As area elementary school students begin to brainstorm what they want for the holidays, children can cross one item off their lists: a dictionary.
Newark Elks Lodge No. 1249 and the Newark Rotary recently partnered to distribute over 100 dictionaries to nine third-grade classes at Kelley Intermediate School.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
You know the word, but do you know the definition?
How about floccinaucinihilipilification?
The Rotary Club of Soledad, California, has participated in the Dictionary Project for five years, providing dictionaries for over 400 third graders each year.
Since 2005, the Rotary Club of Hackensack has participated in the Dictionary Project, providing dictionaries to students at public and private schools in Hackensack, NJ.
Beach Elementary School third graders received a gift to enhance their learning education last Tuesday, Nov. 13.