Download and print this form.

This form gives your student’s current school permission to send us the necessary records. Please complete this form with your child's name and grade. After that, sign the authorization and give it to your student’s current school.

(Please do not return it to Thayer – we don’t need it, but your student’s current school does.)

This form is due by Monday, May 19.

Thayer Academy uses Magnus Health to collect and store students’ health information for the duration of their enrollment at this school. Magnus Health will be available for new families in July; you will receive an email with instructions around that time. 

Learn more about health requirements, immunizations, and other health & safety information on the Parent Portal. 

This form is due by Monday, May 19.

Hello from the Middle School Math Department!

Summer is a time for fun in the sun and exciting adventures. It is also a time to rest and recharge. It can also be a time for the "Summer Math Slip".  Students who practice math even a little bit can help retain what they learned during the previous year. We do not have a “math packet”, but we do have a list of helpful websites and related articles for families looking to avoid or alleviate the "Summer Math Slip".  

Please dedicate time over the summer to using your math skills. Rest and recharge and adventuring can include using math skills - whether it is by being in charge of the family budget, calculating arrival time on a road trip using distance and traveling speeds, being the banker when playing monopoly or playing uno pool side. And we hope you can establish the right timing and schedule for you and your family to practice math using these resources below. 

We hope this list inspires you and your family to take steps to do a little more math this summer.

Thank you,
The Thayer Academy Middle School Math Department

Math Practice Websites

• https://webmathminute.com/
  • This is one of the best for math facts – can be done every day for 10 minutes or less
• https://www.desmos.com/
  • You will need to set up a home account for access
• https://www.khanacademy.org/
  • Great for all kinds of practice
• https://phet.colorado.edu/
  • Offers interactive practice sessions

More ideas and strategies for practicing math during the summer:

• https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/16/06/summer-math-loss
• https://kateshomeschoolmath.com/12-cheap-and-easy-summer-math-options/
• https://alexandertutoring.com/how-to-get-better-at-math-over-the-summer/ 

Each rising 5th grader will read:

• Hidden Truths by Elly Swartz | Kirkus Review
• Wishtree by Katherine Applegate | Common Sense Media Link
• ONE of the following four books:
  • Wonder by R.J. Palacio | Common Sense Media Link
  • Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin | Common Sense Media Link
  • When You Trap A Tiger by Tae Keller | Common Sense Media Link
  • Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly | Common Sense Media Link
• Encouraged, though not required: at least ONE additional student-choice book—anything that is 5th-grade reading level or above.
• Rising 5th grade students should expect assignments and discussion in September around Wishtree in their English classes.

Please note: Middle School summer reading books can be purchased at local bookstores Buttonwood Books and Frugal Bookstore.

We have on-campus private lesson instructors for piano, voice, guitar, bass guitar, string bass, strings, winds, and drums. Private music lessons are offered during the school day at an additional cost. Lessons are scheduled during a student's study hall/free period (Upper School) or extra help/study hall block (Middle School). Lesson availability is contingent upon the student’s schedule matching with the private lesson teacher’s schedule. A recital is held in May for private lesson students to showcase their work. Recital participation is optional.

• AFTER August 1, students can sign up at www.thayer.org/PrivateLessons.
• For questions about private lessons, please email Music Faculty Steve Skop P '23 (sskop@thayer.org).

Many students have the same supplies, books, and athletic equipment. Please label all school supplies, school books, sports equipment, and personal items.

Books and supplies from the list(s) below may be purchased at the bookstore or from other merchants; you may also have many of these supplies at home.

Required Supplies

• Pens: blue, black, and red
• Pencils
• Highlighters
• A pencil case (not bulky so it can travel from class to class)
• Headphones
• Unless otherwise specified by a particular academic class, an organizational system for handouts
  • We strongly recommend an accordion/expanding file folder with at least seven pockets
  • However, you may also choose one of the following two options:
    • A three-ring binder for each academic class
    • A two-pocket folder for each academic class
• OPTIONAL: Colored pencils and/or markers, pack of 3″ x 5″ notecards, dry erase marker(s)

English 5

• Supplies
  • ONE 3-subject GREEN spiral notebook
• Texts
  • Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
    • ISBN 10: 0545846617 | ISBN 13: 978-0545846615
  • Restart by Gordon Korman
    • ISBN 10: 1338053809 | ISBN 13: 978-1338053807
  • Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
    • ISBN 10: 043912042X | ISBN 13: 978-0439120425
  • Wordly Wise 3000, Book 5
    • ISBN 10: 0838877036 | ISBN 13: 978-0838877036

Latin 5

• Supplies
  • ONE 1-subject notebook (any color or design)
• Texts
  • Minimus: Starting out in Latin by Barbara Bell 
    • ISBN 10: 0521659604 | ISBN 13: 978-0521659604

Math 5

• Supplies
  • ONE 1-inch 3 ring binder with reinforced paper (lined or graph)
• Texts
  • Math in Focus, Grade 5, Volume A
    • ISBN 10: 0358101867 | ISBN 13: 978-0358101864
  • Math in Focus, Grade 5, Volume B
    • ISBN 10: 0358101875 | ISBN 13: 978-0358101871
  • Math in Focus, Grade 5, Volume A, Extra Practice
    • ISBN 10: 0358103061 | ISBN 13: 978-0358103066
  • Math in Focus, Grade 5, Volume B, Extra Practice
    • ISBN 10: 035810307X | ISBN 13: 978-0358103073
• Additional
  • DreamBox Subscription
    • Handled and processed within. Each student will be charged $30

Science 5: FEELS

•  Texts and supplies provided in class

Social Studies 5

• Texts
  • Ancient World, Student Edition by Teachers Curriculum Institute
    • Students will receive online access to the textbook from their teachers during the first week of school and parents/guardians will be sent an invoice for $32.00 from Thayer.
    • The hard copy of this textbook is OPTIONAL. If you’d like a hard copy, however:
      • ISBN 10: 1684681480 | ISBN 13: 978-1684681488

Download and print this form.

