Kettle Run High School's English Department

Welcome! Meet our talented and dedicated English teachers at Kettle Run. Once you know your schedule, feel free to email them with any questions and/or concerns.

SUGGESTION: Decrease your workload! Increase your intellect! Do some summer reading. [Read about our summer reading program outlined below teacher's email links.]

Joe Golimowski

Sharon Krasny

Shelly Norden

Kim Overholt

Sally Small

Audrey Swain

Heather Tuthill

Troy Washington

KRHS' Summer Reading Program in preparation of SY 2018-2019

Note: All books can be rented at our library. 

 Honors English 

Read (2) of the following books. NOTE: Writing assignments concerning these books will be assigned by each teacher within the first marking period; they will vary depending on your teacher. Contact your teacher for more details.

English 9 Honors:                                                                              

• Animal Farm - Orwell
• Anthem- Rand
• Crazy Horse Electric Game - Crutcher
• The Car - Paulsen
• The Hobbit - Tolkien                                                                                   

English 10 Honors:

• 1984 - Orwell
• Hot Zone - Preston
• Inherit the Wind - Lawrence & Lee
• The Fault in our Stars - Green
• The Secret Life of Bees - Kidd

Advanced Placement/Dual Enrollment English

Depending on your professor you may be required to read (2) or more novels as well as complete college-level assignments; as this will be a lot of work, get a jump start over the summer!

AP Lang&Comp/DE- ENG 111 & ENG 112

• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Twain
• A Lesson Before Dying - Gaines
• A Thousand Splendid Suns - Hosseini
• Black Boy - Wright
• Johnny Got His Gun - Trumbo
• In Cold Blood - Capote
• Things That They Carry - O'Brien
• Warriors Don't Cry - Beals

AP Lit&Comp/DE- ENG 251 & ENG 252

• A Thousand Splendid Suns- Hosseini
• Beloved - Morrison
• Dracula - Stoker
• Frankenstein - Shelley
• Hamlet, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare)
• I Know Why a Caged Bird Sings - Angelou
• Jane Eyre - C. Bronte
• Life of Pi - Martel
• Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations - Dickens
• The Invisible Man - Wells
• Wuthering Heights - E. Bronte