The Everest Area Optimists kicked off American Education Week by donating 495 dictionaries to area 3rd graders this week.
For children who are learning to read, a crucial turning point comes during the transition from grade three to grade four.
“For some children, it could be the first and only book they own.” That’s how Rotary Club of Paducah President Mike Muscarella described the importance of the club’s
The Kiwanis Club of Alamosa, CO, distributed 200 dictionaries to third graders at Alamosa's elementary schools.
An effort to see that students throughout the world receive dictionaries began in 1995. Among distributors are local Lions Clubs and Grange chapters.
WNS, through its program WNS Cares, has donated 1,000 dictionaries to students at schools in New York City, Jersey City, NJ, and Dallas, TX, this school year.