{"id":4934,"date":"2018-11-02T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T18:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jlsp.us\/?p=4934"},"modified":"2018-11-02T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T18:18:38","slug":"smile-vol-19-november-3-2018-h30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/?p=4934","title":{"rendered":"SMILE Vol. 19 November 3, 2018 (H30)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Reading is great to prolong healthy life?!<\/h1>\n<p>As fall deepens, the fallen leaves we step on are making good sounds. As mentioned from the last volume of Smile, new reading award \u201cyokozunas\u201d has been awarded each week, and it is great to see children loving books. Between everyday studying and clubs, it is hard for people to make time for reading. Last week, I watched a NHK show called \u201cAsking AI (artificial intelligence)\u201d that featured the theme \u201chealthy life.\u201d Health life is a numerical value that shows how old you can be active till. According to the AI, \u201cto prolong healthy life, more than exercising or eating healthy, it is important to read.\u201d You exercise to find a book, your mind receives intellectual stimulation, your mind recalls the past events\u2014reading books seems to bring together all these effective features to prolong healthy life.<br \/>\nWhen my child was little, I remember reading a storybook with him on my lap. Even after he\u2019s grown up, he still remembers that one page from the book and talks about it. His body also remembers that warm feeling on my lap. It is such a blessing to be able to reflect back on those precious family time.<br \/>\nWhat is \u201cyour family\u2019s storybook\u201d?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Second \u201cnominoichi\u201d a success!<\/h2>\n<p>On October 27th, as part of facilitating interaction between parents and fundraising, Parents Association held the \u201cnominoichi\u201d in the multi-purpose room. It was crowded with lots of people. Special thanks to those who sold various stuff, to Suzuki Farm for coming from far and selling their fresh veggies, and to all parents, teachers, and adult class students who bought the goods. Thank you also to the workers and volunteers who ran the event. We will announce the fundraised amount next week.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/\uff11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4931\" src=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/\uff11-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-id=\"4931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/\uff11-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/\uff11.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Reading award \u201cYOKOZUNA\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4541\" src=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"66\" data-id=\"4541\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Congratulation for achieving the yokozuna award!<br \/>\n<b>Kindergarten<\/b><br \/>\nNenchu-2 Kento Wanga<br \/>\n<b>Elementary School <\/b><br \/>\nRiku Saito<br \/>\n4-1 Haruto Abe<br \/>\n<b>Middle School<\/b><br \/>\n3 Ayami Miyake<br \/>\n<b>Keisho<\/b><br \/>\n1 Kotoko Pfau *60 books<a href=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/books-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4047\" src=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/books-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"55\" data-id=\"4047\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>Announcements<\/h1>\n<h2>Elementary School \u201cAki no manabi no saiten\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fam.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3981\" src=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fam.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"94\" data-id=\"3981\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Time: November 10 (Sat) 2nd period 10:05-11:05<br \/>\nPlace: cafeteria<br \/>\nContent: Each class will present what they have been learning in class. 1st grade to 6th grade will each be given 7 minutes to perform.<\/p>\n<h2>Announcement from the Library<a href=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/\u3042.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4238\" src=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/\u3042.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"106\" data-id=\"4238\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Forgotten items in the library in October: book and keychain<br \/>\n\u201cMori no oku no ochakai\u201d, \u201cNakama wo mitsuketa tentoumushi\u201d, \u201cZoku\u2014kotowaza ehon\u201d, \u201cKaiketsu zorori dragon taiji\u201d, \u201cTokei book\u201d, and blue star keychain<br \/>\n*If these books and keychain belong to you, please come to the library. If we cannot find the owner by mid-November, we will register the books as donated books.<\/p>\n<h2>Announcement of new books Subaru bunko<\/h2>\n<p>Thank you to Subaru again for donating books this year.<br \/>\nAs some of you may already know, Subaru new books have the katakana \u201csu\u201d sticker on their covers. Please check out some of the new series added to the library.<\/p>\n<h1>Please remember to follow parking rules! We have recently received strict warning. No parking on these places: roundabout, on the grass, driveway, places with yellow lines. *If you stop at the roundabout, please move quickly.<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h1>Reading is great to prolong healthy life?!<\/h1>\n<p>As fall deepens, the fallen leaves we step on are making good sounds.  As mentioned from the last volume of Smile, new reading award \u201cyokozunas\u201d has been awarded each week, and it is great to see children loving books.  Between everyday studying and clubs, it is hard for people to make time for reading.  Last week, I watched a NHK show called \u201cAsking AI (artificial intelligence)\u201d that featured the theme \u201chealthy life.\u201d Health life is a numerical value that shows how old you can be active till.  According to the AI, \u201cto prolong healthy life, more than exercising or eating healthy, it is important to read.\u201d  You exercise to find a book, your mind receives intellectual stimulation, your mind recalls the past events\u2014reading books seems to bring together all these effective features to prolong healthy life.<br \/>\nWhen my child was little, I remember reading a storybook with him on my lap. Even after he\u2019s grown up, he still remembers that one page from the book and talks about it.  His body also remembers that warm feeling on my lap.  It is such a blessing to be able to reflect back on those precious family time.<br \/>\nWhat is \u201cyour family\u2019s storybook\u201d? <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/?p=4934\">\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":4932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4935,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934\/revisions\/4935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}