Summer Learning

Happy Summer!

On this page and at the below links you will find all the information you need to engage your child with their 2025 summer learning work.

Summer Reading books were distributed to students on Move-Up Morning in June, and each grade’s book is listed below. Pre-K summer reading books will be distributed at the open house in late August ‘25. If you did not receive your summer reading book, please email Emily Rabinowitz-Buchanan (K-4th books) or Brad Belin (5th-8th books).

Your child’s summer learning work will be listed as their “rising” grade (the grade they will enter in fall 2025).

  • Families can visit the Rising 1st-4th Grade Summer Learning Dashboard for more information from your child’s 2024-2025 teachers about summer learning. There is no summer learning work for rising PK and K students. If you have any questions about Rising 1st-4th grade summer learning, please contact Emily Rabinowitz-Buchanan.

  • Rising 5th-8th Grade Families can visit the Upper School Summer Learning Dashboard for summer reading, summer math work, and 6th-8th grade supply lists. If you have questions about Rising 5th-8th grade summer learning and/or 6th-8th supply lists, please contact Brad Belin. Fifth graders will receive their necessary supplies when they return in the fall.

Summer Reading 2025

Rising Pre-K Amelia’s Loose Part Art by Angela Odusanya

Rising Grade K Outside In by Deborah Underwood

Rising Grade 1 I Wonder by Annaka Harris

Rising Grade 2 The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

Rising Grade 3 Donovan’s Word Jar by Monalisa Degross

Rising Grade 4 Odder by Katherine Applegate

Rising Grade 5 Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Rising Grade 6 Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

Rising Grade 7 Choose one:

  • Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt

  • Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

  • They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Rising Grade 8 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

For middle schoolers looking for additional summer reading, here is some information on how to Pick The Right Book.