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AP United States History - SS315
Summer Reading Packet/Assignment (see instructor)

Difference, Power, & Social Change - SS430
American Creation, Joseph Ellis
ISBN: 978-0307263698

ST Summer Reading

ST English 9 - STEN105 (Choose one of the following)
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
ISBN: 978-0375714573

Fever 1973 by Laurie Halse Anderson
ISBN: 978-0-689-84891-9

Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald
ISBN: 978-0307976093

ST English 10 - STEN205
Paper Towns by John Green
ISBN: 014241493X

Queen of the Water by Laura Resau
ISBN: 385738978

Monster by Walter Dean Meyers
ISBN: 64407314

ST English 11 - STEN305
Sold by Patricia McCormick
ISBN: 786851724

Between Shades of Gray by Ruth Sepetys
ISBN: 014242059X

Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper
ISBN: 1442494980

ST English 12 - STEN405
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
ISBN: 307887448

Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
ISBN: 0-671-02734-4

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Random Riggs
ISBN: 978-1594746031.00

Troubadours - AR200
There are no required textbooks for this course. The Music Theory Workbook will be purchased in class, and sheet music/uniforms will be purchased by the instructor and will remain the property of the school.

Kennedy Catholic Singers - AR205
There are no required textbooks for this course. The Music Theory Workbook will be purchased in class, and sheet music/uniforms will be purchased by the instructor and will remain the property of the school.

Excalibur - AR210
There are no required textbooks for this course. The Music Theory Workbook will be purchased in class, and sheet music/uniforms will be purchased by the instructor and will remain the property of the school.

Concert Band - AR105
Sheet music/uniforms/lyre/instrument will be purchased by the instructor and will remain the property of the school.

Chamber Orchestra - AR110
Sheet music/uniforms/instrument will be purchased by the instructor and will remain the property of the school.

Jazz Ensemble - AR115
Sheet music/uniforms/lyre/instrument will be purchased by the instructor and will remain the property of the school.

Percussion Ensemble - AR120
Sheet music/uniforms/lyre/mallet bag/sticks/percussion pad will be purchased by the instructor and will remain the property of the school.

Symphonic Band - AR125
Sheet music/uniforms/lyre/instrument will be purchased by the instructor and will remain the property of the school.

Acting for the Stage - AR305
There are no required textbooks for this course.

Fundamentals for Technical Theatre - AR310
There are no required textbooks for this course.

Improvisation - AR315
There are no required textbooks for this course.

Introduction to Theatre - AR320
There are no required textbooks for this course.

Playwriting/Screenwriting I - AR325
There are no required textbooks for this course.

Playwriting/Screenwriting II - AR330
There are no required textbooks for this course.

Accounting - BTEL305
This course uses open-source materials and no textbook purchases are required.

Living On Your Own - BTEL335
This course uses open-source materials and no textbook purchases are required.

AP Computer Science A - BTEL405
There are no required textbooks for this course.

Leadership Service 1 - BTEL325
There are no required textbooks for this course.

Leadership Service 2 - BTEL425
There are no required textbooks for this course.

Marketing 1 - BTEL340
This course uses open-source materials and no textbook purchases are required.

Marketing 2 - BTEL440
This course uses open-source materials and no textbook purchases are required.

AP Psychology - BTEL450
Updated Myers' Psychology for the AP
ISBN: 1319362540

Robotics 1 - BTEL355
This course uses open-source materials and no textbook purchases are required.

Robotics 2 - BTEL455
This course uses open-source materials and no textbook purchases are required.

Psychology of Performance and Sport - BTEL350
This course uses open-source materials and no textbook purchases are required.

AP Computer Science A
Building Java Programs: A Back to Basics Approach, 4th Edition
ISBN-10: 0134322762
ISBN-13: 978-0134322766

AVID 9, 10, 11, 12 | AV105 - AV405
Items needed: 2" or 3" binder, binder dividers, three pencils, pens, highlighters, pencil pouch for binder, college-ruled paper, weekly planner
This course uses open-source materials, and no textbook purchases are required.

