Textbook Information

For the 2025-26 school year, and in an attempt to reduce confusion, students will receive textbook information from each of their teachers during the first days of school. Students will be asked to then download the appropriate texts either during class or at home that evening.

Summer Assignments

Please scroll down for more information regarding:

• Summer Reading Info for 2025-26 (ADVANCED English Classes ONLY)
• Summer Science Assignments (9th graders, NEW 10-12th, and ALL-AP Classes)
  
• AP US History Summer Assignment

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Summer Reading Info for Summer 2025

• Why do summer reading?(Intro letter for ALL classes)

The following is a list of the summer reading assignments.  Please scroll down to your 2025-2026 class and read what your assigned summer reading assignment is. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Reynolds at sreynolds@powerscatholic.org.

Freshman English
English 9 Advanced:  You will choose a book that you have NEVER read before.  It must be at least 150 pages in length.  You will just READ it (no annotating). Be ready to complete an in-class writing assignment when you return to school. Do NOT choose a novel that has been turned into a film/TV show.

Pre-AP 9: You will choose a book off the AP Reading List . No plays! You will just READ it (no annotating). Be ready to complete an in-class writing assignment when you return to school. Do NOT choose a novel that has been turned into a film/TV show.

Sophomore English
English 10 Advanced (American Literature): You will read The Witch of Blackbird Pond (by Elizabeth George Speare).  You will just READ it (however, you are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to annotate). Be ready to complete a project and writing assignment when you return to school.  Students MUST have a physical copy of the text upon returning to school in August. 

Pre-AP 10: Sign up (using the link below) to read a work of FICTION from the AP Reading List which you’ve not read before (100+ pages). You are required to read the text AND complete a provided AP Data Sheet. Do NOT choose a novel that has been turned into a film/TV show at any point. Be ready to complete in-class writing assignments/project related to your selection when you return to school. Students MUST have a physical copy of the text upon returning to school in August. Do NOT read: Of Mice and Men. Link to Sign Up Sheet

Junior English
Advanced Composition/ Great World Authors:
Advanced Composition/ Great World Authors Summer Reading 2025

AP Language:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pRbC2uutEjG_Ip1Os-z5bugTjJa40PtHGXa90r_mDHY/edit?tab=t.0

Senior English
AP Literature: Join the Summer AP Literature and Composition 2025 Google Classroom with the following code: u263llnu  Your assignment is posted there.  

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Summer Science Assignments
All students enrolled in a grade 9 science class or an AP science class for the coming school year are required to complete a Science Summer Assignment. All freshmen students will have the same summer assignment, regardless of which 9th grade class they are in first semester. AP Science Summer Assignments are specific to the AP course in which the student is enrolled.

The assignments are located at the website: https://tinyurl.com/pcatscience.

The assignment MUST be completed before the first day of school. The summer assignment was designed to help you prepare for your science class. Completion of the Science Summer Assignment will help to ensure that you are ready for the course. If you are unsure how to proceed on the assignment, feel free to ask a sibling or parent for guidance, or seek help from a friend who is confident. This assignment will be counted as part of your first marking period grade.

If you have questions, feel free to email Mrs. Rosenmund at [email protected].
Have a great summer!
Sincerely,
The PCHS Science Department

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 AP US HISTORY (10th Grade)
All students must complete all summer work by the start of the school year.
Step 1: Join Google Classroom: kcg4vccm
Step 2: Click on classwork and complete your AMSCO Reading Packet, four Period 1 assignments, and four of your film reviews.
Step 3:  There is a digital textbook on google classroom, but I recommend purchasing a hard copy.
https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Placement-United-States-History/dp/1531129129

If you have any questions please email [email protected]