{"id":125149,"date":"2008-08-08T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b0ffc7f2-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e"},"modified":"2008-08-08T21:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T21:19:00","slug":"b0ffc806-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/b0ffc806-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer back-to-school sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is drawing close to an end, so that means new supplies and new clothes for the upcoming school year.<\/p>\n<p>Stores have everything\u2014from fancy school bags to colorful pens and notebooks, but there is still one thing to keep in mind: Buy only those that are necessary for school. <\/p>\n<p>Before you head to the store, being prepared with a school supplies list of pens, pencils, folders, filler papers, binders, and composition notebooks, etc., would benefit you as you will not forget what items must be prioritized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually I buy a new binder, notebooks, and pens. My school bag is still in good condition so I wouldn\u2019t want to buy a new one,\u201d says Madalyn Guevarra, an upcoming senior at Marianas High School.<\/p>\n<p>Although one can buy supplies without a list, it might be best to wait until your teacher gives you one or tells you what to buy during your first class.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use lists from previous school years for the upcoming year if your course schedule is about the same.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Razon, an upcoming junior at Marianas High School, is being conservative as he will use some supplies he hasn\u2019t used in the previous school year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a few leftover supplies, so I can use those for the upcoming school year, and if I need anything else, well then I will go out and buy more supplies. I wouldn\u2019t want to waste my money and the supplies I had from the previous year,\u201d said Razon.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have narrowed down your supplies list, it\u2019s time to buy your items. <\/p>\n<p>Early school supplies shopping will help you avoid waiting in long lines and finding needed items may go out of stock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is drawing close to an end, so that means new supplies and new clothes for the upcoming school year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}