Upper School Summer Work

We require students to do summer reading to help them maintain their reading skills over the summer, engage their imaginations, and provide a common learning experience for students in the opening days of school.

The required texts for each grade are linked thematically to the courses and help students and teachers establish a conceptual framework for the school year. See below for details.

Advanced Studies: Modern American History
Please read the assignment expectations in this document: Summer Assignment.  

Advanced Studies: American Political History
Please read the assignment expectations in this document: Summer Assignment. 

Advanced Studies: African American History
Please read the assignment expectations in this document: Summer Assignment.  

American Studies 
Please read the assignment expectations in this document: Summer Assignment. 

French V
Students who have registered to take French 5 will read Le Racisme expliqué à ma fille by Tahar Ben Jelloun. (ISBN: 9-781547-900404)

Advanced Spanish IV:
Please read the assignment expectations in this document: Summer Assignment. 

AP Spanish:
Please read the assignment expectations in this document: Summer Assignment. 

Click on the course title below to access the summer assignment information:

• Algebra 1
• Algebra I - B
• Geometry
• Advanced Geometry
• Algebra 2
• Advanced Algebra 2
• Functions and Trigonometry
• Precalculus
• Advanced Precalculus A
• Advanced Precalculus AA
• Calculus
• Advanced Placement Calculus AB
• Advanced Placement Calculus BC
• Advanced Placement Statistics

Probability and Statistics, Introduction to Statistics B (Sports Analytics), The Mathematics of Finance, and Multivariable Calculus DO NOT have summer assignments.