We have been participating in this project for at least five years. It is one of the most fun and rewarding projects we undertake. The teachers all love it and the students are awed that someone would give them a book “for free”.. The club members look forward to visiting the classrooms and telling the students a little bit about Rotary and the Four-way... Read More

We’ve been presenting dictionaries for 12 years.. We absolutely love the Project. It is so important to have the “right” tools with which to educate our students. Our school has uses “WOW” (Words of the Week), to help teach spelling and word definition, within the 3rd grade curriculum. Each week three words are assigned. Each student looks up the three words in a dictionary,... Read More

The teachers and students are quick to let us know that they are very appreciative of these dictionaries and we try to stress to the students to bring these dictionaries to their later grades as this resource will help make them a better student..

The dictionary Project is a signature community project for our club that we look forward to doing each year. We have been participating more than 5 years. The Dictionary Project is awesome it empowers students to be inquisitive and motivate them to excel..

We feel it is important for every student to have his/her own personal dictionary to use at home or school.. We appreciate your making this possible..

This is either year 5 or 6 for the program for our club. It is our most rewarding project. The principals and teachers are supportive. The students and their parents appreciate the dictionaries.. Do not change anything–great project..

We originally committed to 3 years. The board enthusiastically agreed to continue the project this year and gave it blanket approval for future years as well.. It works very well.. This funding comes from our entire Rotary club from general funds. We have one coordinator for the project, me, and several volunteers for distribution of the books..

bought first 200 books in 2011 Give to class each year. the children are thrilled to have their own book. For many of them it is their first personal book. Many children bilingual and it helps them immensely..

Marcellus Grange has been giving dictionaries to Third Grade students for at least 10 years. We do receive thank you notes from parents.. Excellent project – it helps innumerable students, and keeps on going!.

this is the second year for our Rotary Club to be involved in the Dictionary Project. We were so happy with the response from studetns and teachers last year that we knew we must do it again! This year we are adding school in a nearby city.. Giving the dictionaries to the students is a great pleasure- words cannot describe the feeling we get... Read More