{"id":142867,"date":"2017-09-21T16:07:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T12:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=142867"},"modified":"2017-09-30T10:11:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T06:11:06","slug":"reading-costumes-and-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2017\/09\/21\/reading-costumes-and-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading, Costumes and Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBooks are a uniquely portable magic.\u201d \u2015 Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft<\/p>\n<p>ABIS was transformed into a magical place as we celebrate Book Week. Teachers have done a fabulous job promoting the love of reading among the school community members. The house quiz tested students\u2019 knowledge of novels read as part of the curriculum or for leisure. We enjoyed the whole-school parade with everybody dressed as a book character (we hope parents can join in the fun next year by dressing up as well). The event ended with a Student Council-sponsored screening of \u201cFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/09\/IMG_1037.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-142868 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/09\/IMG_1037-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/09\/IMG_1037-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/09\/IMG_1037.jpg 320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/143;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also had the pleasure of welcoming Mr. Sean Spratley in Mr. Davis\u2019 Grade 9 Global Perspectives class who spoke about his work in sustainability. He captured the students\u2019 interest by starting with Puck\u2019s quote, \u201cPeople saying that it can\u2019t be done are always interrupted by somebody doing it.\u201d It was good for our students to hear different perspectives on man\u2019s impact to its environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/09\/FullSizeRender.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-142869 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/09\/FullSizeRender-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/09\/FullSizeRender-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/09\/FullSizeRender-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/09\/FullSizeRender.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/09\/FullSizeRender-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2017\/09\/FullSizeRender-1080x565.jpg 1080w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/157;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have an excellent long week-end.<\/p>\n<p>Best regards,<\/p>\n<p>Ann Gaillard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBooks are a uniquely portable magic.\u201d \u2015 Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft ABIS was transformed into a magical place as we celebrate Book Week. Teachers have done a fabulous job promoting the love of reading among the school community members. The house quiz tested students\u2019 knowledge of novels read as part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,92,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page","category-school-photos","category-secondary-team-leader"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}