To encourage recreational reading, members of the faculty and administration sponsor a summer reading program for grades 7 through 12. Before leaving for summer break, students select two titles, to be read during the summer vacation, from an extensive, annotated list. Upon returning to school in the fall, the students take a brief objective reading quiz and participate in a small group discussion for each of the selected books. Sponsoring faculty members direct the quizzes and discussions. Eleventh and twelfth grade students are invited to volunteer to act as student discussion leaders guided by faculty moderators. A student’s
performance for the summer reading project becomes part of her permanent record and appears among the first trimester grades. This mentoring program seeks to reaffirm the faculty’s belief in the importance and pleasure of reading. The school hopes that, by offering choices of great diversity, students will explore new fields as well as continue existing interests.