This form gives your student’s current school permission to send us the necessary records. Please complete this form with your child's name and grade. After that, sign the authorization and give it to your student’s current school.

(Please do not return it to Thayer – we don’t need it, but your student’s current school does.)

This form is due by Monday, May 19.

Thayer Academy uses Magnus Health to collect and store students’ health information for the duration of their enrollment at this school. Magnus Health will be available for new families in July; you will receive an email with instructions around that time. 

Learn more about health requirements, immunizations, and other health & safety information on the Parent Portal. 

Students entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade who feel their math ability might exceed the accelerated placement in their grade may take a placement test on Wednesday, June 11 at 3:30 p.m. This cumulative assessment test will measure whether they are ready for the next level accelerated earlier than their current grade level accelerated. Students must earn a 90% or better to be considered for the next level. Students will need to bring pencils and a calculator. 

Again, this test is only for math students feeling they might place above their incoming grade level, not for accelerated placement in their grade.

MIDDLE SCHOOL ACCELERATED MATH PLACEMENT TESTING INFORMATION & REGISTRATION

This form is due by Monday, May 19.

Hello from the Middle School Math Department!

Summer is a time for fun in the sun and exciting adventures. It is also a time to rest and recharge. It can also be a time for the "Summer Math Slip".  Students who practice math even a little bit can help retain what they learned during the previous year. We do not have a “math packet”, but we do have a list of helpful websites and related articles for families looking to avoid or alleviate the "Summer Math Slip".  

Please dedicate time over the summer to using your math skills. Rest and recharge and adventuring can include using math skills - whether it is by being in charge of the family budget, calculating arrival time on a road trip using distance and traveling speeds, being the banker when playing monopoly or playing uno pool side. And we hope you can establish the right timing and schedule for you and your family to practice math using these resources below. 

We hope this list inspires you and your family to take steps to do a little more math this summer.

Thank you,
The Thayer Academy Middle School Math Department

Math Practice Websites

• https://webmathminute.com/
  • This is one of the best for math facts – can be done every day for 10 minutes or less
• https://www.desmos.com/
  • You will need to set up a home account for access
• https://www.khanacademy.org/
  • Great for all kinds of practice
• https://phet.colorado.edu/
  • Offers interactive practice sessions

More ideas and strategies for practicing math during the summer:

• https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/16/06/summer-math-loss
• https://kateshomeschoolmath.com/12-cheap-and-easy-summer-math-options/
• https://alexandertutoring.com/how-to-get-better-at-math-over-the-summer/ 

Each rising 6th grader will read:

• Hidden Truths by Elly Swartz | Kirkus Review
• Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar | Kirkus Review
• ONE of the following eleven books, presented according to genre:
  • Novel in Verse:
    • BenBee and the Teacher Griefer by K.A Holt | Kirkus Review
    • The Crossover by Kwame Alexander | Common Sense Media Link
    • Unsettled by Reem Faruqi | Kirkus Review
  • Realistic Fiction:
    • Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly | Common Sense Media Link
    • Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes | Common Sense Media Link
    • Defending Champ by Mike Lupica | Kirkus Review
  • Historical Fiction:
    • Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander | Common Sense Media Link
    • The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicolas Day with art by Brett Helquist | Common Sense Media Link
  • Fantasy/Science Fiction:
    • The Lightning Thief by Rick Riorden | Common Sense Media Link
    • Bloom by Kenneth Oppel | Common Sense Media Link
    • Windswept by Margi Preus | Kirkus Review
• Encouraged, though not required: at least ONE additional student-choice book—anything that is 6th-grade reading level or above.
• Rising 6th grade students should expect September assignments/discussions around Lucky Broken Girl in their English classes.

Please note: Middle School summer reading books can be purchased at local bookstores Buttonwood Books and Frugal Bookstore.

We have on-campus private lesson instructors for piano, voice, guitar, bass guitar, string bass, strings, winds, and drums. Private music lessons are offered during the school day at an additional cost. Lessons are scheduled during a student's study hall/free period (Upper School) or extra help/study hall block (Middle School). Lesson availability is contingent upon the student’s schedule matching with the private lesson teacher’s schedule. A recital is held in May for private lesson students to showcase their work. Recital participation is optional.

• AFTER August 1, students can sign up at www.thayer.org/PrivateLessons.
• For questions about private lessons, please email Music Faculty Steve Skop P '23 (sskop@thayer.org).

Many students have the same supplies, books, and athletic equipment. Please label all school supplies, school books, sports equipment, and personal items.

Books and supplies from the list(s) below may be purchased at the bookstore or from other merchants; you may also have many of these supplies at home.