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, HarperTeen
ISBN: 978-0062662811

The Hound of the Baskerville by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Oxford World's Classics
ISBN: 978-0198835226

Honors English 9 - EN110
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon Graphic Novels
ISBN: 978-0375714832

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, HarperTeen
ISBN: 978-0062662811

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Anchor Books
ISBN: 978-0385474542

English 10 - EN205
Oedipus by Sophocles, Dover Thrift Editions
ISBN: 978-0486268774

Macbeth by William Shakespeare, FOLGER Edition at Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1451694727

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, Random House
ISBN: 978-0345538987

The Lathe of Heaven by LeGuin, Scribner
ISBN: 978-1668017401

Honors English 10 - EN210
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, FOLGER Edition at Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1451694727

Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Penguin Classics
ISBN: 978-0141393544

The Three Theban Plays by Sophocles, Penguin Classics
ISBN: 978-0140444254

Lord of the Flies by Golding, Perigree
ISBN: 978-0399501487

Honors English 10: AP Seminar - EN215
They Say, I Say Fifth Edition with Readings by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, W.W. Norton & Co.
ISBN: 978-0393538731

English 11: American Literature - EN305
Underground Railroad by Whitehead, Vintage
ISBN: 978-0345804327

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
ISBN: 978-0060838676

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
ISBN: 978-0316769488

The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Penguin Classics
ISBN: 978-0143129479

Honors English 11: Composition, Language & Thought (SU Dual Credit) - EN310
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
ISBN: 978-0060838676

They Say, I Say, Fifth Edition with Readings by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, W.W. Norton & Co.
ISBN: 978-0393538731

Hiroshima by Hersey, Vintage
ISBN: 978-0593082362

The Glorious American Essay, Lopate
ISBN: 978-1524747268

The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Penguin Classics
ISBN: 978-0143129479

English 12 - EN405
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
ISBN: 978-0307948472

A Tale for the Time Being by Ozeki
ISBN: 978-0143124870

Brown Girls by Andreades
ISBN: 978-0593243428

Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
ISBN: 978-0399588198

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
ISBN: 978-0544309760

Honors English 12: Storytelling Across Cultures (SU Dual Credit) - EN430
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, Martino Fine Books
ISBN: 978-1684224869

Translations by Brian Friel
ISBN: 978-0571117420

Beloved by Toni Morrison
ISBN: 978-1400033416

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
ISBN: 978-0812979657

Othello by William Shakespeare
ISBN: 978-0743477550

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
ISBN: 978-0486282114

They Say, I Say (with Readings), 5th edition by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst, W.W. Norton & Co.
ISBN: 978-0393538731

Advanced Integrated English - IEEN105
Summit 2: 3rd Edition by Joan Saslow
ISBN: 978-0134176888

Introduction to Theology - IETH100
Catholic Essentials by Michael Amodei, Ave Maria Press
ISBN: 978-1-59471-145-91-59471-145-3

The Catholic Youth Bible: 4th Edition, St. Mary's Press
ISBN: 978-1-59982-924-1
ISBN-10: 1-59982-924-X

Algebra 1A - MA105
The text for this course is available for purchase the first day of class.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Algebra 1B - MA110
The text for this course is available for purchase the first day of class.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Algebra 1 - MA115
The text for this course is available for purchase the first day of class.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Honors Algebra 1 - MA120
The text for this course is available for purchase the first day of class.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Geometry Foundations - MA215
The text for this course is available for purchase the first day of class.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Geometry - MA210
The text for this course is available for purchase the first day of class.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Honors Geometry - MA215
The text for this course is available for purchase the first day of class.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Intermediate Algebra - MA305
The text for this course is available for purchase the first day of class.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Algebra 2 - MA310
The text for this course is available for purchase the first day of class.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Honors Algebra 2 - MA315
This course uses open-source materials and no textbook purchase is required.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Financial Math - MA320
The text for this course is available for purchase the first day of class.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Pre-Calculus - MA405
The text for this course is available for purchase the first day of class.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Honors Pre-Calculus - MA410
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Calculus - MA415
Calculus Concepts and Applications by Foerster, Key Curriculum Express
ISBN: 978-1559536547
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

AP Calculus AB - MA420
This course uses open-source materials and no textbook purchase is required.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

AP Calculus BC - MA425
This course uses open-source materials and no textbook purchase is required.
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Statistics - MA430
Statistics and Probability with Applications, 3rd edition, Starnes & Tabor
ISBN: 9781559536547
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus Preferred, TI 83 approved

AP Statistics - MA435
The Practice of Statistics, 6th edition by Starnes & Tabor
ISBN: 978-1319113339
Required Calculator: TI 84 Plus preferred, TI 83 approved

Attire: Students are required to wear Kennedy Catholic shirts/shorts

Biology - SC205 - OPTIONAL
 Biology 2nd Edition by Mary Ann Clark, Jung Choi and Mathew Douglas, OpenStax
ISBN-13: 978-1-947172-52-4

Earth and Space Science - SC300 - OPTIONAL
Earth Science 15th Edition by Tarbuck
ISBN-13: 978-0134543536
ISBN-10: 978-0134543536 

Chemistry - SC305 - OPTIONAL
Chemistry 7th Edition, Zumdahl
ISBN-13: 978-1-947172-62-3

Honors Chemistry (UW Dual Credit Chem) - SC310 - OPTIONAL
Chemistry 7th Edition, Zumdahl
Items needed: ALEKS subscription, calculator with log functions
ISBN-10: 0538736372
ISBN-13: 978-0538736374 

Physics - SC405
There are no textbooks required for this course.

