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The competition is scheduled to take place in January, during the school day, so there are no after-school, evening, or weekend pick-ups required. However, students are required to read their chosen books, which may include time outside of school. Teams must include 3, 4, or 5 students from the same grade level (if possible). Each team will receive 5 books (listed below) so that each student is responsible for reading and becoming an "expert" for their chosen 1 or 2 books. The students will have approximately 8-9 weeks to read their books before the competition. There will be six to eight rounds of competition. The first round will be a written round, with the later rounds set up in play-off style brackets, playing down until we get an overall school winner. The winning team from John F. Kennedy will compete against the other middle school champions within the district on February 27th (tentatively), during the school day at Heritage Grove Middle School.

We have some exciting news! Our district has access to eBooks and Audiobooks year-round! ERead Illinois provides this collection which can be accessed through a platform called Boundless. This platform even has a free app that you can download so that you can take your books anywhere and everywhere!

On Boundless, you can check out up to 5 books at a time, for two weeks. You can also place an additional 5 books on hold. At the end of your checkout period, books will automatically return. All you need to do is log in with your school username and password!

Here are some resources to help guide you:  

• Video for Placing a Hold

• Video for Accessing, Seeing What's Out, and Returning

• JFKMS eBooks Quick Start Guide

• JFKMS eBooks Detailed Instructions

If you are looking to modify your font options, audio options, bookmarking options, etc., then check out the quick guide below to help you. 

Axis 360 Accessibility Tools

You can access Ebscohost.com and Britannica School in two different ways. You can either log in to your Clever account and click on either of the apps in the District Wide Apps section or you can click on the links below. If login credentials are needed, that information is provided below.