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Happy Summer!
We hope you have a great summer break by playing hard and keeping your academic skills sharp. Below you will find some helpful information as you enjoy your summer. We look forward to seeing all of you at the Back to School Bash on August 11! Click the buttons below to view important information.
School Supplies
Most supplies have been ordered for your child by the school and will be delivered to his/her classroom by Meet & Greet on August 11. A list of additional, miscellaneous supplies that must be provided by you (e.g., an art shirt for younger students, Bibles for 2nd-8th grade students) can be accessed HERE.
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Your rising Kindergarten student’s “Lions on the Loose” required summer assignments are due to his/her teacher on Tuesday, August 11, when you come to campus for our Meet and Greet. Your child’s summer assignment includes summer reading.
All rising Kindergarteners should read or be read to for at least 10 minutes per day or a minimum of 40 minutes per week, for a total required summer reading of at least 320 minutes. Please use the official St. Luke School Summer Reading Log and fill out each section with:
Date
Number of Minutes Read
Book Title
Parent Initials
The Summer Reading Log should be turned in to the Kindergarten teacher when you visit the classroom on Tuesday, August 11. There are so many great books available, but if you need some ideas, please refer to the list of Suggested Summer Reading put together by the Kindergarten teachers.
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Your rising first grader’s “Lions on the Loose” required summer assignments are due to his/her teacher on August 11, when you come to campus for our Meet and Greet. Your child’s summer assignments include summer reading and a summer journal.
Summer Reading
All rising first graders should read or be read to for at least 10 minutes per day or a minimum of 40 minutes per week, for a total required summer reading of at least 320 minutes. Please use the official St. Luke School Summer Reading Log and fill out each section with:
Date
Number of Minutes Read
Book Title
Parent Initials
The Summer Reading Log should be turned in to the first-grade teacher when you visit the classroom on Tuesday, August 11. There are so many great books available, but if you need some ideas, please refer to the list of Suggested Summer Reading put together by the first-grade teachers.
Summer Journal
We want to hear about how you spent your summer! Record some of your favorite moments in your Summer Journal. Use the Summer Journal entry page that is found HERE. All journal entries should be stapled together when your child turns in their journal to their teacher. Rising first graders are required to have at least 6 journal entries and each entry should include:
Date
Words or phrases to go with each entry, written in the child’s own handwriting
An illustration and/or memorabilia (e.g., movie or park tickets, photos, postcards, etc.)
The Summer Journal should also be turned in to the first-grade teacher when you visit the classroom on Tuesday, August 11.
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Your rising second grader’s “Lions on the Loose” required summer assignments are due to his/her teacher on Tuesday, August 11, when you come to campus for our Meet and Greet. Your child’s summer assignments include summer reading, a summer journal, and a math packet.
Summer Math Packet
All rising second graders are required to complete a grade-appropriate summer math packet over the summer. The rising second-grade math packet will be available in FACTS Family Portal beginning May 26. (Go to Family Portal | School Information | Resource Documents and select the correct grade level, i.e., the grade your child will be entering for the 2026-2027 school year.) These math concepts should be a review of grade-appropriate essential skills that were studied during the year and that the students should have mastered. Be sure to follow the directions in the packet and be prepared to turn in the completed work to the teacher when you visit the classroom on Tuesday, August 11. Students should complete all problems neatly and make sure all are completely labeled. Students will be tested over the material in the math packet during the first week of school. If you experience problems, please email Mrs. Oliver at joliver@stlukeum.com or Mrs. Renner at krenner@stlukeum.com.
Summer Reading
All rising second graders are required to read and log at least 15 minutes per day or a minimum of 60 minutes per week, for a total required summer reading of at least 480 minutes. Please use the official St. Luke School Summer Reading Log and fill out each section with:
Date
Number of Minutes Read
Book Title
Parent Initials
The Summer Reading Log should be turned in to the second-grade teacher when you visit the classroom on Tuesday, August 11. There are so many great books available, but if you need some ideas please refer to the list of Suggested Summer Reading put together by the second-grade teachers.
