The Jones College Prep Writing Center
The Writing Center supports students as writers across the curriculum through individualized conversations with experienced writers.
Aligned with the Jones College Prep mission statement, the Writing Center is a supportive space that helps students ask questions, request feedback, contemplate ideas, explore resources, and employ self-directed tactics to improve their communication competence and confidence.
This development occurs through student-centered, interactive conferences that range between fifteen and thirty minutes. Walk-in and scheduled appointments are available.
Writing consultants are available in 213 during all lunch periods and, when possible, at Homework Club after school. Consultants are both Jones College Prep teachers and local college students majoring in English Education.
Results
2006-2007
During the first year of operation, the JCP Writing Center hosted over 550 one-on-one conferences that successfully helped students in all subject areas.
After visiting the Writing Center, four of our 2007 JCP seniors had their college personal statements air on Chicago Public Radio's Eight Forty-Eight. Click on the names below to listen:
2007-2008
During the second year, the Writing Center was visited over 600 times. Students received help with English papers, lab reports, math assignments, theater reviews, and a wide array of others.
In the first quarter of the 2008-2009 school year, consultants met over 150 times, indicating that an a record high number of students will be served in its third year.
In collaboration with the JCP Counseling Department, Writing Center consultants worked with over 110 Jones seniors with their college application essays, thereby helping students to be accepted to the colleges of their choice.
Writing Center Staff
Director: Katherine Palmer
2009-2010 Writing Consultants:
Assistant: Charlie Mills
OTHER RESOURCES
Room 213 provides students with the following services:
- Desktop and laptop computers
- A printer
- A scanner
- Study space during lunch periods and after school
- A wide array of online resources
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