AP Physics - SC410 - OPTIONAL
Content Review + Strategies & Techniques (2024) (College Test Preparation) OPTIONAL: College Physics for the AP Physics 1 Course, 2nd Edition, Gay Stewart, Roger Freedman, Todd Ruskell
ISBN-13: 978-1-975076-51-1

Biotechnology - SC415
Items required: composition notebook 

Anatomy & Physiology - SC420 - OPTIONAL
Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology, 12th Edition by Marieb, E.N., Pearson
ISBN-13: 978-0134395326

AP Environmental Science - SC425
Environmental Science 3rd Edition by Andrew Friedland and Rick Relyea
ISBN-13: 978-1-319-11329-2
ISBN-10: 1-319-11329-x  

World History - SS205
Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang, Harper Collins
ISBN: 978-0064462082, B003ZSHUPM

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN: 978-0374531263

Honors World History - SS210
The Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Environmental Narrative from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century (World Social Change), Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Fourth Edition (July 5, 2019)
ISBN: 978-1538127032

AP World History
Strayer Ways of the World Ap World History Modern Course 1200CE A Global History with Moeern Sources 5^th Edition
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 131940930X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1319409302

Summer Assignment

United States History - SS305
Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned by Kenneth Davis, Anniversary OR 30th Anniversary Edition, Harper Collins
ISBN: 978-0061960543 (AE)
ISBN: 978-0063067196 (30th AE), B08K92SCMQ (30th AE)
B08K92SCMQ (30th AE)

Honors United States History - SS310
The American Pageant by David Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen, 16th OR 17th Edition, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 978-1305075917 (16th)
ISBN: 978-1305075900 (16th)
ISBN: 978-1337616225 (17th)
B00QXKGJ10 (16th)
B07M86BT1H (17th)

AP United States History - SS315
Summer Reading Packet/Assignment (see instructor)

The American Pageant by David Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen, 16th OR 17th Edition, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 978-1305075917 (16th)
ISBN: 978-1305075900 (16th)
ISBN: 978-1337616225 (17th)
B00QXKGJ10 (16th)
B07M86BT1H (17th)

American Government - SS405 
Basic Principles of American Government by William Sanford, Revised Edition, 3rd Edition, OR 4th Edition, Perfection Learning Corp.
ISBN: 978-1567656862 (RE)
ISBN: 978-0789188984 (3rdE)
ISBN: 978-1680644616 (4thE)

Current Issues - SS415
There are no required texts for this course.

Economics - SS420/BTEL320
There are no required texts for this course.

Pacific Rim Studies - SS425
There are no required texts for this course.

Difference, Power, & Social Change - SS430
Basic Principles of American Government by William Sanford, Revised Edition, 3rd Edition, OR 4th Edition, Perfection Learning Corp.
ISBN: 978-1567656862 (RE)
ISBN: 978-0789188984 (3rdE)
ISBN: 978-1680644616 (4thE)

The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
ISBN: 978-0345505347

Wonder by R.J. Palacio
ISBN: 978-0375869020

The Odyssey by Homer
ISBN: 978-0763642686

ST English 10 - STEN205
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
ISBN: 978-0399501487

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
ISBN: 0-385-48680-4

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
ISBN: 978-0446310789

ST English 11 - STEN305
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
ISBN: 978-0743273565

The Crucible by Arthur Miller
ISBN: 978-0142437339

Night by Elie Wiesel
ISBN: 978-0374500016

ST English 12 - STEN405
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
ISBN: 978-01400177398

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
ISBN: 978-1406372151

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
ISBN: 978-0439023528

ST Conceptual Physics - STSC105
Conceptual Physics, 12th Edition by Hewitt
ISBN-10: 9780321909107 

ST Biology - STSC205
Biology by Miller and Levine 
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-366951-0
ISBN-10: 0-13-366951-3

ST US History - STSS305
No textbooks are required for this course.

ST American Government - STSS405
No textbooks are required for this course.

ST Current Issues - STSS415
No textbooks are required for this course.

ST Theology 9 - STTH105
The Living Word: The Revelation of God's Love, 2nd Edition, St. Mary's Press (Print Version Only)
ISBN: 978-1-59982-429-1

Jesus Christ: God's Love Made Visible, 2nd Edition, St. Mary's Press (Print Version Only)
ISBN: 978-1-59982-431-4

The Catholic Youth Bible, 4th Edition, St. Mary's Press (Hardcover Only)
ISBN: 978-1-59982-924-1
*This Bible can be used each year in Theology.

