{"id":1087969,"date":"2014-01-06T14:39:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T21:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/?page_id=1087969"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:21:08","slug":"armstrong-reading-blast-off","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/armstrong-reading-blast-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Armstrong Reading Blast Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"1087970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/armstrong-reading-blast-off\/blast-off\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2014\/01\/Blast-Off.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Blast Off\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2014\/01\/Blast-Off.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2014\/01\/Blast-Off.jpg\" alt=\"Reading Blast Off banner\" class=\"wp-image-1087970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2014\/01\/Blast-Off.jpg 960w, https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2014\/01\/Blast-Off-300x93.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Armstrong Reading Blast Off<\/em> is an independent reading program that encourages students to read, not just a good book, but a good book <em>series<\/em>. Students choose a book series from the lists, read the entire book series from beginning to end using the corresponding bookmark for that book series from the Armstrong library (or print it from this website), and check off each completed series to earn a Reading Blast Off badge for a lanyard or backpack. Students can collect as many badges as possible and have them roll over from school year to school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd_0wpbZ0Lh6PTZlPokIRAud8y52cUmOhzfU1MENXXHUVlhCA\/viewform?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=105453797411690588251\">Check off a Book Series<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Armstrong Reading Blast Off is an independent reading program that encourages students to read, not just a good book, but a good book series. Students choose a book series from the lists, read the entire book series from beginning to end using the corresponding bookmark for that book series from the Armstrong library (or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"coauthors":[24],"class_list":["post-1087969","page","type-page","status-publish","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pg8eUO-4z1T","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087969"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2205240,"href":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087969\/revisions\/2205240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/armstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1087969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}