Middle School

• For Core: 5-subject accordion folder or loose-leaf binder, 1” or 1.5,” with 5 dividers
• For Science: an additional 1” loose-leaf binder
• 1 graph-paper-lined notebook

Grade Six required reading:

• The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
  

• All students will choose a second book considered to be at or above grade level. Pick a book you have not read, and read the full-length, unabridged version. Need help choosing a book? Below are some suggested titles compiled by the Middle School faculty and librarians.

• Please bring your books with you on the first day of school. 

• National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (Read any three of the seven in the series)
  
• The Cay by Theodore Taylor

Grade Seven required reading:

1) The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

• Watership Down by Richard Adams
• Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy #1) by Gerald Durrell
• A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

Grade Eight required reading:

All students will choose one fiction and one non-fiction title (two books total). Below are some suggested titles, but students may choose any book that meets the following requirements. 

• Who is the protagonist and what is the main problem/conflict they face?  
• How do they solve this problem?
• What is the setting (time and place), and why is it important to the overall meaning of the work? 
• What is the climax/turning point?
• What is noteworthy about the author’s style?
• What is the theme or central message of the book?

• Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
• A Separate Peace by John Knowles
• The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
• The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
• The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed 
• Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
• Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
• Warcross by Marie Lu
• The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
• Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution by Jeff Shaara
• The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

• The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
• The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
• I Am Malala: The Girl who Stood up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
• The Last Cowboys: A Pioneer Family in the New West by John Branch
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
  
• Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui
• The Wisdom of Wolves: Lessons from the Sawtooth Pack by Jim and Jamie Dutcher
• Chaos by James Gleick
• The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
• A Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper
• Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert

We hope that you have a terrific summer and that you have the opportunity to refresh your math skills in advance of returning to school in the fall. 

Packets are tailored to what you have studied this year. They are designed to refresh your memory on concepts studied and give you practice in the types of thinking and problem-solving that will be most helpful to you in the coming year.

We recommend that students begin their packets in mid-July, but families may decide the timing that works for them.

Students should print out the packet, complete it, and bring it with them on the first day of school.

We look forward to working with you next fall; until then, enjoy your summer.

Sincerely,

The Middle School Math Team
Jason Koza, Middle School Math Coordinator
Jessica Campbell
Jose Malagon 
Kathy Zolla

You should complete the Grade 6 packet if you are entering Sixth Grade Math in Fall 2023. (Grade 6 Pre-Algebra students should complete the Pre-Algebra Packet.)

Check the answers that are available to you at the end of the packet. If you find yourself relying on the answer sheet, then you may want to review those concepts before school begins. Fluency with basic facts and confidence with addition and subtraction of fractions and decimals is vital for a successful start to Sixth Grade.

Expect a quiz on this in the first week of school. Good luck, and see you in August!

Download the Grade 6 Math Packet.
Download the Pre-Algebra Packet.

You should complete this Pre-Algebra packet if you are entering Seventh Grade Pre-Algebra in Fall 2023 or Grade 6 Pre-Algebra. (Grade 7 Algebra students should complete the Algebra Packet.) 

Check the answers that are available to you at the end of the packet. If you find yourself relying on the answer sheet, then you may want to review those concepts before school begins.  

Your teacher will spend little time reviewing the skills and concepts in this packet. Expect a quiz on this in the first week of school. Good luck, and see you in August!

Download the Pre-Algebra Packet.
Download the Algebra Packet.

You should complete this Algebra Packet if you are entering Eighth Grade Algebra or Seventh Grade Algebra in Fall 2023.

Check the answers that are available to you at the end of the packet. If you find that you need the answer sheet to answer the questions, then you may want to review those topics before school begins.

Your teacher will spend little time reviewing the skills and concepts in this packet. Expect an evaluation on this in the first week of school. Good luck, and see you in August!

Download the Algebra Packet.

You should complete this packet if you are entering Geometry in Fall 2023.

The Middle School Math Department is asking you to do Summer Math to make the transition back to class easier for you. 

Please complete this packet during the summer months. 

Check the answers that are available to you at the end of the packet. If you find that you need the answer sheet to answer the questions, then you may want to review that concept before school begins.

Your teacher will spend little time reviewing the skills and concepts in this packet. Expect a quiz on this in the first week of school. Good luck, and see you in August!

Download the Geometry Math Packet.