Summer Journal
We want to hear about how you spent your summer! Record some of your favorite moments in your Summer Journal. Rising second graders should use a composition book or three-prong folder for their journal entries. Rising second graders are required to have at least 8 journal entries and each entry should include:
Date
An illustration and/or memorabilia (e.g., movie or park tickets, photos, postcards, etc.)
Three to four written sentences per entry in the best handwriting that describe what is happening in the illustration and/or attached memorabilia.
The Summer Journal should also be turned in to the second-grade teacher when you visit the classroom on Tuesday, August 11.
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Your rising third grader’s “Lions on the Loose” required summer assignments are due to his/her teacher on August 11, when you come to campus for our Meet and Greet. Your child’s summer assignments include summer reading, a summer journal, and a summer math packet.
Summer Math Packet
All rising third graders are required to complete a grade-appropriate summer math packet over the summer. The rising third-grade math packet will be available in Family Portal beginning May 26. (Go to Family Portal l School Information | Resource Documents and select the correct grade level, i.e., the grade your child will be entering for the 2026-2027 school year.) These math concepts should be a review of grade-appropriate essential skills that were studied during the year and that the students should have mastered. Be sure to follow the directions in the packet and be prepared to turn in the completed work to the teacher when you visit the classroom on Tuesday, August 11. Students should complete all problems neatly and make sure all are completely labeled. If you experience problems, please email Mrs. Oliver at joliver@stlukeum.com or Mrs. Renner at krenner@stlukeum.com.
Summer Reading
All rising third graders are required to read the book, Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne. Upon completion of the book, please complete the assignment found HERE. Please bring the completed assignment with you to Meet the Teacher on Tuesday, August 11. Third-grade teachers encourage your child to find other books that interest them and read over the summer! For a list of suggested titles, please click HERE.
Summer Journal
We want to hear about how you spent your summer! Record some of your favorite moments in your Summer Journal. Rising third graders should use a composition book for their journal entries. Rising third graders are required to have at least 8 journal entries, and each entry should include:
Date
An illustration and/or memorabilia (e.g., movie or park tickets, photos, postcards, etc.)
2-3 written sentences per entry that describe what is happening in the illustration and/or attached memorabilia
The Summer Journal should also be turned in to the third-grade teacher when you visit the classroom on Tuesday, August 11.
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Your rising fourth-grader is expected to complete a reading assignment and a math assignment this summer.
Summer Reading and Language Arts IXL Skills
All rising fourth-graders are required to read Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing by Judy Blume and write a summary of the book. Click here for an outline to plan the summary. The outline is to be completed before writing the summary on a lined sheet of paper. Both papers should be stapled together and turned in during the Meet and Greet on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. To help retain essential skills, students are assigned Language Arts IXL skills for review. Each student is expected to complete every skill with a Smart Score of at least 80, which indicates proficiency, by 12:00 noon on August 11, 2026. For instructions on how to log into IXL, please refer to the math assignment.
Summer Math
In preparation for another successful start to a new school year, your child is expected to review third-grade essential math skills by completing all lessons assigned to him/her in IXL. Please click here for directions and expectations. Required assignments for math, within IXL, are expected to be completed by noon on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. If you have any questions, please email Jennifer Oliver at joliver@stlukecolumbus.org.
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Your rising fifth-grader is expected to complete a reading assignment and a math assignment this summer.
Summer Reading and Language Arts IXL Skills
All rising fifth-graders are required to read Restart by Gordon Korman. Click HERE for directions and HERE for the assignment.
This reading assignment is due at Meet and Greet on Tuesday, August 11.
To help retain essential skills, students are assigned Language Arts IXL skills for review. Each student is expected to complete every skill with a Smart Score of at least 80, which indicates proficiency, by 12:00 noon on August 11, 2026. For instructions on how to log into IXL, please refer to the math assignment.
If you have any questions, please email Sunny Collins, fifth-grade reading teacher, at scollins@stlukecolumbus.org.
