Welcome to Advanced Placement courses at LHS! Some AP teachers require that you complete work (like summer reading) during the summer months to prepare for their course. Make sure you complete these assignments, so that you're up to speed when the class begins.

Most instructors also have packets with more detailed instructions – be sure to check with them before the end of this school year. If you don’t see your course listed, please be sure to contact your AP teacher and verify that you have no assignments. Have a wonderful summer!

AP Biology:

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
By Jared Diamond

Purchase the Barron’s book, How to Prepare for the AP Biology Examination
SEE MS. FLEMING IN H129 FOR ASSIGNMENTS.

AP Calculus:

How to Ace Calculus: The Streetwise Guide (pp. 1-102)
By Joel Haas, Abigail Thompson, Colin Conrad Adams
(ISBN: 0-7167-3160-6)

AP Chemistry:

Student’s choice of one of the following:
Molecules at an Exhibition: the Science of Everyday Lives
By John Emsley
The Genie in the Bottle
By Joe Schwarcz
Radar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs
By Joe Schwarcz

Purchase the Barron’s book, How to Prepare for the AP Chemistry Examination.
SEE MR. ROLADER IN A402 FOR ASSIGNMENT PACKET.

AP Government:

The Fairtax Book
By Neal Boortz and John Linder

AP English Language and Composition (11th):

Eats, Shoots, & Leaves
By Lynne Truss
SEE MRS. SARGENT IN C107 FOR ASSIGNMENT DETAILS.

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AP English Literature and Composition (12th):

Student’s choice of The Prince of Tides or The Great Santini, both by Pat Conroy

The King James Bible books of Genesis and Luke (in packet)
SEE MS. HOOD IN C108 FOR ASSIGNMENT DETAILS AND READING PACKET.

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AP Macroeconomics:

Freakonomics
By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

AP United States History:

Uncle Tom’s Cabin
By Harriet Beecher Stowe

Chapters 1-5, The American Pageant (textbook)
SEE MS. GIBSON IN H114 FOR ASSIGNMENT DETAILS AND YOUR TEXTBOOK.