
Spartans Read for Joy
Summer Reading 2025
We're reading for joy this summer!
Dear Spartan Readers,
This summer, reading is all about joy. 💛
For some fun, we've turned summer reading into a BINGO card. Your challenge is simple: Get BINGO! Everyone must start with the center square, and then complete a row (diagonal, horizontal, or vertical) to succeed. Your main goal? Choose TWO books (at an appropriate challenge level) that bring you joy--or even just make you smile--and read them.
Your chosen books can be any genre--even nonfiction--and should be a new read. Just be sure that they are a fitting challenge, and that you can explain how they brought you joy. Audiobooks count, too!
Completed BINGO cards will be submitted to your 2025-2026 English teachers, and will be entered into a drawing for some prizes! 🎉
See below for BINGO cards and more resources.
Keep it simple. Keep it joyful. Keep reading, Spartans!
📖 ✨
Ms. Lamothe and Ms. Richa
How To Get the Books?
Finding the Right Book
Feel free to use the tools below to help you determine if a book is the right fit for you/your student!
- Common Sense Media
- The Horn Book: Reviews
- Kirkus Reviews
- You can also check the author's/publisher's website for further information
Sora
Sora is our Audiobook and E-Book provider. You can download the app, or use it on your Chromebook. To find it, click the Google waffle (squares in the upper right corner), and sign in with your school Google account. OR Google Sora and sign in with your school Google account.
If you don't find the book you want, email Ms. Lamothe.
Your Local Library
Don't forget to check out your local libraries for access to some of these books and fun summer programs!
Your local library also offers audiobooks! Hoopla and Libby are popular options. Be sure to get permission from your adults-at-home first!
Support Bookstores
Buy your own! Supporting your favorite--or local--bookstore is also a great way to secure your summer reading success. Thrifting can present some interesting options, as well!
Connecticut Governor's Reading Challenge 2025
AP Summer Assignments
Please see the information below regarding other summer assignments for AP courses. If there is no text beneath the title, please click on the titles to see the assignments in detail.
AP Statistics
Hello students,
If you are taking AP Statistics next year, here is your summer assignment.
Please read one of the following books before the first day of school, Tuesday, August 26th:
- How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff
- How to Tell the Liars from the Statisticians by Robert Hooke