Summer Assignments
Classes with summer work can be found below.
Students enrolled in the classes below for the 2023–24 school year should complete the linked assignments. Assignments are required unless marked as optional below.
Middle & Upper School
History
- AP World History: Read or listen to the book Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.
- AP US History: Read chapter 1 of either AMSCO or Give Me Liberty. Take notes to show your understanding of the main themes of the chapter and define the vocabulary words at the end of the chapter.
- AP European History: Read chapter 1 of Spielvogel or AMSCO. Take notes to show your understanding of the main themes of the chapter and define the vocabulary words at the end of the chapter.
Math
- Rising Fifth Grade Math (optional)
- Rising Sixth Grade Math (optional)
- Geometry Honors
- Geometry Advanced
- Pre-Algebra Honors & Advanced (optional)
- Algebra I Honors & Advanced
- Algebra II Honors
- Algebra II Advanced
- Algebra II Advanced (This packet should be completed by students who did not take Algebra I Advanced at GDS.)
- Algebra III/Trigonometry
- Intro to Calculus Advanced
- Precalculus Honors
- Precalculus Advanced
- AB Calculus
- BC Calculus
- AP Statistics (updated 5/31/24)
Science
Preschool
- Rising Bitty Bengals (optional)
- Rising Junior Kindergarten (optional)
Lower School
- Rising Kindergarten (optional)
- Rising First Grade (optional)
- Rising Second Grade (optional)
- Rising Third Grade (optional)
- Rising Fourth Grade (optional)