The Kiwanis Club of Westside Jacksonville Start Dictionary Project
The Kiwanis Club of Westside Jacksonville recently distributed dictionaries to third-grader students in Duval County School District. The Kiwanis have already donated over 250 books to five elementary schools for the 2014-2015 school year. Kiwanis members personally presented the dictionaries to each third grade class and explained to students that pronunciation, vocabulary, spelling, reading, language and writing skills are needed for educational success in... Read More
Rotary Clubs of Paterson Donates Dictionaries
The Rotary Clubs of Paterson have been donating dictionaries to all the 3rd grade students in both public and parochial schools in Paterson, New Jersey since 2006. We would like to continue this practice but the rising costs of the dictionaries and increase in number of students each year adds to our cost. This year our Dictionary Project has given out over 2000 dictionaries.... Read More
Useful Tips for Presenting Dictionaries to Students
If you are wondering how to present to grade-school children, here is a sample presentation from the Kiwanis Foundation of South Lyon. This message is delivered verbally to students by Kiwanis members when the books are distributed. Students are also informed of the vast array of information contained in the dictionaries, which really excites them. To the 3rd Grade Students of Dolsen Elementary School:... Read More
More Than 10 Years Later, Third-Graders Across the Area Are Still Getting Dictionaries
When Kansas City resident Chris Hope started Dictionary Project KC, he just wanted to support literacy. About 300,000 dictionaries later, he’s helping every third-grader in the eight-county metro area get a personal reference tool to keep. The dictionaries are an edition assembled by the founder of the national Dictionary Project, Mary French. They’re written specifically to be at a mid-elementary level and are small... Read More
Denton Rotary Gives Dictionaries to Third Graders
Members of Denton Rotary and their partners visited every third-grade class in Caroline County Public Schools and personally handed out free dictionaries to the children in December. This marks the 10th year for this particular project to support education in the county. The donation was inspired through The Dictionary Project, a nonprofit organization endorsed by Rotary International. The Dictionary Project’s goal is to assist... Read More
Students in Will County, IL Receive Dictionaries from the Rotary Club of Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook Rotarians were met with the happy faces of Will County students this fall as they distributed over 1,300 dictionaries. The Rotary Club of Bolingbrook is dedicated to making sure every student receives a personal dictionary in Valley View Cusd 365U as well as four private schools in Will County. Members personally present the dictionaries to each third grade class and explain the importance... Read More
Rotary Club of Washington DC Delivers 4,700 Dictionaries
After weeks of diligent planning, the Rotary Club of Washington DC, with the help of the Federal City Rotary Club and the Washington DC Rotaract Club, rallied 90 volunteers to successfully deliver 4,700 dictionaries to elementary students in 105 Washington DC public and charter schools. Additionally, members provided 1000 Spanish-English dictionaries to ESL (English as a Second Language) 3rd graders at these schools. The... Read More
Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Gives Dictionaries to Students
Dictionaries were distributed by members of the Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Club to all third graders in the Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District during National Education Week. Teams of Rotary Club members visited each school in the district last month to give away the free dictionaries. The local club has been participating in the annual Dictionary Day for the past ten years. The dictionaries are purchased... Read More
Boone County Retired Teachers/Support Staff (BSRT&SS) Give Out Student Dictionaries
Carl Bear and Claude Whited of the Boone County Retired Teachers/Support Staff (BSRT&SS) recently presented student dictionaries from the National Dictionary Project to third grade students in three Newton County schools, Mount Judea, Deer, and Western Grove, a member of the Ozark Mountain School District. The dictionaries were for each student’s personal use. The goal of this non-profit program is to assist all students... Read More
Rotary Club Delivers Dictionaries to Jackson Intermediate School in Alabama
This past November, 14 members of the Rotary Club of Jackson delivered 696 dictionaries to all third graders in Choctaw, Clarke, and Washington counties. Each dictionary includes a Rotary label with the Four-Way Test and is hand presented to each student. During the Rotary’s presentation, members explain that the Four-Way Test is the Rotary’s business code of ethics which helps individuals make ethical decisions... Read More