Summer Reading

Please locate your grade level of English that you are taking during the upcoming school year in the sidebar to the left for your required reading instructions.

Students in Honors, AP, DE, and Gifted classes are required to read certain books. They may also exercise choice for extra reading and extra credit.

• Summer reading will be turned in to your teacher for a formative grade in the first nine weeks.
• If you are uncertain about Dual Enrollment requirements, please read the FAQ and confer with your child's counselor.

See the Additional Resources page to find out how to access summer reading titles online.

You can email Mrs. Parham with any questions.
You can also email Mrs. Dugas with any questions for AP/Dual Enrollment and Seminar Classes.

Lafayette High School English Department's rationale and expectations for summer reading:

Lafayette High School views the development of life-long habits of reading as the centerpiece of an educated person and encourages each student to read widely throughout the year. Summer reading and other intellectual activities serve to stimulate, to enrich, and to reinforce academic skills during the long summer hiatus from formal schooling.

Appropriate reading, of course, also provides the best long-range preparation for the verbal college test which students face in their junior and senior years. We are asking PARENTS to please encourage summer reading for all children. Academically challenging books and literary classics hold significant promise for students to succeed in standardized testing and in college work.

For students enrolled in Honors, Advanced Placement, Dual Enrollment, and Gifted classes: Each grade level has specified particular books to be read during the summer (see the drop down menu to the left). After discussing and answering questions during the first weeks of school, the students will prepare for minimal assessment that will show particular reading comprehension skills. These assessments will show the teacher where to begin for practice on those reading skills that are emphasized on LEAP, ACT, and SAT. We implore the parents to help us challenge and encourage our students to excel in all of their subjects via enhanced reading skills.

The goal of summer reading in Lafayette Parish School System will be to promote and inspire an enjoyment of reading. Research indicates that frequent and sustained reading throughout the summer maintains and promotes literary skills. Research has shown that children in every income group who read six or more books during the summer months gain more in reading achievement that children who did not.