<p>The “grandma rule” was actually taught to my boys in their freshman religion class (taught by a teacher that started back when my husband was a freshman) at their Catholic high school. I love throwing it out there and getting the “eye roll”, a smile, a laugh, and a “yes mom” every time.</p>
<p>Well, the last final is over and DS is officially done with freshman year!!! Doing the happy dance here in South Florida.</p>
<p>Congrats for making it through the year seiclan. S2 is already commenting that he is bored and has only been out of school for a week. Thank goodness his schedule gets busy very soon.</p>
<p>Congrats Seiclan! </p>
<p>What is everyone’s summer reading assignment for English?</p>
<p>two finals down, three to go for D. Those end on Tues and then the last day of school on Wed.</p>
<p>She doesn’t have summer English reading per se, but all the kids in grades 10-12 pick from a book list and then have group discussions etc in Sept. She picked Rebecca.</p>
<p>S’s summer reading for English is Farenheit 451 and The Wizard of Earthsea. His summer assignment for AP World History is to read and complete the first three chapters of the PR Cracking the AP World History Exam book. </p>
<p>Final exam grades are now posted for him, looks like he (despite his refusing to study for finals) gets to keep his straight A’s for Freshman year. Whew…</p>
<p>His CIT job dosen’t start until June 17th so he has plenty of time to get bored. I am quite sure that there is no way that he would delve into his summer work at this time. Looks like a week and a half of XBOX, sleeping till noon and IMing w/friends…in other words…a teen boy nirvana.</p>
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<p>*Into the Wild<a href=“meh”>/i</a> and four others from the reading list compiled by the librarian every year. So far she’s read Angels & Demons and The da Vinci Code. I don’t think they’re on the list. :(</p>
<p>Beth’s finals haven’t started yet - the teachers are still teaching, and exams start in the middle of next week. I don’t think she has a summer reading list for English, or at least I haven’t heard of one. They didn’t have one last summer, either. She does have an assignment for AP Euro. She has to read two chapters in her textbook and complete a couple of assignments related to the reading, and also to familiarize herself with the locations of a large list of places. The written assignments are due on the first day of class and they’ll have a test on the material the first week. Welcome to summer, I guess.</p>
<p>Classes are still in session, finals are the week after next. D hasn’t received her summer assignments, but she knows there will be an assignment for English, Euro AP and possibly Chem H. The assignments are due the first day of school, and generally there is a test the first day or so.</p>
<p>re Angry Dad- Angels and Demons is on our school’s list! My older D a rising senior has picked that as her reading selection. She has other reading for AP Eng Lit also.</p>
<p>My DD will not finish school until June 15th. She just said to me the other day that she was going to read the DiVinci Code and Angels and Demons this summer. Funny how all these kids are on the same page!</p>
<p>My daughter’s summer reading for English is Night and To Kill a Mockingbird. I’m glad they’re easy reading since she’s not planning on being around very much this summer.</p>
<p>My daughter’s summer reading is A Long Way Gone.
I’ve never read it before, so am also looking forward to it…</p>
<p>D will read The Kite Runner for pre-AP English, plus another book chosen from a lengthy list. In addition the entire grade reads Fast Food Nation, which they will discuss/have assignments based on in multiple classes (I assume English, Chem, World Studies?)</p>
<p>S2 will read THE GOOD EARTH for Advanced English II (write an essay and take an objective test when he returns to school). For APUSH he will read AMERICAN CREATION (write an essay) and read the first chapter of textbook and complete a related assignment.</p>
<p>Finally got the list - The theme for this year’s summer reading is “Power and Responsibility.”
plus one additional non fiction book. Required- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress.</p>
<p>Any suggestions for the non fiction book that relates to the theme?</p>
<p>Read a bio of Dick Cheney (or any other person in power). :P</p>
<p>You’ll learn about the extremes of power and how “Responsibility” and “Power” don’t really mesh well.</p>
<p>Hello, everyone. Just registered today and read through some of the thread.</p>
<p>My S doesn’t sit for finals until next week, but his water polo club has already started their morning swim. In the pool three times a day! Ugh.</p>
<p>I’m trying to get a handle on scheduling all these tests and am starting to panic. His counselor told us that he doesn’t sit for PSAT until Jr year but I’ve read posts with SAT scores. What am I missing here?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>3yrs2go –</p>
<p>Most kids take the PSAT their sophomore year for practice. When you take it your junior year, it’s the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT) and that can have big implications.</p>
<p>Some kids take the SAT/ACT as early as 7th grade. SAT throws away all scores taken before 9th grade unless you specifically request them not to.</p>
<p>My daughter will apply to a state math & science school for her junior year. Part of the application packet is an ACT score, so she’ll be taking the ACT this fall. :-)</p>
<p>If you’ve completed the top level in a certain course, then it’s wise to go ahead and take the SAT Subject Test (formerly the SAT II) for that topic if you think you might need the scores for college.</p>
<p>That makes sense. Thank you.</p>
<p>My S is the type that needs to be familiar with the format to do well, so I definitely need to find a prep class. Can anyone recommend one in the Los Angeles area? I know the favored ones for SAT but what’s out there for PSAT?</p>