ST Theology 10 - STTH205
The Paschal Myster: Christ's Mission of Salvation, 2nd Edition, St. Mary's Press (Print Version Only)
ISBN: 978-1-59982-433-8

Christian Morality: Our Response to God's Love, 2nd Edition, St. Mary's Press (Print Version Only)
ISBN: 978-1-59982-097-2

The Catholic Youth Bible, 4th Edition, St. Mary's Press (Hardcover Only)
ISBN: 978-1-59982-924-1
*This Bible can be used each year in Theology.

All Students | All Courses
The Catholic Youth Bible, 4th Edition, St. Mary's Press 
ISBN: 978-1-59982-924-1

Theology 9 - TH105
The Living Word: The Revelation of God's Love, 2nd Edition, St. Mary's Press 
ISBN: 978-1-59982-429-1

Jesus Christ: God's Love Made Visible, 2nd Edition, St. Mary's Press 
ISBN: 978-1-59982-431-4

Theology 10 - TH205
The Paschal Myster: Christ's Mission of Salvation, 2nd Edition, St. Mary's Press 
ISBN: 978-1-59982-433-8

Christian Morality: Our Response to God's Love, 2nd Edition, St. Mary's Press 
ISBN: 978-1-59982-097-2

Theology 11 - TH305
The Sacraments: Encounters with Christ, 2nd Edition, St. Mary's Press 
ISBN: 978-1-59982-091-0

The Church: Christ in the World Today, 2nd Edition, St. Mary's Press 
ISBN: 978-1-59982-435-2

Theology 12: Catholic Social Teaching - TH405
Catholic Social Teaching: Christian Life in Society, St. Mary's Press 
ISBN: 978-1-59982-077-4

Theology 12: Christian Lifestyles - TH410
Vocations: Answering God's Call, St. Mary's Press 
ISBN: 978-1-59982-150-4

Theology 12: Community Service - TH415
Tattoos on the Heart by Fr. Greg Boyle (2011)
ISBN-10: 1439153159
ISBN-13: 978-1439153154

Theology 12: World Religions - TH420
Exploring the Religions of our World (Student Text) [Third Edition], Ave Maria Press
ISBN-10: 1646800966
ISBN-13: 978-1646800964

Honors Theology 12: SU Dual Credit Course - TH430
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, USCCB (2008)
ISBN-10: 1574556924
ISBN-13: 978-1574556926

Tattoos on the Heart by Fr. Greg Boyle (2011)
ISBN-10: 1439153159
ISBN-13: 978-1439153154

The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal (1998, 2nd edition)
ISBN-10:  0805210601
ISBN-13: 978-0805210606

French 1 - WL120 
T'es branché 1, Thiesen; EMC/Carnegie Learning
ISBN: 978-1533816283
*students may choose ebook instead of hard copy

T'es branché 1 workbook, Thiesen; EMC/Carnegie Learning
ISBN: 978-1533832146

French 2 - WL220
T'es branché 1, Thiesen; EMC/Carnegie Learning
ISBN: 978-1533816283
*students may choose ebook instead of hard copy

T'es branché 1 workbook, Thiesen; EMC/Carnegie Learning
ISBN: 978-1533832146

French 3 - WL320
T'es branché 2, Thiesen; EMC/Carnegie Learning
ISBN: 978-1533816290
*students may choose ebook instead of hard copy

T'es branché 2 workbook, Thiesen; EMC/Carnegie Learning
ISBN: 978-1533832153
*This course uses the text La Chanson de Roland which will be checked out from the Kennedy Catholic library.

French 1, 2, 3 | Passport (1-year student license) – $34.95 online learning platform (ebooks) | Click here
*optional instead of hard copy textbook 

French 4 - WL420
Chez nous: Branché sur le monde francophone, Valdman, Pons, et al; Pearson
ISBN: 978-0134782843 | Click here
*This course uses the text Le Petit Prince which will be checked out from the Kennedy Catholic library.

Mandarin 1, 2, 3, 4 | WL130-WL430
Textbook Integrated Chinese Simplified Characters, 4th Edition:Volume 1, Cheng & Tsui
ISBN: 978-1-62291-135-6

Workbook Integrated Chinese Simplified Characters, 4th Edition: Volume 1, Cheng & Tsui
ISBN: 978-1-62291-136-3

Spanish 1, 2, 3 | WL150-WL350
This course uses open-source materials and no textbook purchases are required.

Spanish 4 | WL450
Digital text only: click here

ASL 1, 2, 3, 4 | WL110-410
Register for eText and Video Resources during class. Tru+Way ASL and GoREAct access codes provided by instructor during class. No individual purchase required.