• Slide title

    Write your caption here
    Button

Vandebilt Cathlic considers clubs and organizations an important part in the development of the whole person, which is part of the educational mission and ministry of the school. The co-curricular program at Vandebilt Catholic is designed to develop talents and skills as well as qualities of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Vandebilt Catholic offers a variety of co-curricular activities and encourages maximum student participation. We strive to give ample opportunity to as many students as possible that enhance or reinforce skills developed outside of the classroom and to create, in the school, a stimulating and attractive environment.

SUMMER READING

VCHS Summer Reading 2026


All Vandebilt students are encouraged to read this summer. There is a strong correlation between reading regularly for pleasure and academic success, including building vocabulary, an understanding of sentence structure, and an increase in stamina for reading harder texts. It is also clear that the more you read, the better you write. So this summer, don’t stop READING! 


Each grade is required to read one or two books this summer- please look for your class and level.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the school; someone will gladly guide you.  Each student will be assessed on the novel within the first couple of weeks of school. No journal is required; however, it is suggested that you annotate and take notes.

Incoming 8th Grade:

On-level: Select one book from the following list:

  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Boys in the Boat (Young Readers’ Adaptation) by Daniel James Brown
  • Rules of the Road by Joan Baur


Honors: Select two books from the following list:

  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 
  • The Boys in the Boat (Young Readers’ Adaptation) by Daniel James Brown
  • Rules of the Road by Joan Baur


Skills: Select one book from the following list:

  • Wonder by R.J. Palacio
  • The Boys in the Boat (Young Readers’ Adaptation) by Daniel James Brown
  • Rules of the Road by Joan Baur

Incoming 9th Grade:

On-level: Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 


Honors: All must read:

  • Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (AND)


Also select one book from the following list:

  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka, Liz Welch, and Martin Ganda


Skills: Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan


Incoming 10th Grade:

On-level: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom 


Honors:

  • Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
  • Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier


Skills: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom 


Incoming 11th Grade:

On-level:  Select one book from the following list:

  • The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton 
  • The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway


Honors (Pre-AP): All must read:

  • A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (AND)


Also select one book from the following list:

  • The Awakening by Kate Chopin 
  • The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  • The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper


Skills: The Call of the Wild by Jack London


Incoming 12th Grade:

On-level: Select one book from the following list:

  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 


Honors (AP): All must read:

  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare (AND)


Also select one book from the following list:

  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


Skills: The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton


Dual Enrollment: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1831 edition)