AP Summer Reading
Students taking the AP Courses below need to read and complete assignments (where stated) before August 17th, 2026.
AP Sciences
AP Biology: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot - Published: 2011 - ISBN: 1400052181
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more.
AP Chemistry
Please use the link below to view the assignment.
Updated June 9th, 2025: AP Chemistry Summer Assignment
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AP Environmental Science: Ishmael
by Daniel Quinn - Published: 1995 - ISBN: 0553375407
Daniel Quinn parses humanity’s origins and its relationship with nature, in search of an answer to this challenging question: How can we save the world from ourselves?
*Please be sure to complete the assignments linked below.*
APES Summer Reading Assignment
AP Physics
Updated June 18th, 2026: For both levels of AP Physics, there is no Summer assignment.
AP History and Social Sciences
AP Government
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Updated June 5th, 2026: AP Government Summer Assignment
AP U.S. History
Please use the following links to view the assignment and access course resources.
Updated May 28th, 2026:
AP U.S. History Summer Assignment
Please note the following instructions regarding the APUSH Summer Assignment (As of May 28th, 2026):
- Your assignment must be printed out and completed with handwritten answers only - electronic submissions or typed answer will NOT be accepted for a grade
- Follow ALL directions or it will impact your grade on the assignment
- As a reminder, this assignment is due on the first day of school, Monday August 17th, 2026
- Late work will NOT be accepted
AP English
AP English Language and Composition: Grade 11- Killers of the Flower Moon
by David Grann - published 2017 - ISBN: 978-0307742483
A true-life murder mystery about the killings of members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. In the 1920's this group was one of the richest people per capita in the world after oil was discovered. Through help from the newly created FBI, the Osage begin to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
*Be sure to complete the attached assignment below.
AP English Language and Composition: Grade 11- Travels with Charley: in search of America
by John Steinbeck - Published: 1986 - ISBN: 978-0140053203
With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads, dines with truckers, encounters bears at Yellowstone and old friends in San Francisco. Along the way he reflects on the American character, racial hostility, the particular form of American loneliness he finds almost everywhere, and the unexpected kindness of strangers.
* Reading Check and Essay will be completed the first week of school.
AP English Literature and Composition: Grade 12- How to Read Literature Like a Professor
by Thomas C. Foster - Published: 2014 - ISBN: 978-0062301673
A lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.
Students are responsible for these chapters: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 22, 25.
AP English Literature and Composition: Grade 12- Oedipus Rex
by Sophocles - Published: 1991 - ISBN: 9780486268774
In presenting the story of King Oedipus and the tragedy that ensues when he discovers he has inadvertently killed his father and married his mother, the play exhibits near-perfect harmony of character and action.
AP English Literature and Composition: Grade 12- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Translated by Burton Raffel - Published: 1995 - ISBN: 9780451531193
The Green Knight, a mysteriously powerful creature, tests the honor and courage of King Arthur's youngest knight.
AP English Literature and Composition: Grade 12- The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde - Published: 1990 - ISBN: 9780486264783
From the play's effervescent beginnings in Algernon Moncrieff's London flat to its hilarious denouement in the drawing room of Jack Worthing's country manor in Hertfordshire, this comic masterpiece keeps audiences breathlessly anticipating a new bon mot or a fresh twist of plot moment to moment.
AP English Literature and Composition: Grade 12- The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg
by Mark Twain - Published: 1900
In the short story, 'The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg', the town has a reputation for honesty; however, it has never been tested. But that all ends when a stranger arrives in town with a mysterious bag of gold and a letter to reward the citizen who once helped him in a time of need.
Available as a PDF
AP English Language and Composition: Grade 12–This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies...
by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman - Published: 2006 - ISBN: 9780805086584
Based on the NPR series of the same name, This I Believe features eighty Americans―from the famous to the unknown―completing the thought that the book's title begins. Each piece compels readers to rethink not only how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs but also the extent to which they share them with others.
Summer Reading Assignment
AP World Languages and Cultures
AP Spanish Language and Culture- Cajas de Carton
by Francisco Jimenez - Published: 2002 - ISBN: 9780618226160
Seen through the eyes of a boy who longs for an education and the right to call one palce home, this is a story of survival, faith, and hope. It is a journey that will open readers' hearts and minds.
AP Spanish Language Summer Activities
AP Spanish Literature and Culture- Azulejo
by Wayside Publishing - Published: 2012
This is the textbook that students will use for summer reading and the school year. Please purchase the one-year digital subscription found here.
*Please complete the assignment below.
AP Spanish Literature Summer Assignment
AP Latin- The Aeneid of Vergil
Translated by Allan Mandelbaum - Published: 1981 - ISBN: 978-0553210415