{"id":13966,"date":"2019-09-20T10:15:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=13966"},"modified":"2019-09-20T17:27:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T22:27:32","slug":"our-library-dreams-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2019\/09\/20\/our-library-dreams-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Library Dreams Come True"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive alignright wp-image-13887 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nclhx5yj.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/libwpstory.jpg\" alt=\"A&amp;P measuring the library rug\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of MPA families and supporters, Together, We Dream: The Campaign For MPA is making a big impact in our new commons, cafeteria, and kitchen and will very soon in our brand new library. Construction is progressing on schedule and we hope to unveil some sneak peeks soon of this beautiful new space.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Conan Young, the construction supervisor who has overseen our projects with A&amp;P Construction, got out his measuring tape during Ms. Lage\u2019s reading circle to make sure there will be plenty of space for classes to circle up and hear a great book in the new Lower School library area. There will be many special features including flexible seating, quiet study spaces, collaborative areas, and a beautiful fireside seating area for students and groups to gather.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Lage, MPA\u2019s librarian shares, \u201cThe new space is being designed with many of the crucial 21st century skills in mind\u2013critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration\u2013that will enable students to co-create new knowledge, not simply be passive consumers of existing information.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of MPA families and supporters, Together, We Dream: The Campaign For MPA is making a big impact in our new commons, cafeteria, and kitchen and will very soon in our brand new library. Construction is progressing on schedule and we hope to unveil some sneak peeks soon of this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":13888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-admission","category-featured-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13967,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13966\/revisions\/13967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}