We have re-vamped our Summer Reading program this year! Rather than assigning specific books for each grade level to read, we are encouraging you to read as much as possible throughout the summer by allowing YOU to pick the books!

For every book you read, you are asked to fill out the following Google form: https://forms.gle/7XXAD7psLiZKKUHn8

If you have a Holy Trinity e-mail address, please use that address when logging into the form. This form will help us keep track of how our school community reads.  It will also give you an opportunity to earn some rewards!

Your goal is to read at least two books each month.

Parents,Teachers and Alums, you’re encouraged to fill out the form as well!  Let’s be a reading community!

Who’s Ahead?

Through July 9, here are the numbers of books read and recorded by our community. REMEMBER, after you finish a book be sure to fill out the Google Form HERE.

• Seniors: 33 (Dominique is still carrying you guys!  She’s got half!)
• Juniors: 20
• Sophomores: 11
• Freshmen: 14
• Faculty and Staff: 13
• Parents: 19

Reading Suggestions

Considering the recent Fourth of July holiday and the All-Star Game, how about a book about summer, or the United States, or baseball?   Bernard Malumud’s The Natural and Philip Roth’s The Great American Novel are some challenging choices about baseball; John Grisham’s Calico Joe is a good easy read.  Edith Wharton’s Summer and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby would be good for students.  Moms, you might like Anne Tyler’s Ladder of Years.  Allen Drury’s Advise and Consent is a challenging book, but a good one about politics.

For fun, get a mystery!  I highly suggest any of Ralph McInerny’s Mysteries Set at Notre Dame.  McInerny was a philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame for more than 40 years.

TAPPS Literary Criticism Contest

Attention Book Nerds!  The Academic Team is always looking for people willing to take on Literary Criticism!   Last year, senior Madison Leurs won first at the state meet.  This year’s reading selections can be found here.  In addition to researching terms, etc., you will need to read Othello by William Shakespeare and Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut.

What the Students are Reading…

Senior Dominique W. added to her total with Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee and Work by Louisa May Alcott.

Junior Rachel H. read Divergent by Veronica Roth and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

Junior Benjamin B. got a head start on junior reading by finishing Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

Junior Faithann G. read several books including Resisting Happiness by Matthew Kelly and Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini.

Freshman Madison C. read Sara Raasch’s Snow Like Ashes and Marissa Meyer’s Heartless. Welcome to Holy Trinity, Madison!

If you filled out the form, thank you!  You guys are doing great!  More than 110 entries so far!
 

What the Teachers are Reading…just in case you’re curious

Mrs. Sanders read The Common Lawyer by Mark Gimenez:  “Mark Gimenez writes legal fiction with lots of twists and turns in his plots, and his main character (always a lawyer) is usually trying to right a wrong. The setting is always in Texas, which makes it is easy to relate and recognize the areas in his books. There is usually some significant event that happened in the Texas areas, which makes it interesting if you are a history buff.”

Coach Koch recently finished Memory Man by David Balducci, which is about an injured NFL player who goes on to be a police officer.

Miss Snyder finished Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh and Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Brian Atteberry, our Director of Technology, recently finished four books: Prodigy and Champion by Marie Lu and Pittacus Lore’s I Am Number Four and The Power of Six.  All four books share the theme of never giving up.