The summer reading committee has accepted the Favorite Poem theme. We've decided that students will use the Poetry 180 web site or book - Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry by Billy Collins - to locate, read and select poems.

Students will also read, in addition to poems, selections from the grade level list. Each grade level list includes 6-8 selections that are connected to a language arts curriculum theme. They are as follows:

Grade 9: Tolerance
Grade 10: Self-Discovery
Grade 11: Conformity/Non-conformity
Grade 12: Memoir

The summer reading committee has developed the list of titles.

We anticipate assigning students the task of performing their favorite poem when they return in September. They will also do some reflective writing in addition to the performance. We will kick-off summer reading with a poetry performance for all High School students by Poetry Alive on June 9, 2009.