Summer Assignments 2025

**Prepare, Grow, and Stay Sharp This Summer!**

Summer assignments are designed to keep students engaged, sharpen their skills, and set the tone for a strong academic year ahead. Below you’ll find details and resources for each grade level, including reading guides, creative projects, and course-specific assignments.

Dates to Remember

Interdisciplinary Summer Reading (Classes of 2026–2028)

We’re proud to continue our Interdisciplinary Summer Reading Initiative, designed to help students make cross-curricular connections through carefully selected reading and creative project work. Students will also complete a written response on the first day of school based on a thematic writing prompt.

Choose One Book for Your Grade Level and Follow the Corresponding Reading Guide & Project Instructions:

CLASS OF 2026

CLASS OF 2027

Class of 2028

Incoming Students (Classes of 2029 & 2030)

Freshmen and 8th-Graders, select the appropriate class tab below to view your summer assignments

CLASS OF 2029
CLASS OF 2030

CLASS OF 2029

CLASS OF 2030

Incoming 8th graders will complete:

Math Assignment (due Aug 26 at 11:59 PM)

📘 8th Grade Math

English Assignment (due on Orientation Day: Aug 27)

📘 8th Grade English

For course placement, check MyPrep > Course Request tab (these are your assigned Math & English classes).
• Math questions? Contact Mr. Grealis at mr.grealis@hermits.com (ext. 184)
• English questions? Contact Mrs. Chapman at mrs.chapman@hermits.com (ext. 107)

AP-Level Classes

Students enrolled in AP courses for the 2025–2026 academic year are expected to complete summer assignments as communicated by their instructors. These are required, and critical for beginning the year strong.

All AP summer assignments are shared via the tabs below:

AP Course Downloads

AP 2-D Art & Design

AP Computer Science A

AP Calculus AB

AP Calculus BC

AP Chemistry

AP Computer Science Principles

AP English IV

SUMMER REQUIREMENT FOR AP ENGLISH IV
Mrs. Asselta

The following works must be read carefully in preparation for a test which will be given by the instructor the first week of school.

This test will be the first major grade in the marking period.

These five works serve a multitude of purposes. They form a springboard for the pool of literature that will be covered in the course serving as a foundation for all types of literature. They are both contemporary and classic, comic and tragic. The five works demonstrate a multitude of structural and stylistic devices, manifest literary language at its finest while exemplifying major themes covered throughout the year. The literature studied throughout the year will be related to the works from the summer reading forming a notable connection between the summer reading list and the school year list. These works are intended to incite in the student a love of reading and a true appreciation for all types of literature. Lastly, the works serve as a wonderful preparation for the Advanced Placement English Literature Test which will be taken in May, as many of these works are frequently chosen for the open ended essays.

Native Son - Richard Wright
The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Odyssey - Homer
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."

- Abigail Adams