News
Homecoming Dance 2024
Dear Upper School Students and Families:
We are excited to announce Homecoming will be held on Saturday, September 14th from 7:00-9:30 pm at Rural Hill.
MyPaymentPlus is now open for purchasing tickets and will close on Wednesday, September 4th at 11:59 pm. Tickets are $40. No refunds.
Digital tickets will be required for entry. Information on registering will be sent to the students that purchased a ticket on Friday, September 6th.
Outside guests are invited to attend the Homecoming dance.
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Outside guests are required to have the following forms.
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A signed Guest Character Statement that has been signed by their school administration or place of work.
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Please click here for the Guest Character Statement.
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A copy of the front of a photo ID.
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Both of these forms will be required to be uploaded into the digital ticket registration on Friday, September 6th.
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It is strongly recommended that the Guest Character Statement is signed and ready to be uploaded on Friday, September 6th.
For your convenience, you will find the invitation, Guest Character Statement and a map for drop off, pick up or parking at Rural Hill located on pinelakeprep.org under Upper School news.
We look forward to seeing you at the dance!
Rural Hill Drop Off and Pick up Map
Directions to Rural Hill
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14ECxcu6_2kavg2XmwuoBPXAKSDyyFCrJVd7eUT8cI5A/edit
Summer Reading and AP Assignments
(This page will be updated as assignments are available)
Grades 9-12 Summer Reading
A Note to Students:
By the start date of school, complete a close reading of all assigned texts for your upcoming English course. As you read, engage with the text by taking notes and/or annotating the text to summarize big ideas at the end of each chapter. These notes will be beneficial for discussion and assignments during the first week(s) of school. Thorough annotations are required for all AP students.
A Note to Parents:
We take great care in selecting book titles for Pine Lake English students. In doing so, we value reading highly engaging, diverse, thematically complex, and challenging titles. With this said, we realize that some choices might contain ideas, experiences, and themes that you as a parent would want to know about before selecting a title from the list of choices. While not exhaustive, Commonsensemedia.org is a crowd sourced resource that parents can “score” movies, books, and other sources of media based on their contents. As a family of Pine Lake readers, we know that context often frames the use of different language and situations, so a record of language used, and situations included cannot fully show why an author uses those ideas to build characterization or important and complex themes, but it can give us an idea of what the book contains on some level.
Our ultimate goal is to invite students to read engaging stories and about relevant topics that are strong examples of excellent writing. Students who practice reading on a more regular basis are often able to write better and engage in discussions that foster deep learning. Being able to read well, comprehend complex topics, and think critically about those topics is integral to future success in our courses and beyond. Thank you, and happy reading!
AP COURSES with a 2024 summer assignment
AP Language & Composition (see English assignments doc)
AP Literature & Composition (see English assignments doc)
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Courses WITHOUT a 2024 summer assignment
AP Art & Design (Animation)
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Music Theory
AP Psychology
AP Research
AP Seminar
AP World History
AP Statistics
AP Environmental Science
Additional Courses with Summer Assignments
Parking Passes
PARKING PASSES (JUNIORS AND SENIORS ONLY)
The cost for obtaining a parking pass at any official PLP location is an annual flat rate of $50 per pass. This fee helps to offset operations costs to the school.
All student drivers will be required to participate in the Student Drug Testing program, starting with an initial drug test prior to obtaining their parking pass. They will remain in the random drug screen pool and may be selected for testing during the upcoming school year.
Parking passes will be distributed at the beginning of August.
SENIORS:
Seniors with valid driver’s licenses and who have completed the parking pass process will be assigned a parking spot on campus on a first come first served basis. Once all campus parking spots are filled, seniors will be assigned to park at the Cove.
JUNIORS:
Juniors with valid driver’s licenses may apply for a parking pass and will be assigned parking at The Cove. A shuttle will be provided to and from campus, which siblings will also be able to ride in the morning (LS and MS siblings will need alternative transportation in the afternoon).