****** Essential eBook & eAudiobook information
- Jones College Prep and Chicago Public Schools eBook INFO & VIDEO TUTORIALS ***HERE***
- Click into the JCP eBook and eAudiobook spreadsheet to explore great titles and to watch the related video about accessing them.
- Explore Chicago Public Library eBooks HERE and HERE
****** Welcome back! Need Support? I am here for you!!
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. I can communicate with you via Google Chat but please email me first. I can also meet with you in a Google Meet as long as you bring along a friend or have a parent visible in the background or submit this form completed and signed by a parent or guardian.
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. I can communicate with you via Google Chat but please email me first. I can also meet with you in a Google Meet as long as you bring along a friend or have a parent visible in the background or submit this form completed and signed by a parent or guardian.
Explore Book Lists and Titles
Below AND on the Books Page of this website
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.
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
*** CLICK HERE to access the Black Lives Matter: eBooks for Teens list from the Chicago Public Library.
*** CLICK HERE to access the Black Lives Matter: eBooks for Kids list from the Chicago Public
*** 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
*** CLICK HERE to access the Black Lives Matter: eBooks for Teens list from the Chicago Public Library.
*** CLICK HERE to access the Black Lives Matter: eBooks for Kids list from the Chicago Public
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.
Library Hours |
7:00 AM - 4:30 PM every school day
- After school 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 regular class periods must sign in legibly in the black binder. Otherwise students are no longer required to sign in when entering the library.
- Students will continue to scan in during ac lab periods.
- 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 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.
- Click HERE to read expectations and consequences regarding the prohibition of food and drink in the school library.
KEY library LINKS
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 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.
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