{"id":588,"date":"2018-10-31T14:14:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T21:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/?p=588"},"modified":"2018-10-31T14:14:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T21:14:48","slug":"westridge-dropped-everything-and-read-october-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/2018\/10\/westridge-dropped-everything-and-read-october-22nd\/","title":{"rendered":"WESTRIDGE DROPPED EVERYTHING AND READ OCTOBER 22ND!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>On Monday, October 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, 2019<\/strong>, students at \u00c9cole Westridge participated in the annual&nbsp;<strong>DROP EVERYTHING <\/strong>AND READ (DEAR) challenge.&nbsp; Students read in their classrooms, in the hallways and even outside! It was a fun e<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-589\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/files\/2018\/10\/DSC_0128-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">vent that celebrated how important reading is to the success and well-being of our students!<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">This challenge began officially in 2008 as an opportunity to celebrate<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/2018\/10\/31\/westridge-dropped-everything-and-read-october-22nd\/dsc_0150\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-590\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-590\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/files\/2018\/10\/DSC_0150-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/2018\/10\/31\/westridge-dropped-everything-and-read-october-22nd\/dsc_0170\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-591\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-591\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/files\/2018\/10\/DSC_0170-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a>literacy&nbsp;and&nbsp;education. BC Teacher-Librarians believe that access to good literature, literacy teaching&nbsp;and modelling of&nbsp;reading have contributed British Columbia\u2019s high rankings on in international literacy. Seeing adults set aside work&nbsp;and&nbsp;business for a few minutes of pleasure&nbsp;reading has sent a powerful message to students-&nbsp;Reading can be a priority for all of us! Let`s work together parents, peers and teachers alike to model to our students how important and fun reading can be!<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, October 22nd, 2019, students at \u00c9cole Westridge participated in the annual&nbsp;DROP EVERYTHING AND READ (DEAR) challenge.&nbsp; Students read in their classrooms, in the hallways and even outside! It was a fun event that celebrated how important reading is to the success and well-being of our students! This challenge began officially in 2008 as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions\/594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/westridge-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}