Required Supplies

• Pens: blue, black, and red
• Pencils
• Highlighters
• A pencil case (not bulky so it can travel from class to class)
• Headphones
• Unless otherwise specified by a particular academic class, an organizational system for handouts
  • We strongly recommend an accordion/expanding file folder with at least seven pockets
  • However, you may also choose one of the following two options:
    • A three-ring binder for each academic class
    • A two-pocket folder for each academic class
• OPTIONAL: Colored pencils and/or markers, pack of 3″ x 5″ notecards, dry erase marker(s)

English 6

• Supplies
  • ONE composition notebook
• Texts
  • The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
    • ISBN 10: 014240733X | ISBN 13: 978-0142407332
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry
    • ISBN 10: 0544336267 | ISBN 13: 978-0544336261
  • March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
    • ISBN 10: 1603093001 | ISBN 13: 978-1603093002
  • The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander
    • ISBN 10: 0316441961 | ISBN 13: 978-0316441964
• Additional
  • Membean Subscription
    • Handled and processed within. Each student will be charged $15.

Math 6 | Math 6 ACC

• Supplies
  • ONE 1-inch 3 ring binder with reinforced paper (lined or graph)
• Texts 
  • Math in Focus, Course 1, Volume A
    • ISBN 10: 0358101891 | ISBN 13: 978-0358101895
  • Math in Focus, Course 1, Volume B
    • ISBN 10: 0358101905 | ISBN 13: 978-0358101901 
• Additional
  • DreamBox Subscription
    • Handled and processed within. Each student will be charged $30

Marine Science

• Texts and supplies provided in class

Social Studies 6

• Texts
  • Ancient World, Student Edition by Teachers Curriculum Institute
    • Students will receive online access to the textbook from their teachers during the first week of school and parents/guardians will be sent an invoice for $32.00 from Thayer.
    • The hard copy of this textbook is OPTIONAL. If you’d like a hard copy, however:
      • ISBN 10: 1684681480 | ISBN 13: 978-1684681488

World Languages 6

• Supplies
  • ONE 3-subject notebook
• Texts/Additional
  • Provided in class

Download and print this form.

This form gives your student’s current school permission to send us the necessary records. Please complete this form with your child's name and grade. After that, sign the authorization and give it to your student’s current school.

(Please do not return it to Thayer – we don’t need it, but your student’s current school does.)

This form is due by Monday, May 19.

Thayer Academy uses Magnus Health to collect and store students’ health information for the duration of their enrollment at this school. Magnus Health will be available for new families in July; you will receive an email with instructions around that time. 

Learn more about health requirements, immunizations, and other health & safety information on the Parent Portal. 

Students entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade who feel their math ability might exceed the accelerated placement in their grade may take a placement test on Wednesday, June 11, at 3:30 p.m. This cumulative assessment test will measure whether they are ready for the next level accelerated earlier than their current grade level accelerated. Students must earn a 90% or better to be considered for the next level. Students will need to bring pencils and a calculator. 

Again, this test is only for math students feeling they might place above their incoming grade level, not for accelerated placement in their grade.

MIDDLE SCHOOL ACCELERATED MATH PLACEMENT TESTING INFORMATION & REGISTRATION

This form is due by Monday, May 19.

At Thayer Academy Middle School, each language is taught as a two-year, sequential course. Incoming students choose to study French, Latin, or Spanish. After completing the Middle School Languages Program, most students with an average of C or better will be prepared for the second level of French, Latin, or Spanish in high school.

Students entering 7th grade with no prior language experience should discuss the options with their parents or guardians and make a choice based upon the language they find most interesting. Most new 8th graders with previous world language experience continue to study the language they began in their previous school. If 8th graders have no prior language study, they should select French, Latin, or Spanish to be placed in a first-year class.

REMINDER: This is a two-year commitment for 7th graders. This is a binding decision that will require a schedule change after June 1, 2025.​

Questions? Contact Middle School World Languages Department Head Angela Toussaint (atoussaint@thayer.org | 781.664.2320).

Hello from the Middle School Math Department!

Summer is a time for fun in the sun and exciting adventures. It is also a time to rest and recharge. It can also be a time for the "Summer Math Slip".  Students who practice math even a little bit can help retain what they learned during the previous year. We do not have a “math packet”, but we do have a list of helpful websites and related articles for families looking to avoid or alleviate the "Summer Math Slip".  

Please dedicate time over the summer to using your math skills. Rest and recharge and adventuring can include using math skills - whether it is by being in charge of the family budget, calculating arrival time on a road trip using distance and traveling speeds, being the banker when playing monopoly or playing uno pool side. And we hope you can establish the right timing and schedule for you and your family to practice math using these resources below. 

We hope this list inspires you and your family to take steps to do a little more math this summer.

