November 5, 2018 Dear Jones Students, Chicago Public Library Teen Events NEWSLETTER Want to keep up with Chicago Public Library Teen Events (including popular YOUmedia events)? Click HERE and sign up to receive periodic emails with information about TEEN EVENTS. Office and Art Supplies in the Library!!! The library now features a glorious variety of useful office and art supplies. Want a paperclip? Large or small? Please feel free to use and return the office and art supplies in the library. Please leave your student ID if you borrow large items such as scissors, staplers, tape dispensers, or boxes of crayons. Thank you very much! African American Racial Justice Book List 2018 2019 Slideshow with detailed information about the 23 titles; Slideshow on library homepage; One-page list of titles Focus on Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving JCP Link CPL Link By sharing her sometimes cringe-worthy struggle to understand racism and racial tensions, Debby Irving offers a fresh perspective on bias, stereotypes, manners, and tolerance. As Irving unpacks her own long-held beliefs about colorblindness, being a good person, and wanting to help people of color, she reveals how each of these well-intentioned mindsets actually perpetuated her ill-conceived ideas about race. Metamorphoses On Stage at Jones, November 8-10 Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman is an adaptation of the classic Ovid poem. The play premiered in 1996 with the title Six Myths at Northwestern University and later opened as Metamorphoses produced by the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago in the fall of 1998. It opened off-Broadway and moved to Broadway during the 2001-2002 season. It has become known as “the play in the pool.” Don’t miss it! Asian American Club Night on the Terrace: Starry Night, November 14, 6-8 PM Join the Asian-American Club at the cozy event Night on the Terrace. Held on the Jones terrace with a beautiful view of Lake Michigan and Downtown Chicago, the night will be filled with performances from many talented Jones students! There will be beverages and various food items sold at the event to keep you warm and satisfied as you enjoy the awesome live performances! 6-8PM ON THE JONES TERRACE; $5 TICKET PRESALE or $7 TICKET AT THE DOOR; BYOB-BRING YOUR OWN BLANKET! Click here for flyer. Happy Halloween Fun! Halloween Day at school was fun! I will leave the display of SPOOKY BOOKS up through the end of this week. Click here IF YOU DARE to explore 87 horror titles in our collection. Spring Break Field trip to SPAIN for all students from all class years There are still openings for the magnificent student field trip to Spain, April 8-19, 2019. Tons more info HERE. Photos from spring ‘18 trip HERE. Application HERE. VOTE Congratulations to all the Jones students who are voting for the first time in this election. If you have the right to vote please exercise it. Thank you! Mr. Feeley Comments are closed.
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