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African American Racial Justice List 2018 2019

This school year marks a new tradition of an annual book list that will be promoted in the library throughout the school year. I strongly urge everybody in the Jones community to consider these books to inform yourselves of the many challenges that cry out for attention and action; to inspire inquiry in the context of class projects, and to to spark important discussions in our classrooms, clubs, homes, and communities. Click to advance the slideshow above to view detailed information about the 23 titles. Click HERE for the one-page list of titles. Mark your calendars for an April 3 author visit by journalist Natalie Moore, the dedicated South Side Reporter for WBEZ 91.5 Chicago Radio and author of The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation. Click HERE learn more about Ms. Moore’s career.

Library Mission

To provide an ever-renewing resource that provides information in a variety of formats as well as instruction in its access and use in order to support the goals of the school curriculum; encourage independent and group exploration, creativity, and critical thinking; and to promote civic engagement, self-discovery, and joy.

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Library Hours

7:00 AM - 4:30 PM every school day

After school volunteers staff the library until at least 4:30 PM and often choose to stay later.
Students may enter the library without a written pass from 7-8 AM, during lunch periods, during ac lab periods, and after school. Written passes are required for individuals or small groups to enter the library during all class periods.

Library Policies

Signing In
Students are required to SIGN IN LEGIBLY when entering the library for drop-in visits before school (7:00-8:00 AM), during the school day (8:00 AM to 3:15 PM), and after school (3:15-closing). This includes drop-in visits during lunch periods. Students are scanned into the library during ac lab periods.
Students are not required to sign in for whole class visits to the library or after-school club meetings in the library.
Library Climate
The JCP community strives to maintain a positive, productive, collaborative, and respectful learning environment in the library.
Ac Lab Policies
Click HERE to read detailed procedures and expectations during ac lab periods in the library.
Food Policy
Click HERE to read expectations and consequences regarding the prohibition of food and drink in the school library.

KEY library LINKS

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Click the button above to browse and access the Jones print collection and the CPS eBook collection through the Jones Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC).

Click to Jones SOAR Homepage

Click the button above to access the Jones SOAR homepage (Seeking Online Access to Resources), which provides access to the following

books (Jones print books, eBooks, and eAudiobooks) through the Jones High School OPAC
on-campus and off-campus access to several online subscription databases provided by CPS Department of Literacy: Libraries,
links to recommended educational and informational websites that span all areas of study
links to other useful resources.

library resources

The library program features approximately 6,500 books, subscriptions to 28 popular magazines, 70 desktop computers, 20 iPads with these apps, a Chromebook cart with 30 units, two student printers, subscriptions to JSTOR and STATISTA, a FLASHFORGE Finder 3D printer, the beginnings of a MakerSpace, three projection sites, and the services of a full-time teacher librarian. Basic school supplies (pens, pencils, markers, crayons, scissors, rulers, protractors, headphones, etc.) can be borrowed from and returned to the checkout desk.