Black History Showcase / Drama Club Safety PSA / NHS Info / Volunteer Opportunities / MORE!2/23/2022
Dear Jones Community, Black History Month Showcase This Friday! Join the Black Coalition this Friday, February 25, for the annual Black History Month showcase. It will be held in the South Auditorium from 5:00 PM until 6:30 PM. A free soul food dinner will be served in the South Cafeteria at 7pm. The showcase will have performers across grade levels demonstrating their various talents to commemorate the end of Black History Month. The Black Coalition hopes you all to take the time out to support the Jones community’s Black cultural clubs this year. Parents and family members are welcome! World Read Aloud Wrap Up! Warm thanks to the fifteen JCP teachers that celebrated World Read Aloud Day on or around February 2 by reading aloud to their students. Click to explore 152 great read alouds (mostly picture books and biographies in English and Spanish) available on the shelves in Library Room 2. Also consider checking out elementary eBooks from the CPS Elementary Virtual Library to share at home or to share with distant loved ones using Google Meet or other virtual tools. Mask Up! Keeping Yourself and Others Safe is a brief public service announcement created by and featuring members of the JCP Drama Club. Senior Bernadette Schwegel directed the project. Check it out! Teachers, please share the link to the PSA with your classes and ac labs groups! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZBL-j2a1dBxP6iP1wxU0p6P2fPGwMVu3/view?usp=sharing Talking Circles at Jones / Restorative Justice The restorative justice program is ready to host talking circles! The main goal of this work is to build community, to reinforce our common values, to provide a space for folks to express themselves about real life issues, and to deepen relationships with others in the community. Students and staff are welcome to use this form who want to join upcoming “drop in” talking circles before and after school. Students and staff are welcome to use this form to request a talking circle for all kinds of groups. Please reach out to JCP co-moderators Mr. Feeley [email protected] or Ms. Lilagan [email protected] for further information or questions. Choice for Change is Hosting Two Events to Support Deborah's Place and Sister House, Two Local Women's Shelters Choice for Chance x Jewelry Club is hosting a pop-up shop to support Sister House during ac lab periods for two weeks starting February 15. They will be selling bracelets, earrings, and rings, so make sure to stop by to pick yourself up a piece in the south lobby! If you are not interested in acquiring a piece of jewelry, please check out our Go Fund Me to directly donate to the cause. Choice for Change is also hosting a drive for Deborah's Place over the upcoming two weeks. See the flyer attached for details on what you can (ex: non-perishable foods, house goods, etc.) donate! Large donation boxes will be located around the school. Go Fund Me/Sister House Form for custom jewelry orders Flyer for Deborah’s Place Fundraiser Flyer for Women’s Shelter Drive (with QR code info about what items we are collecting) National Honor Society Induction Ceremony On Wednesday, February 6, 238 new members were inducted into the JCP National Honor Society. Click here to watch the video recording. Many thanks to the amazing NHS leadership provided by AnaJoy Rowley-Mathews, Valarie Pieruccini, Daniel Andrade, Nicole Leon, Sydney Simon, and Mia Staszcuk. ATTN: New and long standing NHS members Tomorrow, Thursday, February 23, 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM, NHS Members can pick up NHS certificates, sign the NHS Book of Names, and pay annual dues of $20.00 at tables in the south lobby. ATTN: Sophomores and Juniors interested in NHS 2022-2023 In the 2022-2023 school year, required volunteer hours must be completed and submitted to counselors by late September. That means that most rising juniors (Class of ‘24) and rising seniors (Class of ‘23) have to earn volunteer hours this semester and over the summer to be eligible for NHS membership next fall. Take action now! Read the NHS Fact Sheet for more information about NHS eligibility requirements. Best Teen Critiques of Creative Expression in The New York Times The Winners of Our Seventh Annual Student Review Contest: Read critical commentary by teenagers on “West Side Story,” Crumbl Cookies, Baby Keem’s new album and more. What are teenagers today watching, reading, eating, wearing and listening to? This annual Review Contest, which invites students to play critic and submit original reviews about any kind of creative expression covered in The New York Times, provides a glimpse into the art, culture and technology young people are loving — or loathing. Click here. Other Opportunities for Students!! Students are welcome to submit entries to the NYT for current and upcoming challenges including the STEM writing contest, the editorial competition, and the podcast competition. Get free student/staff access to the New York Times by clicking this link https://www.nytimes.com/pass and then replying to a confirmation email using your CPS email. The Abraham Lincoln Award is awarded annually to the author of the book voted as most outstanding by participating high school students in Illinois. Sponsored by AISLE (the Association of Illinois School Library Educators), the program is designed to encourage high school students to read. Click HERE to explore book descriptions and links to the 2022 titles in multiple formats. The master list for the 2023 Lincoln Award has just been announced and can be viewed here. The JCP Library has most of those titles and we will have the rest of them soon! Have you tried COMICSPLUS yet? Get on it! Unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from 100+ publishers! Click HERE to sign in to Mackin using your regular CPS sign-in, click on Databases, then click on ComicsPlus.This very brief video will guide you to the service with just a few clicks! Once you are logged in, check out this list of MUST READS FOR YOUNG ADULTS and access them from your ComicPlus account. Please spread the word to your classmates and friends who love this work! Surrounding Kahlo: Works from the Permanent Collection The National Museum of Mexican Art is pleased to present Surrounding Kahlo: Works from the Permanent Collection, curated by Rebecca D. Meyers, opening on Saturday, March 5th in the Rubin & Paula Torres Gallery and running through January 15, 2023. More information here. The Chicago Volunteer Expo will be hosted virtually this Sunday, February 27. Connect with 80+ nonprofit organizations from all over the city. Whether your passion is social justice, community development, or health and medicine, there’s a volunteer opportunity waiting for YOU! Registration here. Explore the list of exhibitors here. Media Literacy / The Secret Economy of Conspiracy Theories
Brought to you by KQED Above the Noise: Cut Through the Hype Why do so many people love conspiracy theories and who’s profiting from spreading them? Check out this brief article and video! Are you feeling a whiff of spring in the air? The ice skating ribbon at Maggie Daley Park is open through March 13 - yet another sign of spring. Get out on the ice while you can! Mr. Feeley School Librarian [email protected] jcplibrary.weebly.com My recent reads Read current and past library newsletters on the Keeping Up With the Jones Library blog. Comments are closed.
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