Jones Library Newsletter February 2024

Jones College Prep High School
LIBRARY NEWSLETTER

February 12, 2024

THANK YOU!!!

Thank you for supporting the new library policies related to food & beverages and gaming. The atmosphere in the library is much better. SINCERE THANKS!

Food and Beverages: Consumption of food is prohibited in the library and on the library balcony at all times. Students may drink from non-disposable water bottles or thermoses with tight-fitting caps or lids.

Gaming: Gaming is no longer allowed in the library.

Food and Drink Policy Library Balcony Policy
Gaming Policy Library Policies and Procedures

JCP Restorative Justice Program: Recruiting New Folks / Join Us!

Sign up or recommend others! Fact Sheet!

Alternatives, Inc. - an agency that supports and empowers Chicago youth to build safer and more vibrant communities - will train freshmen, sophomores, and juniors to facilitate student-led restorative justice practices. We are eager to enroll student leaders with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Ideal candidates are compassionate, empathetic, and community-minded students. The new students will be supported by long standing student practitioners at JCP.

Participants in the training will be provided a monetary stipend based on the number of hours they engage in training and other activities.

Black History Month 2024 Book Display

Black History Month '24 / Art as a Platform for Social Justice "spanning the many impacts Black Americans have had on visual arts, music, cultural movements, and more."

Explore resources and events supported by the The DuSable Museum of African American History, the oldest independent African American history museum in the country, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Black Chicago Heritage Initiative (City of Chicago), the Chicago Public Library (books for children, TEENS, adults, and highlights), the Smithsonian Institution, the Chicago Park District, the 2024 White House Proclamation on National Black History Month, and Choose Chicago.

Celebrate Black History Month with great books in the Jones Library Collection!

African American Interest List

Racial Justice List

Check out this article from Education Week with a Chicago angle!

What the Country’s First Mandatory Black History Course Can Teach Us Today
The surprising educational reform in segregated, 1940s Chicago
By Ashley D. Dennis
January 30, 2024