{"id":5699,"date":"2026-03-09T08:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=5699"},"modified":"2026-03-09T08:43:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:43:01","slug":"ssc-joins-read-across-america-encourages-young-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-joins-read-across-america-encourages-young-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Joins Read Across America, Encourages Young Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Reynolds-and-Upchurch-edited.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, President Lana Reynolds and SSC sophomore Hannah Upchurch of Seminole read If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss to students at Wilson Elementary School in Seminole during Read Across America Week.\" class=\"wp-image-5701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Reynolds-and-Upchurch-edited.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Reynolds-and-Upchurch-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Reynolds-and-Upchurch-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Reynolds-and-Upchurch-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Reynolds-and-Upchurch-edited-788x443.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From March 2-6, Seminole State College employees and students shared their love of reading with students at Wilson Elementary School in Seminole during Read Across America Week. The nationwide initiative encourages children to explore literature, fostering empathy and a broader understanding of the world. Pictured: President Lana Reynolds and SSC sophomore Hannah Upchurch of Seminole read If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss on March 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrero-and-Johnson-edited.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, SSC freshmen and members of the men\u2019s basketball team Kanaan Guerrero of Cushing and Jaden Johnson of Tulsa read Hey Grandude by Paul McCartney to Wilson Elementary students on March 3.\" class=\"wp-image-5703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrero-and-Johnson-edited.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrero-and-Johnson-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrero-and-Johnson-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrero-and-Johnson-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrero-and-Johnson-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Guerrero-and-Johnson-edited-788x443.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SSC freshmen and members of the men\u2019s basketball team Kanaan Guerrero of Cushing and Jaden Johnson of Tulsa read Hey Grandude by Paul McCartney to Wilson Elementary students on March 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From March 2-6, Seminole State College employees and students shared their love of reading with students at Wilson Elementary School in Seminole during Read Across America Week. The nationwide initiative encourages children to explore literature, fostering empathy and a broader understanding of the world. Pictured: President Lana Reynolds and SSC sophomore Hannah Upchurch of Seminole &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-joins-read-across-america-encourages-young-readers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SSC Joins Read Across America, Encourages Young Readers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,34,23,87],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-5699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-athletics","category-community","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-faculty-staff","category-news","tag-march-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5704,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5699\/revisions\/5704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}