{"id":304551,"date":"2019-07-25T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=304551"},"modified":"2019-07-25T06:00:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T20:00:40","slug":"a-universe-of-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/a-universe-of-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A universe of stories\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-304551 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/a-universe-of-stories\/2019-cslp-2\/'>2019 CSLP 2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-304552'>\n\t\t\t\tParticipants in the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library\u2019s 13th Annual Children\u2019s Collaborative Summer Library Program pose for a photo. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/a-universe-of-stories\/2019-cslp-10\/'>2019 CSLP 10<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-304553'>\n\t\t\t\tParticipants in the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library\u2019s 13th Annual Children\u2019s Collaborative Summer Library Program pose for a photo after visiting the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting facility at the Francisco C. Ada\/Saipan International Airport. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Joeten-Kiyu Public Library played host to a total of 110 children ages 6 to 12 years old from July 9 to 19 for the 13th Annual Children\u2019s Collaborative Summer Library Program.<\/p>\n<p>Called \u201cA Universe of Stories,\u201d the camp enabled children to participate in an intensive two-week session filled with reading, science and technology-related activities, exploratory space programs, arts and crafts, music, dance, story exploring activities, field trips, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Participating children read over 50,000 minutes in a span of two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The winners for the Children\u2019s Summer Reading Program\u2019s Top Readers for \u201cMost Minutes Read.\u201d The Top2 readers ages 6-8 years-old (Session 1) are Yutaka Kadokura (966 minutes) and Alexis Salundaguit (403 minutes).  <\/p>\n<p>The Top 2 readers for ages 9-11-years-old (Session 2) are Lucia Concepcion Aldan Deleon Guerrero (4,564 minutes) and Yurong \u201cAmy\u201d Jang (3,406 minutes). <\/p>\n<p>Top readers received gift certificates, book bags, school supplies, magic kits, and a certificate. <\/p>\n<p>Those who were unable to attend the summer program can still participate in independent reading activities at the library. Participants are required to have a JKPL library card with no pending fees or fines, and fill out a reading log. <\/p>\n<p>Registration for the Early Literacy, Teen, and the Adult Reading Program is still ongoing until Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. <\/p>\n<p>You will receive a reading log, which you will need to complete in order to earn prizes.<\/p>\n<p>The public is also invited to join the JKPL Bookmobile Collaborative Summer Library Program. The Bookmobile promotes the library by visiting Saipan\u2019s Youth and Community Centers. JKPL\u2019s Bookmobile Collaborative Summer Library Program Registration is ongoing or until filled.<\/p>\n<p>The program is free and open to children ages 6-12 years, teens ages 13-18 years, and adults.<\/p>\n<p>To participate, they must have a valid library card with no pending obligations. Free lunch will be provided to each of the registered participants at their respective locations (ages 18 and under), courtesy of the Public School System\u2019s Food and Nutrition Service. Call Leoralynn Terlaje at 287-7316 or Vicasha Camacho at 235-7322\/23 for more information.<\/p>\n<p>The Bookmobile Collaborative Summer Library Program schedule is:<br \/>\n\u2022 Session 1: Gualo Rai Youth Center July 23-July 26, 2019, from 1:30pm to 3:30pm<br \/>\n\u2022 Session 2: Tanapag Youth Center, July 30-Aug. 1, 2019, from 1:30pm to 3:30PM<br \/>\n\u2022 Session 3: Chalan Kanoa Manhoben Youth Center, Aug. 6-9, 2019, from 1:30pm to 3:30pm<br \/>\n\u2022 Session 4: Fernando Benavente Memorial Library (San Antonio), Aug. 13-16, 2019, from 1:30pm to 3:30pm<br \/>\n\u2022 Session 5: Kagman Community Center, Aug. 20-23, 2019, from 1:30pm to 3:30pm <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joeten-Kiyu Public Library played host to a total of 110 children ages 6 to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":304552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304551","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\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}