Thank you,
The Thayer Academy Middle School Math Department

Math Practice Websites

• https://webmathminute.com/
  • This is one of the best for math facts – can be done every day for 10 minutes or less
• https://www.desmos.com/
  • You will need to set up a home account for access
• https://www.khanacademy.org/
  • Great for all kinds of practice
• https://phet.colorado.edu/
  • Offers interactive practice sessions

More ideas and strategies for practicing math during the summer:

• https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/16/06/summer-math-loss
• https://kateshomeschoolmath.com/12-cheap-and-easy-summer-math-options/
• https://alexandertutoring.com/how-to-get-better-at-math-over-the-summer/ 

Each rising 7th grader will read:

• Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk | Common Sense Media Link
• Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steve Sheinkin | Common Sense Media Link
• ONE of the following eight books, presented according to genre:
  • In Verse:
    • Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood | Kirkus Review
    • Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga | Common Sense Media Link
  • Realistic Fiction:
    • Checked by Cynthia Kadohata | Kirkus Review
    • The Hurricane Girls by Kimberly Willis Holt | Kirkus Review
  • Historical Fiction/Nonfiction:
    • Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson | Common Sense Media Link
    • I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick | Common Sense Media Link
  • Fantasy/Science Fiction:
    • Scythe by Neal Shusterman | Common Sense Media Link
    • Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor | Kirkus Review
• Encouraged, though not required: at least ONE additional student-choice book—anything that is 7th-grade reading level or above.
• Rising 7th grade students should expect September assignments/discussions around Beyond the Bright Sea and Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team in their English classes.

Please note: Middle School summer reading books can be purchased at local bookstores Buttonwood Books and Frugal Bookstore.

We have on-campus private lesson instructors for piano, voice, guitar, bass guitar, string bass, strings, winds, and drums. Private music lessons are offered during the school day at an additional cost. Lessons are scheduled during a student's study hall/free period (Upper School) or extra help/study hall block (Middle School). Lesson availability is contingent upon the student’s schedule matching with the private lesson teacher’s schedule. A recital is held in May for private lesson students to showcase their work. Recital participation is optional.

• AFTER August 1, students can sign up at www.thayer.org/PrivateLessons.
• For questions about private lessons, please email Music Faculty Steve Skop P '23 (sskop@thayer.org).

Many students have the same supplies, books, and athletic equipment. Please label all school supplies, school books, sports equipment, and personal items.

Books and supplies from the list(s) below may be purchased at the bookstore or from other merchants; you may also have many of these supplies at home.

Required Supplies

• Pens: blue, black, and red
• Pencils
• Highlighters
• A pencil case (not bulky so it can travel from class to class)
• Headphones
• Unless otherwise specified below, an organizational system for handouts. We recommend one of the following options:
  • A three-ring binder for each academic class
  • A two-pocket folder for each academic class
  • An accordion/expanding file folder with at least seven pockets
• OPTIONAL: Colored pencils and/or markers, pack of 3″ x 5″ notecards

English 7

• Texts 
  • Flying Lessons and Other Stories ed. by Ellen Oh
    • ISBN 10: 110193462X | ISBN 13: 978-1101934623
  • King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
    • ISBN 10: 1338129333 | ISBN 13: 978-1338129335
  • Mother Hicks by Suzan Zeder
    • ISBN 10: 1583427368 | ISBN 13: 978-1583427361
    • The play is a bit tougher to come by via online outlets (Amazon, etc.) than most texts, but our online bookstore has copies of the play.
  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding
    • ISBN 10: 0399501487 | ISBN 13: 978-0399501487
• Additional
  • Membean Subscription
• Handled and processed within. Each student will be charged $15.

Math

• PRE-ALGEBRA 7
  • Supplies
    • ONE 1-inch 3 ring binder with reinforced paper (lined or graph) 
    • Calculator with basic operations (scientific with fraction capabilities is recommended, but not required)
    • Dry erase marker(s)
  • Texts
    • Math in Focus, Course 2, Volume A
      • ISBN 10: 0358101913 | ISBN 13: 978-0358101918
    • Math in Focus, Course 2, Volume B
      • ISBN 10: 0358101921 | ISBN 13: 978-0358101925
         
• PRE-ALGEBRA 7 ACC
  • Supplies
    • ONE 3-subject spiral notebook, BLACK, or TWO 1-subject spiral notebooks (both black)
    • Calculator with basic operations (scientific with fraction capabilities is recommended, but not required)
    • Dry erase marker(s)
  • Texts
    • Provided in class
       
• Additional
  • DreamBox Subscription
    • Handled and processed within. Each student will be charged $30

Physical Science

• Texts provided in class

World History

• Supplies
  • ONE 1-subject spiral notebook (75-150 pages)
• Texts
  • History Alive!: World Through 1750 publ. by Teachers Curriculum Institute
    • Students will receive online access to the textbook from their teachers during the first week of school and parents/guardians will be sent an invoice for $32.00 from Thayer.
    • The hard copy of this textbook is OPTIONAL. If you’d like a hard copy, however:
      • ISBN 10: 1684681502 | ISBN 13: 978-1684681501

World Languages

• FRENCH 7
  • Texts and supplies provided in class
     
• LATIN 7
  • Texts
    • Suburani - Book 1, NA Edition, publ. by Hands Up Education
      • ISBN 10: 1912870029 | ISBN 13: 978-1912870028 
         
• SPANISH 7
  • Supplies
    • ONE notebook
  • Texts
    • Nuestra historia, Level 1 publ. by Voces Digital
      • This is a digital-only textbook. Students will receive online access to the textbook from their teachers during the first week of school and parents/guardians will be sent an invoice from Thayer.

Download and print this form.

This form gives your student’s current school permission to send us the necessary records. Please complete this form with your child's name and grade. After that, sign the authorization and give it to your student’s current school.

(Please do not return it to Thayer – we don’t need it, but your student’s current school does.)

