Laguna Creek High School

Laguna Creek High School 9050 Vicino Drive Elk Grove, California 95758 Doug Craig, Principal Richard Gutierrez, Vice Principal Rose Penrose, Vice Principal Justin Harman, Teacher in Charge (916) 683-1339 • Fax (916) 683-3128 www.lchs.schoolloop.com

May 2, 2016

Dear Honors English 9 Student:

We are pleased that you have chosen to challenge yourself by taking the English 9 honors class. As a member of this class, you will need to complete a summer reading assignment which will help you in your studies throughout your freshman year and beyond, in addition to preparing you for the rigors associated with an honors course at LCHS. The required reading is Edith Hamilton’s Mythology.

The book will be available at the Laguna Creek High School library from now until May 27th (7:30am- 5:00pm) and from the LCHS front office from May 31st to June 28th (7:30am-4:00pm) It is advisable to call ahead and confirm the Library and/or office hours before planning on checking out the book. The Honors 9 teaching team highly recommends purchasing this novel in lieu of checking it out from the LCHS library (the book runs about $7 via Amazon new, and can be found used much cheaper).

Details on the summer reading assignment:

 Read Mythology by Edith Hamilton  Take notes as you read, making sure the notes are legible, neat, thorough, and accessible.  Notes should be an original work of the student. Shared, copied, or plagiarized notes will be treated as any other form of academic dishonesty (first offense results in a zero for the work in question, as well as entry in the student’s academic record).  Students will have an open-note test on the material during the first full week of instruction (day TBA on the first day of classes). Notes will be collected with the exam.

Summer work (the test and the notes) will be worth 5% of your overall grade for the 1st term of English 9 honors.

For questions or concerns, please email Ms. Gorchinski ([email protected]) or Ms. Lum ([email protected]). They will be available periodically over the summer.

Sincerely, Ms. Gorchinski Ms. Lum