Community Read: The Shack: Click on this link for information about the book.
	English Department: Click on this link for required  summer reading specific to each level of English Class.
	Social Studies Department: Click on this link for information on AP course summer reading.

Art in the Media Center.  Look at student projects from art & sculpture classes.

Reading Counts Champions for Quarter Three.  Click on Champions  to view  the winners.

Maverick Reader Awards : This year the following students won the Maverick Reader Awards and were recognized at the Academic Awards Convocation ceremony:  Matthew Fowler, Julia Auch, Andrew Thuijs, and  Brentley Stead.  Congratulations  to all of them!

New Books in Media Center

Leviathan

by Scott Westerfeld

Westerfeld's new series features a mix of alternative history and steampunk. As WWI breaks out, Prince Aleksandar and his advisers flee to the Swiss Alps. Meanwhile, Deryn Sharp, disguised as a boy, is aboard the British airship Leviathan, which crashes near Alek's estate. As the two meet and begin the complicated dance of diplomacy, the story and characters come to life.                           (From Horn Book March, 2010)

Chains

by Laurie Halse Anderson

Slaves Isabel and Ruth are shipped to New York in May 1776. Isabel, overhearing her Loyalist master's scheme to kill George Washington, helps foil the plot. Her role forgotten by the Patriots, Isabel realizes it's up to her alone to find freedom. Anderson's novel is remarkable for its strong sense of place and nuanced portrait of slavery during the Revolutionary War.  (Horn Book ,January, 2009)

            The Hunger Games                                 by Suzanne Collins

Katniss volunteers to represent her district in the Hunger Games, a compulsory, government-sponsored reality-TV show from which only one of twenty-four teenage contestants will emerge alive. A fierce, resourceful competitor, Katniss also displays great compassion and vulnerability. The twists and turns are addictive in this compulsively readable blend of science fiction, romance, and social commentary.  (Horn Book, January, 2009)