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WELCOME, Freshmen, Class of '25!

Check out 2021-2022 Thematic Book List!
Click to scroll and explore the titles and access them in various formats!
Check out the 2018-2019 African American Racial Justice Booklist
and the 2019-2020 Immigrants and Refugees List.

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The best way for students and teachers and parents to reach out to me for support is by email fafeeley@cps.edu I will gladly reply as quickly as possible.

Explore Book Lists and Titles
Below AND on the Books Page of this website

IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES BOOKLIST 2019 2020

Click to advance the slideshow above to view detailed information about the titles, including links to summaries, videos, and options for accessing the titles.

The I&G Booklist focuses on the plight of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in the world today. I urge students, teachers, and parents to reach for these 26 titles to inform themselves; to reflect and discuss the content in classrooms, at club meetings, at home, and in our communities; and to take action to contribute to relief and solutions.
*** CLICK HERE to access the complete list of titles with immigration themes in the Jones library.
*** CLICK HERE to access a list of titles of Latino, Hispanic, and Latin American Interest in the Jones library.
*** CLICK HERE to access a list of films, documentaries, books, music, articles, podcasts, plays and other works related to the theme of immigration.

African American racial justice BOOKLIST 2018 2019

Click to advance the slideshow above to view detailed information about the titles.
*** CLICK HERE to access the complete list of African American Interest titles in the Jones Library.
*** CLICK HERE to access the expanded list of Racial Justice titles in the Jones Library.
*** CLICK HERE to access "This List is Anti-Racist” book list on Brian Lair Books or HERE on TeachingBooks.net

Library Mission

To provide ever-renewing information resources in a variety of formats as well as instruction in their access and use in order to support the goals of the school curriculum; encourage independent and group exploration, creativity, and critical thinking; and to foster community, civic engagement, self-discovery, transformation, and joy.

Library Hours

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

Parent volunteers are present in the library every school day from 7:00 - 8:00 AM and from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM.
The librarian and the parent volunteers LOVE to check out books to students all day long!
After school parent volunteers staff the library daily until at least 4:30 PM and often choose to stay later.

Library Policies

Entering the Library

Students may enter the library without a written pass before school (7:00-8:00 AM) , during lunch periods, during ac lab periods, and after school (3:15-closing).
Written passes are required for individual students or small groups to enter the library during all regular class periods.
Individual students or small groups entering the library with written passes during class periods must give passes to the librarian and sign in legibly in the black binder next to the circulation desk.

Library and Ac Lab Policies and Procedures

The JCP community strives to maintain a positive, productive, collaborative, and respectful learning environment in the library. Click HERE to read detailed procedures and expectations during ac lab periods in the library.

Food Policy

Food consumption is prohibited in the library. Students may drink from non-disposable water bottles or thermoses with tight-fitting caps or lids. Disposable bottles or cups must be left on the desk at the library main entrance. Students are welcome to eat and drink on the library balcony.
Click HERE to read expectations and consequences regarding the prohibition of food and drink in the school library.

KEY library LINKS

Click for JCP Print Books, JCP eBooks, and CPS HS eBooks (OPAC)

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

Click for the CPS Virtual Library

The CPS Virtual Library provides access to the following:

Elementary eBooks and eAudiobooks and High School eBooks and eAudiobooks
The three eBook readers: Follett, Mackin & Overdrive, which are the three providers of electronic books in CPS.
The full list of online subscription databases provided by CPS Department of Literacy: Libraries, all of which are accessible on-campus and off-campus.

library resources

The library program features approximately 8,000 books, subscriptions to 28 popular magazines, 70 desktop computers, 8 iPads with these apps, two printers, subscriptions to JSTOR and STATISTA, a FLASHFORGE Finder 3D printer, 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.