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Summer Reading at MBA: All School Read 2025

Information on summer reading for all grades, including the all-school read.

Embrace Confidence

“Confidence is a sense of certainty about your ability, which allows you to bypass conscious thought and execute unconsciously.”

The Confident Mind

Dr. Nate Zinsser

Dr. Nate Zinsser is an expert in the psychology of human performance who consults to individuals and organizations seeking a competitive edge. Since 1992 Dr Zinsser has directed a cutting edge applied sport psychology program at the United States Military Academy’s Center for Enhanced Performance, personally conducting over seventeen thousand individual training sessions and seven hundred team training sessions for cadets seeking the mental edge for athletic, academic, and military performance.

Academic Requirements - Grades 7-12

Each boy in grades seven through twelve is required to complete the All School Read. This year the book is The Confident Mind by Dr. Nate Zinsser.