Letter from Diane Landean, Math Coach, Indian Island School, Maine
The Indian Island 3rd graders received their dictionaries and thesaurus this morning. They were so excited and spent lots of time exploring all they had to offer. I was told “It is so much fun reading these books!” They were especially excited about all the information in the back of the dictionaries. Thank you for making this possible. I am sending a picture of... Read More
Letter from Pat Wasiczko, Teaching Assistant, Brunswick Central School, Troy, New York
Dear Ms. Mary French, Thank you so much for sending all those beautiful dictionaries to our third graders at Brunswick Central Schools. The children were so overwhelmed with joy in receiving them. Thy have enjoyed searching through the dictionary for things that were new to them. One of the many things they enjoyed was the Periodic Table of Elements. I told them... Read More
Message from Paul Minton, Noblesville, Indiana
I gave a dictionary to my 3rd grade great granddaughter and she was very excited to receive it and when she showed it to her classmates, they wanted one. They attend Hamilton Heights Elementary in Cicero, Indiana. Thank you for letting me purchase books because they are very exciting for the students to read. Thanks to Paul’s generous gift to each of the student’s... Read More
Thank You
April 21, 2016 To Whom It Concerns, Mr. and Mrs. Triola helped to bring dictionaries to our students this year through your wonderful program! They took the time to teach the students how to use the resource and the students haven’t stopped talking about them since! Their teachers have begun to integrate dictionary skills more frequently so the students can use the dictionaries... Read More
The Rotary Club of Cochran
April 19, 2016, Dear Sir or Madam, The Cochran Rotary Club has been giving dictionaries to third graders ever since 2001. We give them to the third graders at Bleckley County Elementary School. One year after the students had had the dictionaries for about 5 months the third grade at this school scored first in the State in the Literary Competition. Thank you... Read More
Aubreonna, third grade student at Holly Heights Elementary School, Millville, NJ
Dear Gentlemen, Thank you for the Dictionary. I will use it alot at school and home. Sincerely, Aubreonna Third graders like Aubreonna have been receiving dictionaries from the Millville Elks Lodge #580 since 2010. Over the years, the Elks have actively promoted education in Cumberland County by donating more than 2,900 dictionaries to local students. Their time and support is most appreciated!
Ticonderoga Elks Lodge #1494 Receives Warm Thank-You
Thank you for taking the time to raise the money for the dictionary project. My students were very excited when they heard you were coming. We used them the next day to find out information about the states for their research projects. They were very interested in all the things that were in them too. It is definitely a worthwhile project and will continue... Read More
Ms. Nancy Mascio, Bridgewater Grange #153, CT
The dictionaries are great this year. The children love them. I many go back to the classrooms to do a lesson or two on using the dictionary. They also want to see my unabridged dictionaries and my Braille books. It’s so nice to see children excited about words. I taught 2nd grade for 35 years, and helping children learn to communicate and learn from... Read More
Kiwanis Club Of Livonia Receives a Big Thank-You from Students
Good Morning, We are emailing you because we want to thank you for visiting St. Genevieve and delivering very special dictionaries to us. We love having visitors come into our room and teach us about many different things. You were both very funny and very entertaining (so entertaining that we didn’t even watch our friends playing on the playground while you talked to us!... Read More
The Rotary Club of Fillmore Kicks Off Another Year of Participation
The Rotary Club of Fillmore, California, participated in a Dictionary Project this week. Several members visited all five elementary schools in our school district and delivered a dictionary to each third grade student. Two classes were made up of 2nd and 3rd graders so we gave to everyone. In total there were 13 classrooms. After presenting the dictionaries we spent a few minutes pointing... Read More