This form is due by Monday, May 19.

Thayer Academy uses Magnus Health to collect and store students’ health information for the duration of their enrollment at this school. Magnus Health will be available for new families in July; you will receive an email with instructions around that time. 

Learn more about health requirements, immunizations, and other health & safety information on the Parent Portal. 

Students entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade who feel their math ability might exceed the accelerated placement in their grade may take a placement test on Wednesday, June 11, at 3:30 p.m. This cumulative assessment test will measure whether they are ready for the next level accelerated earlier than their current grade level accelerated. Students must earn a 90% or better to be considered for the next level. Students will need to bring pencils and a calculator. 

Again, this test is only for math students feeling they might place above their incoming grade level, not for accelerated placement in their grade.

MIDDLE SCHOOL ACCELERATED MATH PLACEMENT TESTING INFORMATION & REGISTRATION

This form is due by Monday, May 19.

At Thayer Academy Middle School, each language is taught as a two-year, sequential course. Incoming students choose to study French, Latin, or Spanish. After completing the Middle School Languages Program, most students with an average of C or better will be prepared for the second level of French, Latin, or Spanish in high school.

Students entering 7th grade with no prior language experience should discuss the options with their parents or guardians and make a choice based upon the language they find most interesting. Most new 8th graders with previous world language experience continue to study the language they began in their previous school. If 8th graders have no prior language study, they should select French, Latin, or Spanish to be placed in a first-year class.

REMINDER: This is a two-year commitment for 7th graders. This is a binding decision that will require a schedule change after June 1, 2025.​

Questions? Contact Middle School World Languages Department Head Angela Toussaint (atoussaint@thayer.org | 781.664.2320).

Hello from the Middle School Math Department!

Summer is a time for fun in the sun and exciting adventures. It is also a time to rest and recharge. It can also be a time for the "Summer Math Slip".  Students who practice math even a little bit can help retain what they learned during the previous year. We do not have a “math packet”, but we do have a list of helpful websites and related articles for families looking to avoid or alleviate the "Summer Math Slip".  

Please dedicate time over the summer to using your math skills. Rest and recharge and adventuring can include using math skills - whether it is by being in charge of the family budget, calculating arrival time on a road trip using distance and traveling speeds, being the banker when playing monopoly or playing uno pool side. And we hope you can establish the right timing and schedule for you and your family to practice math using these resources below. 

We hope this list inspires you and your family to take steps to do a little more math this summer.

Thank you,
The Thayer Academy Middle School Math Department

Math Practice Websites

• https://webmathminute.com/
  • This is one of the best for math facts – can be done every day for 10 minutes or less
• https://www.desmos.com/
  • You will need to set up a home account for access
• https://www.khanacademy.org/
  • Great for all kinds of practice
• https://phet.colorado.edu/
  • Offers interactive practice sessions

More ideas and strategies for practicing math during the summer:

• https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/16/06/summer-math-loss
• https://kateshomeschoolmath.com/12-cheap-and-easy-summer-math-options/
• https://alexandertutoring.com/how-to-get-better-at-math-over-the-summer/ 

Each rising 8th grader will read:

• Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson | Common Sense Media Link
• A Separate Peace by John Knowles
• ONE of the following eight books, presented according to genre:
  • In Verse:
    • The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo | Common Sense Media Link
    • Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds | Common Sense Media Link
  • Realistic Fiction:
    • The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway | Common Sense Media Link
    • Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson | Common Sense Media Link
  • Historical Fiction/Nonfiction:
    • The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life by Amy Butler Greenfield | Kirkus Review
    • Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys | Common Sense Media Link
  • Fantasy/Science Fiction:
    • The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer | Common Sense Media Link
    • Animal Farm by George Orwell | Common Sense Media Link
• Encouraged, though not required: at least ONE additional student-choice book—anything that is 8th-grade reading level or above.
• Rising 8th grade students should expect September assignments/discussions around Brown Girl Dreaming and A Separate Peace in their English classes.

Please note: Middle School summer reading books can be purchased at local bookstores Buttonwood Books and Frugal Bookstore.

We have on-campus private lesson instructors for piano, voice, guitar, bass guitar, string bass, strings, winds, and drums. Private music lessons are offered during the school day at an additional cost. Lessons are scheduled during a student's study hall/free period (Upper School) or extra help/study hall block (Middle School). Lesson availability is contingent upon the student’s schedule matching with the private lesson teacher’s schedule. A recital is held in May for private lesson students to showcase their work. Recital participation is optional.

• AFTER August 1, students can sign up at www.thayer.org/PrivateLessons.
• For questions about private lessons, please email Music Faculty Steve Skop P '23 (sskop@thayer.org).

Many students have the same supplies, books, and athletic equipment. Please label all school supplies, school books, sports equipment, and personal items.

Books and supplies from the list(s) below may be purchased at the bookstore or from other merchants; you may also have many of these supplies at home.