Summer Math
In preparation for another successful start to a new school year, your child is expected to review 4th-grade essential math skills by completing all lessons assigned to him/her in IXL. Please click here for directions and expectations. Required assignments for math, within IXL, are expected to be completed by noon on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. If you have any questions, please email Johanna Feeney, fifth-grade math teacher, at jfeeney@stlukecolumbus.org.
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Your rising sixth-grader is expected to complete reading and math assignments this summer.
Summer Reading and Language Arts IXL Skills
All rising sixth-graders are required to read one novel over the summer. The instructions are below.
Please choose one of the following books and then complete the Google form assignment found HERE. This is due by noon on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
Crash- Jerry Spinelli
Esperanza Rising – Pam Munoz Ryan
Soar—Joan Bauer
Fever 1793 – Laurie Halse Anderson
Last Man Out—Mike Lupica
Inside Out and Back Again—Thanhha Lai
Smile—Raina Telgemeirer
Posted—John David Anderson
To help retain essential skills, students are assigned Language Arts IXL skills for review. Each student is expected to complete every skill with a Smart Score of at least 80, which indicates proficiency, by 12:00 noon on August 11, 2026. For instructions on how to log into IXL, please refer to the math assignment.
If you have any questions, please email Phyllis Brown, sixth-grade Language Arts teacher at pbrown@stlukecolumbus.org.
Summer Math
In preparation for another successful start to a new school year, your child is expected to review 5th-grade essential math skills by completing all lessons assigned to him/her in IXL. Please click here for directions and expectations. Required assignments for math, within IXL, are expected to be completed by noon on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. If you have any questions, please email Jennifer Oliver at joliver@stlukecolumbus.org.
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Your rising seventh-grader is expected to complete a reading assignment, Language Arts IXL skills, and a math assignment this summer.
Summer Reading and Language Arts IXL Skills
All rising seventh-graders are required to read Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick over the summer. You can find the assessment here. Please be advised that all answers should be authentically answered without the use of AI or other online sources. Some questions have two or three parts, and each answer is carefully reviewed to evaluate students’ individual abilities. The novel is discussed often at the start of the school year, and the sequel is read as a class novel, so it is imperative that each student is familiar with the summer reading. The reading assignment is due August 11, 2026, at noon.
To help retain essential skills, students are assigned Language Arts IXL skills for review. Each student is expected to complete every skill with a Smart Score of at least 80, which indicates proficiency, by 12:00 noon on August 11, 2026. For instructions on how to log into IXL, please refer to the math assignment.
Should you have any questions, please contact Ms. O’Hern at bohern@stlukecolumbus.org.
Summer Math
In preparation for another successful start to a new school year, your child is expected to review 6th-grade essential math skills by completing all lessons assigned to him/her in IXL. Please click here for directions and expectations.
Required assignments for math, within IXL, are expected to be completed by noon on Tuesday, August 11. If you have any questions, please email Kelly Webb, seventh-grade math teacher, at kwebb@stlukecolumbus.org.
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Your rising eighth-grader is expected to complete reading and math assignments this summer.
Summer Reading and Language Arts IXL Skills
The reading assignment for rising eighth-graders will be from a book of their choosing. The following links will have the novel choices and the assignment details.
The required reading assignment is due by noon on Tuesday, August 11.
To help retain essential skills, students are assigned Language Arts IXL skills for review. Each student is expected to complete every skill with a Smart Score of at least 80, which indicates proficiency, by 12:00 noon on August 11, 2026. For instructions on how to log into IXL, please refer to the math assignment.
If you have trouble opening any of the links, please have your child try while logged into their school Google account.
If you have any questions, please email Anne Plott, eighth-grade Language Arts teacher, at aplott@stlukecolumbus.org.
Summer Math
In preparation for another successful start to a new school year, your child is expected to review 7th-grade essential math skills by completing all lessons assigned to him/her in IXL. Please click here for directions and expectations. Required assignments for math, using IXL, are expected to be completed by noon on Tuesday, August 11. If you have any questions, please email Pam Anders, eighth-grade math teacher, at panders@stlukecolumbus.org.