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Required Class Texts 2009-2010

The following is a complete list of the required class texts for each class. Clicking on the title of the text will take you to the Amazon.com page where you can order the text. For more information, check the class syllabus.

9th grade Composition

Holt Textbook-Literature & Language Arts 3rd Course
ISBN-10: 0030564948
ISBN-13: 978-0030564949

Writers INC
ISBN-10: 0669471860
ISBN-13: 978-0669471861

Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT Book One
ISBN-10: 1580492533
ISBN-13: 978-1580492539

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
By Edith Hamilton
ISBN-10: 0446607258
ISBN-13: 978-0446607254

Of Mice and Men
By John Steinbeck
ISBN-10: 0140177396
ISBN-13: 978-0140177398

Lord of the Flies
By William Golding
ISBN-10: 0399501487
ISBN-13: 978-0399501487


10th grade World Literature

Holt Textbook-Literature & Language Arts 4th Course
ISBN-10: 0030564964
ISBN-13: 978-0030564963

Writers INC
ISBN-10: 0669471860
ISBN-13: 978-0669471861

Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT Book Two
ISBN-10: 1580492541
ISBN-13: 978-1580492546

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
By Edith Hamilton
ISBN-10: 0446607258
ISBN-13: 978-0446607254

Things Fall Apart
By Chinua Achebe
ISBN-10: 0385474547
ISBN-13: 978-0385474542

Siddhartha
By Hermann Hesse
ISBN-10: 081120068X
ISBN-13: 978-0811200684

The Joy Luck Club
By Amy Tan
ISBN-10: 0143038095
ISBN-13: 978-0143038092


Academic Skills*
Writers INC
ISBN-10: 0669471860
ISBN-13: 978-0669471861

Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT Book One
ISBN-10: 1580492533
ISBN-13: 978-1580492539

*note: The required texts for Academic Skills class are already required for 9th grade English Composition class. You should not need to purchase them twice.

School Starts Soon...

Hey there everyone! School starts soon, and I am incredibly excited to see both the new faces and the 9th grade crew from last year back for round two. Huzzah!

If you're an incoming 9th or 10th grader at St. Bernard High School, here are some important things to remember:

1. This Saturday, August 22nd, you have an opportunity to earn student service volunteer hours at the Jet to Jetty run at Dockweiler State Beach (right where Imperial Highway runs into the beach). St. Bernard will have a tent up, and we want you to be there! Mr. Power will be there, and so will In-N-Out Burger. For more information, contact Ms. LeBouf at the school website.

2. On Tuesday, August 25th, 9th and 10th graders pick up their Fall schedules at the school from 9am-1pm. For more information, see the school website.

3. On Thursday, August 27th, the class of 2013 (9th graders) and all transfer students have their new student orientation session from 7:45am-1:45pm. The 9th graders will also be taking school pictures, so look spiffy!

4. On Thursday, August 27th, the families of new students get an opportunity to meet the new principal and chow down -- the Freshmen Family BBQ is the same day as the orientation.

5. Monday, August 31st, is the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! Make sure you have your summer assignment completed and ready to turn in. If you have any questions about what you need to bring, please email me (see my email address on the right side of this blog page).

6. Welcome Week begins the following Tuesday (no School Monday, Sept 7 for Labor Day) on September 8th. Welcome back, everyone!