Required Supplies

• Pens: blue, black, and red
• Pencils
• Highlighters
• A pencil case (not bulky so it can travel from class to class)
• Headphones
• An organizational system for handouts. We recommend one of the following options:
  • A three-ring binder for each academic class
  • A two-pocket folder for each academic class
  • An accordion/expanding file folder with at least seven pockets
• OPTIONAL: Colored pencils and/or markers, pack of 3″ x 5″ notecards

English 8

• Texts
  • The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
    • ISBN 10: 9780679734772  | ISBN 13: 978-0679734772
  • Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
    • ISBN 10: 9780743482745  | ISBN 13: 978-0743482745
  • When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
    • ISBN 10: 0385721811   | ISBN 13: 978-0385721813
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
    • ISBN 10: 9781451673319  | ISBN 13: 978-1451673319
• Additional
  • Membean Subscription
    • Handled and processed within. Each student will be charged $15.

Math

Supplies

• ONE 3-subject spiral notebook, BLACK, or TWO 1-subject spiral notebooks (both black)
• Calculator with basic operations (scientific with fraction capabilities is recommended, but not required)
• Dry erase marker(s)

INTRO TO ALGEBRA

• Texts provided in class

ALGEBRA 1A & ALGEBRA 1B

Texts

• MyMathLab Student 1-Year publ. by Pearson Education
  • ISBN 10: 0132962373   | ISBN 13: 978-0132962377

GEOMETRY

• Texts provided in class

Anatomy & Physiology

• Texts
  • Interactive Science: Human Body Systems publ. by Pearson Education
    • ISBN 10: 0133684911 | ISBN 13: 978-0133684919  

US History & Civics

• Supplies
  • ONE 1-subject spiral notebook (75-150 pages)
• Texts
  • Young People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
    • ISBN 10: 1583228691 | ISBN 13: 978-1583228692
  • History Alive!: United States Through Industrialism publ. by Teachers Curriculum Institute
    • Students will receive online access to the textbook from their teachers during the first week of school and parents/guardians will be sent an invoice for $32.00 from Thayer.
    • The hard copy of this textbook is OPTIONAL. If you’d like a hard copy, however: 
      • ISBN 10: 1684681510 | ISBN 13: 978-1684681518

World Languages

FRENCH 8

• Texts and supplies provided in class

LATIN 8

• Texts and supplies provided in class

SPANISH 8

• Supplies
  • ONE 3-subject notebook, BLUE or PURPLE.
• Texts
  • Semiprofesional: Parte 2 by Adam Giedd
    • NOTE: Thayer will purchase copies of the text and distribute to students when necessary. Families will be sent an invoice from Thayer. 
  • Nuestra historia, Level 1 publ. by Voces Digital
    • NOTE: This is a digital-only textbook. Students will receive online access to the textbook from their teachers during the first week of school and parents/guardians will be sent an invoice from Thayer.

Download and print this form.

This form gives your student’s current school permission to send us the necessary records. Please complete this form with your child's name and grade. After that, sign the authorization and give it to your student’s current school.

(Please do not return it to Thayer – we don’t need it, but your student’s current school does.)

Thayer Academy uses Magnus Health to collect and store students’ health information for the duration of their enrollment at this school. Magnus Health will be available for new families in July; you will receive an email with instructions around that time. 

Learn more about health requirements, immunizations, and other health & safety information on the Parent Portal. 

Please choose which courses, in addition to English, History, Math, Science, and World Language, you would like to take next year. Keep in mind that you will also take The Common Good I, Grade 9 Health & Wellness, and Grade 9 Arts Rotation.

There are 24 blocks in our weekly schedule. English, History, Math, Science, and World Language meet three times each week. The Common Good I, Grade 9 Health & Wellness, and Ninth Grade Arts Rotation each meet once per week.

These obligations fill 18 periods each week. Keep in mind that you will want some free periods in the week to get work done and to meet with your teachers. It is certainly reasonable to add one of these additional courses to your schedule. Please think carefully before adding two. 

Course descriptions may be found in the Course Catalog. 

Performing Arts Courses (full year, twice per week)

• Dance Choreography
• Dance Techniques & Styles
• Acting & Directing for Theatre
• Musical Theatre
• Technical Theatre
• Chorus
• Chamber Orchestra
• Jazz Ensemble
• Rock Ensemble

Visual Arts Courses (full year, twice per week)

• Collaborative Design Lab I
• Media Production
• Film Production*
• Music Production and Sound Design*
• The Art of Numbers

Science Course

• Robotics I (full year, twice per week)

*some Media Production experience is required (please reach out to Dean of Students Kristan Gately at kgately@thayer.org)

This form is due by Wednesday, May 21.

ENGLISH

All ninth graders must read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.

For English I:

1. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
2. Choose at least one:
   • Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
   • Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
   • Warcross by Marie Lu
3. A book of the student's choosing

English I - Honors: add The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

WORLD LANGUAGES

Classes not included below do not have a summer reading assignment.

CHINESE

AP Chinese: Students will be emailed materials from the instructor.

FRENCH

AP French (GSP):

• L'Homme Qui Plantait Des Arbres, Jean Giono
• On Ramp to AP French Language and Culture Online Course via EDX.ORG 

Best done in July/August. Students should screenshot their score at the end of the course and email it to Madame Harper at dharper@thayer.org.

SPANISH

Spanish II Honors:

• La Gran Aventura de Alejandro
  • Read and summarize first 4 Chapters - Do "Ejercicios de interpretación" for each chapter.

Spanish III Honors: 

• Viviana y su gran aventura mexicana
  • Students are to read, study vocabulary, and do "Ejercicios de interpretación" for chapters one through six.

