from Mrs. Borden.
Please e-mail Mrs. Jennifer Borden directly with questions.
📧 Mr. Eli Mello - please email directly with questions
Students should join the 2024 AP Chemistry Google Classroom using code: v4cjyb3Â
📧 Mrs. Jennifer Borden - Students should click here to join Mrs. Borden's Google Classroom.  Â
Please email Mrs. Borden directly with questions.
📧 Mr. Jonathan Kelley - please email Mr. Kelley directly for the Google Classroom code.
Course Description: This course is intended for students scored an 85 or higher in honors physics or students who greatly excelled in College Physics. AP Physics will prepare you to take the Algebra Based AP Physics 1 exam. All Topics that were covered in Honors Physics will be revisited with deeper challenge. Completely NEW topics include: Rotational Motion, Torque, Angular Momentum, Centripetal Forces, Electrodynamics and Gravity at long range. The course focuses heavily on detailed lab work and complex problem solving. Students planning to earn any type of STEM degree will find themselves much better prepared having completed this course.
Summer Work: Summer work will review necessary concepts from 1st year physics as well as the foundations of analyzing data and graphs. Work is posted on the Google Classroom.
📧 Mrs. Bree Schebel - please email directly with questionsl2jx377
Welcome Letter for AP Calculus (includes join code for Google Classroom)
📧 Teacher: Mrs. Jennifer Angelini - please email directly with questions
AP Statistics Summer Packet 2024
Students will receive an invitation to join the AP Statistics Google Classroom in August. Students should plan to turn in completed paper packets to Mrs. Angelini on the first day of class.Â
AP Computer Science PrinciplesÂ
The AP Computer Science Principles course is designed to be equivalent to a first- semester introductory college computing course. In this course, students will develop computational thinking skills vital for success across all disciplines, such as using computational tools to analyze and study data and working with large data sets to analyze, visualize, and draw conclusions from trends. The course engages students in the creative aspects of the field by allowing them to develop computational artifacts based on their interests. Students will also develop effective communication and collaboration skills by working individually and collaboratively to solve problems, and will discuss and write about the impacts these solutions could have on their community, society, and the world. All students will be required to take the AP examination in May.Â
Students should e-mail Ms. Erica Thomas for summer assignments and information.