Summer Reading
5 June 2009
To: Parents of Cistercian students
From: Thomas B. Pruit
Chairman, Department of English
Re: Summer Reading and Enrichment
Dear Parents,
Greetings!
I am writing to you even before you have had a chance to catch your breath from this school year to tell you about summer reading. All the students in Middle and Upper School were visited the last week of the semester by the English teacher they will have next school year. During the visit, students received handouts describing required summer reading and optional enrichment activities.
Some notes:
1) REQUIRED TEXT: Unless a teacher specifies otherwise, any new or used copy of the work is acceptable. In most instances, the teacher expects the student to bring a copy of the required text to school.
2) OPTIONAL ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES: Your son's teacher may indicate optional activities. I hope that your son completes some of these. Some of the activities for your son's Form may refer to a recommended reading list. This long list is also posted at the link above. Should you have any questions about the summer reading program, please call the school, 469-499-5400. The receptionist will put you in touch with your son's teacher or me.
Parents, certainly we all, students and teachers alike, need a break from our school routine. Summer is a time when many of us refresh our minds and bodies through activities of our own choosing. I hope all the boys, however, will, if they have not already done so, experience the joy that comes from reading good books. In addition to the required reading, perhaps each Cistercian boy will read some other non-fiction and fiction along with some poetry. Who knows, maybe he'll be inspired to write a piece for the Cistercian Literary Competition 2010, the deadline of which is mid-January.
In closing, I think I speak for all English faculty when I say Cistercian students are a remarkable group. Their intellectual curiosity - sometimes playful, often earnest - challenges us to be our best. Perhaps we all should give thanks regularly for this place, Cistercian.
Sincerely,
Thomas B. Pruit
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