Spanish IV Honors (GSP): 

• Viviana y su gran aventura mexicana

  • Read the first 10 chapters. Students will respond to quotes taken from the assigned chapters as part of several in-class writing assignments beginning on the first day of class.

SpanishLang - AP (GSP):

• Secretos

We have on-campus private lesson instructors for piano, voice, guitar, bass guitar, string bass, strings, winds, and drums. Private music lessons are offered during the school day at an additional cost. Lessons are scheduled during a student's study hall/free period (Upper School) or extra help/study hall block (Middle School). Lesson availability is contingent upon the student’s schedule matching with the private lesson teacher’s schedule. A recital is held in May for private lesson students to showcase their work. Recital participation is optional.

• AFTER August 1, students can sign up at www.thayer.org/PrivateLessons.
• For questions about private lessons, please email Music Faculty Steve Skop P '23 (sskop@thayer.org).

Download and print this form.

This form gives your student’s current school permission to send us the necessary records. Please complete this form with your child's name and grade. After that, sign the authorization and give it to your student’s current school.

(Please do not return it to Thayer – we don’t need it, but your student’s current school does.)

Thayer Academy uses Magnus Health to collect and store students’ health information for the duration of their enrollment at this school. Magnus Health will be available for new families in July; you will receive an email with instructions around that time. 

Learn more about health requirements, immunizations, and other health & safety information on the Parent Portal. 

Please choose which courses, in addition to English, History, Math, Science, and World Language, you would like to take next year. Keep in mind that you will also take The Common Good II and Grade 10 Health & Wellness.

There are 24 blocks in our weekly schedule. English, History, Math, Science, and World Language meet three times  each week. Grade 10 Health & Wellness (full year) and The Common Good II (second semester) each meet once per week.

These obligations fill 17 periods each week. Keep in mind that you will want some free periods in the week to get work done and to meet with your teachers. It is certainly reasonable to add one of these additional courses to your schedule. Please think carefully before adding two.

Course descriptions may be found in the Course Catalog. 

Performing Arts (full year, twice per week)

• Dance Choreography
• Dance Techniques & Styles
• Acting & Directing for Theatre
• Musical Theatre
• Technical Theatre
• Chorus
• Chamber Orchestra
• Jazz Ensemble
• Rock Ensemble

Visual Arts (full year, twice per week)

• Painting and Drawing I
• Photography I
• Pottery I
• Sculpture I
• Collaborative Design Lab I
• Collaborative Design Lab II/III
• Media Production
• Film Production
• Music Production and Sound Design
• The Art of Numbers
• Yearbook Publication, Journalism, and Design

Film Production and Music Production and Sound Design require some Media Production experience. Please reach out to Dean of Students Kristan Gately at kgately@thayer.org.

Computer Science

• Programming I* (full year, three times per week)

English

• Creative Writing Workshop – Honors* (full year, three times per week)

History

• Law and Society (full year, twice per week)

Science (full year, twice per week)

• Robotics I
• Robotics II/III

Business

• Entrepreneurship I (full year, once per week)
• Business Leadership Fundamentals* (full year, three times per week)
• Business of Sports and Entertainment* (full year, three times per week)
• Finance and Accounting Essentials*(full year, three times per week)
• Principles of Marketing* (full year, three times week)

*requires sixth course permission (reach out to Dean of Students Kristan Gately at kgately@thayer.org)

This form is due by Wednesday, May 21.

ENGLISH

All sophomores must read The Universe Versus Alex Woods.

For English II: 

1. The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
2. Choose at least one: 
   • An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
   • The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsberg
   • On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
3. A book of the student’s choosing

English II - Honors: add Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

WORLD LANGUAGES

Classes not included below do not have a summer reading assignment.

CHINESE

AP Chinese: Students will be emailed materials from the instructor.

FRENCH

AP French (GSP):

• L'Homme Qui Plantait Des Arbres, Jean Giono
• On Ramp to AP French Language and Culture Online Course via EDX.ORG 

Best done in July/August. Students should screenshot their score at the end of the course and email it to Madame Harper at dharper@thayer.org.

SPANISH

Spanish II Honors:

• La Gran Aventura de Alejandro
  • Read and summarize first 4 Chapters - Do "Ejercicios de interpretación" for each chapter.

Spanish III Honors: 

• Viviana y su gran aventura mexicana
  • Students are to read, study vocabulary, and do "Ejercicios de interpretación" for chapters one through six.

Spanish IV Honors (GSP): 

• Viviana y su gran aventura mexicana

  • Read the first 10 chapters. Students will respond to quotes taken from the assigned chapters as part of several in-class writing assignments beginning on the first day of class.

SpanishLang - AP (GSP):

• Secretos

We have on-campus private lesson instructors for piano, voice, guitar, bass guitar, string bass, strings, winds, and drums. Private music lessons are offered during the school day at an additional cost. Lessons are scheduled during a student's study hall/free period (Upper School) or extra help/study hall block (Middle School). Lesson availability is contingent upon the student’s schedule matching with the private lesson teacher’s schedule. A recital is held in May for private lesson students to showcase their work. Recital participation is optional.

• AFTER August 1, students can sign up at www.thayer.org/PrivateLessons.
• For questions about private lessons, please email Music Faculty Steve Skop P '23 (sskop@thayer.org).

Download and print this form.

