Current Students
Summer Reading
Updated for the 2023-2024 Academic Year
Please complete summer reading by August 21, 2023
Chesterton Academy students are required to read two assigned books over the summer. Students are expected to carefully read their assigned books before the start of the year. Please bring the books to campus when you bring your school supplies at the beginning of the year on August 28, 2023. There will be discussions and a quiz on the summer reading assignment early in the school year in literature class.
The primary book will be the first topic for discussion and study once classes begin, so be sure to work through the study guide as you read. The secondary book will help form the overall theme of the year's course.
9th Grade
Greek Mythology by Edith Hamilton (ISBN: 9780316223331) - Study Guide
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis (ISBN: 9780743234917)
10th Grade
Myths of the Norsemen by Roger Lancelyn Green (ISBN: 9780141345253) - Study Guide
Grimm’s Fairy Tails (ISBN:9780141331201)
11th Grade
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (ISBN: 9780060652937) - Study Guide
Catherine of Siena by Sigrid Unset (ISBN:9781586174088)
12th Grade
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (ISBN:9780486282114) - Study Guide
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (ISBN: 9780486284736)
School Song & Prayer
School song
Salve Regina, mater misericordiae:
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Hevae.
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
In hac lacrimarum valle
Eia ergo, advocata nostra,
Illos tuos misericordes oculos
Ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
Nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens! O pia!
O dulcis Virgo Maria!
– Translation –
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
Our life, our sweetness, and our hope.
To thee do we cry,
Poor banished children of Eve.
To thee do we send up our sighs,
Mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
Thine eyes of mercy toward us;
And after this, our exile,
Show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement! O loving!
O sweet Virgin Mary!
School Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father,
We thank you for providing Chesterton Academy of The Holy Family. Help it grow and flourish according to Your Holy Will. We ask Your blessing upon the students and their families, the staff and teachers, the founders and benefactors, and all who help support Chesterton Academy with their time and talents.
May we all grow to love You more and spread the Gospel of Life to the world. May all praise and thanksgiving be given to You through our efforts.
Jesus I trust in You.
Mary cause of our joy, pray for us.
Joseph, guardian and protector, pray for us.
Holy Family of Nazareth, hear our prayer.
Amen.