Summer Reading 2025

At Natick High School, ALL students are required to complete the Summer Reading and Enrichment Assignment.

Some students, who take advanced coursework, may also have required or recommended assignments associated with specific courses. Please read below and discuss the following with your NHS student.

Instead of a traditional summer reading program, wherein everyone reads the same book or set of books, at NHS we have broadened our options for summer learning to include reading along with other cultural or academically enriching experiences. Specific grade-level courses have coordinated a list of options related to upcoming course content. The texts and activities listed will enable students to build background knowledge through experiential learning while developing an authentic relationship with the upcoming curriculum. When students return from summer break, they will be expected to show their learning from whichever option they have chosen. The full program is HERE, and we have listed the individual grades below for easy access.

The summer enrichment options and the courses are as follows:

Rising 9th Graders

• Associated Department: Social Studies
• Course: Global Awareness

Rising Sophomores

• Associated Department: Science
• Course: Chemistry

Rising Juniors

• Associated Department: English
• Course: American Literature

Rising Seniors

• Associated Department: Guidance
• Topic: College and Career Readiness

Please read through the options with your Natick High student. There are options that will suit a variety of learners. For the texts included in the list, the Morse Library has the texts and lists them on their website. All students are expected to complete one of the options listed prior to their return to school.

There are certain advanced courses that require students to get a jump start on content, or to review prior knowledge during the summer. For these select courses, the assignments listed are crucial for setting students up for success next year. These courses are listed below, and the summer assignments can be found here.

A summary of all course-specific summer work can be found HERE. Individual assignments are also linked below.

• Honors English - Grade 9

• Honors English - Grade 10

• Honors English - Grade 11

• Honors English - Grade 12

Almost all AP courses require summer work. There are a few courses that highly recommend, but don't require summer work (listed at the end of this newsletter) and two that do not have summer work (AP Computer Science A and AP Computer Science Principles).

• AP Art and Design
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Chinese Language and Culture
• AP Comparative Government and Politics (Please note that this is NOT the same course as AP Government and Politics.)
  
• AP Economics
• AP Environmental Science
• AP French
• AP Human Geography
• AP English Language & Composition
• AP English Literature & Composition
• AP World History

• AP Psychology

• AP Spanish Literature and Culture

• AP Spanish Language and Culture

• AP Statistics

• AP US Government and Politics (Please note this is not the same course as AP Comparative Government and Politics.)

• AP US History

These courses provide summer work that is HIGHLY recommended, but not required.

These assignments are linked below.

• AP African American History - See the link in the general document.
• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Physics 10
• AP Physics C