Did you know that …

 

• Jones was named one of “America’s Best High Schools” for 2010 by Newsweek magazine, ranking 6th in Illinois and 4th in Chicago?

• Jones has been recognized as one of “America’s Best High Schools” by U.S. News and World Report for three consecutive years and is ranked in the TOP 100 high schools in 2010?

• Jones College Prep was the first CPS high school to be named a U.S. Department of Education “Blue Ribbon” school (2006)?

• Jones ranked in the “Top 10” among Illinois public high schools on the PSAE state assessment (2008 and 2009)?

• Jones has six National Board certified teachers and four additional teachers in the process of receiving this honor?

• Jones teachers have received numerous Oppenheimer Family Foundation Teacher Incentive Grants for innovative educational initiatives?

• Jones has had 100% graduation and 100% college acceptance for the Classes of 2008 and 2009?

• Jones graduates (2009, 2010) earned composite scores above 24 on the ACT college entrance exam, the highest in the school’s history and among the highest in the state?

• Three Class of 2010 seniors were named “Golden Apple Scholars” out of only 100 in Illinois?

• Graduates of the Classes of 2009 and 2010 received more than $15 million in college scholarship offers?

• Jones students are the most diverse student body of any CPS selective enrollment high schools?

• A Jones senior was the only CPS high school student to be named a U.S. Presidential Scholar in 2009?

• Jones students are offered 20 Advanced Placement (college level) courses in all academic discipline areas?

• Jones visual and performing arts students are recognized throughout the region for their talents and are frequently featured in the local media, galleries, and performance venues?

• Jones has received the Seimens Foundation Award for outstanding Advanced Placement programs in science, mathematics, and technology?

• Jones offers a wide array of competitive interscholastic sports, including baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, dance team, soccer, softball, track, and volleyball? Athletic achievements have included:

Girls Softball 2010 CPS Section Champs

Boys Volleyball 2010 CPS Section Champs

Girls Basketball 2008 Chicago Conference Champs

Boys Baseball 2007, 2008, 2009 IHSA Regional Champs

2008, 2009 IHSA Sectional Champs

2007 CPS Section Champs

Boys Basketball 2008 CPS Section Champs

Girls Volleyball 2007, 2008 CPS Section Champs

Track and Cross Country have gone to State in 2008-2009 and 2010-2011.