September 15, 2020 Dear Jones Community! Welcome back!! And an especially warm welcome to the incoming freshmen! I AM HERE FOR YOU! The best way for students and teachers and parents to reach out to me for support is by email [email protected] 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. Lots of useful information can be found on the library website. Check it out! eBooks and eAudiobooks We will be relying primarily on eBooks and eAudiobooks for a while. Access the complete guide for accessing CPS eBooks and eAudiobooks to explore the vast array of books available to you including eBooks exclusively for the JCP community. Click here for information about accessing Chicago Public Library eBooks. Stay tuned for instructional videos about accessing digital books and online databases. The number and range of digital books will be increasing! Please suggest book titles to be purchased in eBook format! [email protected] Do you have any physical books checked out from the JCP Library? Lucky for you! Please enjoy them, keep them safe, and return them to the library when circumstances allow it. No worries about due dates or fines. Click here to see the books checked out to your Jones Library accounts. You must be signed into your CPS Google account for this link to work, and you might have to click on the link TWICE. Free New York Times Access Students and teachers can get complete, ad-free access to The New York Times for free through September 1, 2021. Sign-in using your Chicago Public Schools Google email addresses. If you have any difficulty getting this subscription complete this form. Within a couple days you will receive an email from the NYT to register and gain access to this valuable service. Be sure to check out the searchable TimesMachine feature, which displays NYT reporting as it originally appeared in print stretching back over 150 years. Chicago Public Library Cards More than ever you will require access to resources provided by the Chicago Public Library.
Anti-Racist Works Check out these two anti-racist Padlets [curated by Maegen Rose | Instagram & Twitter @librarianMaegs ] with links to a great range of books, book lists, readings, videos, infographics, etc. for readers of all ages. Antiracist School Librarians NOW! - Resources for Young People Books and digital media to help young people understand racism, white privilege and the role of activism. Antiracist School Librarians NOW! - Educator Resources Resources for librarians and educators to break down racism and work towards antiracism in schools. YOUmedia SPEAK ON IT Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia program is streaming live interviews with well known authors whose work appeals to young adults on the YOUMedia YouTube Channel every Wednesday at 4 PM. All interviews can be viewed live or streamed later. Recent interviews have featured Nikki Grimes and Erika L. Sanchez. George M. Johnson (author of the new memoir All Boys Aren’t Blue) will be interviewed tomorrow, Wednesday, September 16, at 4 PM by Chicago Public Library “raprarian” Roy Kinsey. Use this voter’s guide developed by CommonSense Media to cut through the election season hype and get the info you need! The Guide gives all voters, and especially young voters, the resources and tools necessary to separate fact from fiction and make sense of election news and social media coverage. Remote Civic Engagement Opportunity Recent Jones graduate Sunny Eimer ‘20 is engaged in a Fall Organizing Fellowship with Generation Rising. They are organizing 500 volunteers to contact voters in swing states. The goal is to engage a million voters by November. Sunny writes, “In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a devastating economic recession, and the ongoing movement for racial justice, the stakes of this upcoming election are higher than ever. The pod structure that we're building will be a supportive space for training, community building, and effective electoral work. It's a great opportunity for your students to plug in.” Reach out to Sunny at [email protected] to get involved in this extremely important initiative! Thank you! Mr. Feeley School Librarian [email protected] jcplibrary.weebly.com |
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