{"id":320,"date":"2018-03-19T14:05:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T14:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drwills.edublogs.org\/?p=320"},"modified":"2018-03-20T09:33:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T13:33:42","slug":"pv-community-re-please-join-our-community-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/district\/superintendent\/pv-community-re-please-join-our-community-read\/","title":{"rendered":"PV Community Re: Please join our Community Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Community and Staff:<\/p>\n<div>For the last six\u00a0months,\u00a0I\u00a0have been working with Putnam Valley community leaders to design a\u00a0Community\u00a0Read\u00a0for Putnam Valley.\u00a0 After reviewing numerous selections, we have\u00a0selected\u00a0A Man Called Ove,\u00a0by the Swedish author Fredrik Backman. I think you will agree that the book is moving and accessible. You will laugh and cry and will not be able to put the book down. It will draw you into a community that is familiar and filled with the challenges we all face. The themes challenge us and lead us to &#8220;our better angels.&#8221; The book speaks to all of us as it explores some foundational life dilemmas:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>How we judge one another<\/li>\n<li>How we care for our neighbors<\/li>\n<li>How we develop the best version of ourselves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>I have attached a flyer that includes times and dates of the book\u00a0discussions throughout Putnam Valley.\u00a0 There is one at our high school library on\u00a0Thursday, April 19th at 7:00 PM\u00a0The public library and the high school library have copies of the book. The book is available at a low price online as well.\u00a0We look forward to seeing you at the PV High School library or you are welcome to attend a discussion at another place in town.\u00a0Attend more than one to have a conversation with more of your\u00a0neighbors!<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pvcsd.org\/community\/community_pdf\/Comm_Read_small.pdf\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>A\u00a0Community\u00a0Read\u00a0is a great opportunity to get to know others in the community through sharing thoughts, feelings, and ideas that emerge from a shared experience.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sincerely,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dr. Frances Wills<br \/>\nSuperintendent of Schools<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Community and Staff: For the last six\u00a0months,\u00a0I\u00a0have been working with Putnam Valley community leaders to design a\u00a0Community\u00a0Read\u00a0for Putnam Valley.\u00a0 After reviewing numerous selections, we have\u00a0selected\u00a0A Man Called Ove,\u00a0by the Swedish author Fredrik Backman. I think you will agree that the book is moving and accessible. You will laugh and cry and will not be&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/district\/superintendent\/pv-community-re-please-join-our-community-read\/\">Continue Reading<span> PV Community Re: Please join our Community Read<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-superintendent","clearfix"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3916,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions\/3916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}