This form gives your student’s current school permission to send us the necessary records. Please complete this form with your child's name and grade. After that, sign the authorization and give it to your student’s current school.

(Please do not return it to Thayer – we don’t need it, but your student’s current school does.)

Thayer Academy uses Magnus Health to collect and store students’ health information for the duration of their enrollment at this school. Magnus Health will be available for new families in July; you will receive an email with instructions around that time. 

Learn more about health requirements, immunizations, and other health & safety information on the Parent Portal. 

Please choose which courses, in addition to English, history, math, science, and World Language, you would like to take next year. Keep in mind that you will also take Grade 11 Health & Wellness and College Counseling Seminar.

There are 24 blocks in our weekly schedule. English, History, Math, Science, and World Language each meet three times per week. Grade 11 Health & Wellness (first semester) and College Counseling Seminar (second semester) meet once per week.

These obligations fill 16 periods each week. Keep in mind that you will want some free periods in the week to get work done and to meet with your teachers. It is certainly reasonable to add one of these additional courses to your schedule, possibly two. Please think carefully before adding three.

Performing Arts (full year, twice per week)

• Dance Choreography
• Dance Techniques & Styles
• Acting & Directing for Theatre
• Musical Theatre
• Technical Theatre
• Chorus
• Chamber Orchestra
• Jazz Ensemble
• Rock Ensemble

Visual Arts (full year, twice per week)

• Painting and Drawing I
• Painting and Drawing II
• Photography I
• Photography II
• Pottery I
• Pottery II
• Sculpture I
• Collaborative Design Lab I
• Collaborative Design Lab II/III
• Media Production
• Film Production
• Music Production and Sound Design
• The Art of Numbers
• Yearbook Publication, Journalism, and Design

Film Production and Music Production and Sound Design require some Media Production experience. Please reach out to Dean of Students Kristan Gately at kgately@thayer.org.

Visual Arts (full year, three times per week)

• Visual Art I – Honors*

Computer Science (full year, three times per week)

• Programming I*
• AP Computer Science*

English 

• Creative Writing Workshop – Honors* (full year, three times per week)

Science (full year, twice per week)

• Robotics I
• Robotics II/III
• Independent Science Research

History

• AP Psychology* (full year, three times per week)
• Law and Society (full year, twice per week)

Math

• AP Statistics* (full year, three times per week)

Business

• Entrepreneurship I (full year, once per week)
• Entrepreneurship II (full year, once per week)
• Business Leadership Fundamentals* (full year, three times per week)
• Business of Sports & Entertainment* (full year, three times per week)
• Finance & Accounting Essentials* (full year, three times per week)
• Principles of Marketing* (full year, three times per week)

Leadership

• Peer Leadership Fellowship* – Honors (full year, three times per week)

Athletics

• Sports Medicine (full year, twice per week)

*requires sixth course permission (reach out to Dean of Students Kristan Gately at kgately@thayer.org)

This form is due by Wednesday, May 21.

ENGLISH

All juniors (except those taking AP Literature) must read Educated.

For American Masters: 

1. Educated by Tara Westover 
2. Choose at least one:
   • In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
   • Born a Crime by Trevor Noah 
   • Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
3. A book of the student’s choosing

For English III - Honors: 

1. Educated by Tara Westover 
2. Choose at least one: 
   • In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
   • Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
   • Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
3. How to Tell a Story by Meg Bowles
4. A book of the student’s choosing

For AP Language and Composition: 

1. Educated by Tara Westover 
2. Choose at least one: 
   • In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
   • Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
   • Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
3. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
4. A book of the student’s choosing

For AP Literature and Composition: 

1. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
2. Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat 
3. Choose at least one: 
   • In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
   • Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
   • Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
4. A book of the student’s choosing

WORLD LANGUAGES

Classes not included below do not have a summer reading assignment.

CHINESE

AP Chinese: Students will be emailed materials from the instructor.

FRENCH

AP French (GSP):

• L'Homme Qui Plantait Des Arbres, Jean Giono
• On Ramp to AP French Language and Culture Online Course via EDX.ORG 

Best done in July/August. Students should screenshot their score at the end of the course and email it to Madame Harper at dharper@thayer.org.

SPANISH

Spanish II Honors:

• La Gran Aventura de Alejandro
  • Read and summarize first 4 Chapters - Do "Ejercicios de interpretación" for each chapter.

Spanish III Honors: 

• Viviana y su gran aventura mexicana
  • Students are to read, study vocabulary, and do "Ejercicios de interpretación" for chapters one through six.

Spanish IV Honors (GSP): 

• Viviana y su gran aventura mexicana

  • Read the first 10 chapters. Students will respond to quotes taken from the assigned chapters as part of several in-class writing assignments beginning on the first day of class.

SpanishLang - AP (GSP):

• Secretos

We have on-campus private lesson instructors for piano, voice, guitar, bass guitar, string bass, strings, winds, and drums. Private music lessons are offered during the school day at an additional cost. Lessons are scheduled during a student's study hall/free period (Upper School) or extra help/study hall block (Middle School). Lesson availability is contingent upon the student’s schedule matching with the private lesson teacher’s schedule. A recital is held in May for private lesson students to showcase their work. Recital participation is optional.

• AFTER August 1, students can sign up at www.thayer.org/PrivateLessons.
• For questions about private lessons, please email Music Faculty Steve Skop P '23 (sskop@thayer.org).