Summer Reading 2023

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE

For the 2023-2024 school year, we have paired our summer reading titles with a schoolwide Advisory Theme as the basis for next year’s advisory program. Our theme is “Emotional Intelligence and the Digital Age.”

All School Read

The Anxiety Toolkit for Teens
by Ehrin Weiss

Students should spend time looking through the chapters and exercises over the summer and become familiar with the ideas and concepts in the book. Advisory groups will revisit important selections from the book, and students will have a chance to take some deep dives both in discussions and in experiential activities in the fall.

10th, 11th, and 12th Grade Reading:

Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley

This book is a 19th century horror and science fiction tale that continues to inform modern readers about the moral complexity that accompanies the impulses of scientific progress.

8th and 9th Grade Reading:

R is for Rocket
by Ray Bradbury

This book is a collection of science fiction short stories. 8th and 9th graders are also invited to read Frankenstein, but this is not required.

Faculty Reading:

The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
by Lisa Damour

Summer Introductory Homework:

Students enrolled in AP Calculus and AP Literature & Composition in the fall should complete these assignments: