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Dear
Summer Reading Participant,
As
a member of our summer Reading Program, you have made a commitment to
spend a portion of your summer vacation reading selections that offer
their readers insight into the challenges, desires, yearnings, and
complexities of man. And while some titles may be more appealing
than others, each work has something of significance for its
reader. Look for that 'greatness' as you read, engaging yourself
in the story, its unique setting, and the conflicts of its memorable
characters.
As in years past, all library books are
housed at the public library in Versailles. You may, however,
elect to purchase personal copies, especially of the required
titles. This will allow the reader to freely mark passages and
make notes, which may be of help during the school year. Used
copies can be found quite inexpensively on the internet. For those
students who do check out books, you must follow the library's rules for
checkout and return: overdue? lost? you must pay! Please
take care of the books, keep up with them, and return them on a timely
basis.
All testing will be done at the WCHS library
on the library computers. We will follow the same procedure as
last year in that several people may test at the same time, with results
available immediately upon completion. Please review
Objective Test Taking Information found on
this web site for the testing rules.
For your convenience, this testing information
is available on our website. It is the responsibility of each
reader to retrieve this information and fulfill the obligations to stay
enrolled in these accelerated courses. Ninth, tenth, and eleventh
graders, pay particular attention to the revised guidelines concerning
projects and the written component that must accompany them. Some
old "favorites" no longer exist! Also of importance is
the test score requirement. Students must score a combined average
of 70% or higher on the reading tests to remain in the program.
Those readers who score lower than 70% will be removed from the program
in August and put in a regular English class.
Finally, we have tried to schedule times that
are convenient for all summer readers, but conflicts and inconveniences
are certain to occur. Testing is available during the day in
May and early June; night time testing is provided in June and July for
those who have jobs or are involved in summer sports/conditioning, and
testing time is available as late as August 6, 2007 for those
students who are out of town, on vacation, at camp, or do mission
work most of the summer. Plan accordingly and pace
yourself.
Please allow the Summer Reading Program to be
the enriching program it was designed to be; do not settle for reading
Spark notes or viewing movies! These underhanded practices devalue
the integrity of the program and those who choose to participate in it.
Have a great summer. We look forward to
seeing each of you at the library!
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