Waterford Libraries
The Lower School and the Middle/Upper Schools each have a library with resources and programs appropriate to the ages of the students they serve. The two libraries house an extensive collection of print and non-print materials, online resources and the latest computer technology. Our philosophy is to support the curricular needs of the students and faculty in all aspects of their academic work and to foster a love of learning. The libraries are a place where students gather to study, read, research, relax, daydream or rest.
The Lower School library is a completely automated 4,000 square foot space completed in 2005. It contains 16,000 volumes, 5 periodicals, and access to online databases.
The East Library serves the Middle and Upper Schools. The library is completely automated with Internet access. It contains 11,000 volumes, 650 non-print items, 60 periodicals, four newspapers, and online databases.
Required Summer Reading (Summer 2013)
All students at Waterford are required to do summer reading. Each of the following grades has been assigned required summer reading titles which will be the topic of discussion during the first week of Fall Term English classes. This summer’s reading assignments are listed below:
Grade 3
Being Teddy Roosevelt, Claudia Mills
Grade 4
Riding Freedom, Pam Munoz Ryan
Grade 5
The Ravenmaster’s Secret: Escape from the Tower of London, Elvira Woodruff
Grade 6
Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie
Grade 7
When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead
Grade 8
A Separate Peace, John Knowles
Grade 9
The Chosen, Chaim Potok
The Tempest, William Shakespeare
Grade 10
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
The Tempest, William Shakespeare
Grade 11, Standard and Honors
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
The Tempest, William Shakespeare
Grade 11, AP Language & Composition (new course!)
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
50 Esssays: A Portable Anthology, Samuel Cohen
The Tempest, William Shakespeare
Grade 12, Standard
The Norton Reader, Various Authors
The Tempest, William Shakespeare
Grade 12, AP Literature & Composition
How to Read Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster
Turn of the Screw, Henry James
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Norton Critical edition
The Tempest, William Shakespeare