{"id":27728,"date":"2012-03-08T21:51:28","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T01:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=27728"},"modified":"2012-03-08T21:51:28","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T01:51:28","slug":"stjoe-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/stjoe-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Reading Night a team effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/12mar\/stjoeth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/>St. Joseph School<!--more--><br \/>\ncourtesy of Darryl Schmitz<br \/>\nPublic officials, educational professionals and sports figures teamed up to promote reading skills at St. Joseph School&#8217;s &#8220;Family Reading Night&#8221; on March 1st. State Representative Paul Opsommer read author Susan Collins Thoms&#8217; &#8220;The 12 Days of Christmas in Michigan&#8221; at the center of the school gymnasium.<br \/>\nAround the gym&#8217;s perimeter were 12 stations, each of them which featured the reading of a story about a topic native to the state of Michigan.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/12mar\/stjoe2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Members of the MSU varsity football team read a story about the Model T automobile.<\/em><br \/>\nAt the first station was &#8220;Pine Tree and Robin&#8221;, read by Kathy Donahue, followed at the next station by &#8220;Model T Cars&#8221; (read by members of the Michigan State University football team).<br \/>\n&#8220;Lighthouse Ghost Stories&#8221; was read by principal Tomi Ann Schultheiss), &#8220;Hockey Sticks&#8221; (a member of local resident and Northwood University head coach Doug Carter&#8217;s varsity soccer team).<br \/>\n&#8220;Frozen Lakes&#8221; (teacher Dorella Page-Hunter and two St. Johns High School students), &#8220;Galloping Horses&#8221; (professional storyteller Steveanna Roose), &#8220;Upper Peninsula Miners&#8221; (Katie Robinson from Sleepy Hollow State Park ).<br \/>\n &#8220;Winter Outdoor Charades&#8221; was read by members of the MSU track and cross country teams), &#8220;Sandy Dunes&#8221; (librarian Stephanie Padgett), &#8220;Jugs of Cider&#8221; (Dede and Mike Beck of Uncle John&#8217;s Cider Mill), &#8220;Holland&#8221; (local resident Ethel Mapes) and &#8220;Cherry Sundaes&#8221; (Carla Wardin).<br \/>\nThe school&#8217;s parent-school council organized and sponsored the event, contacted the reader volunteers and coordinated the parents&#8217; and teachers&#8217; participation.<br \/>\nCommittee chair Karla Palmer estimated there were over 100 parents and children attending the event. She added, &#8220;It was all made possible by the generous participation of our volunteers, parents and teachers to promote the importance of reading for both enjoyment and to become better informed.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/12mar\/stjoe1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\n<em>State Representative Paul Opsommer reads &#8220;The 12 Days of Christmas in Michigan&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Joseph School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}