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Useful Tips for Presenting Dictionaries to Students

Jan 15 2015
Mary
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...
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More Than 10 Years Later, Third-Graders Across the Area Are Still Getting Dictionaries

Jan 15 2015
Mary
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...
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Denton Rotary Gives Dictionaries to Third Graders

Jan 14 2015
Mary
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...
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Students in Will County, IL Receive Dictionaries from the Rotary Club of Bolingbrook

Jan 06 2015
Mary
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...
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Rotary Club of Washington DC Delivers 4,700 Dictionaries

Jan 06 2015
Mary
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...
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Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Gives Dictionaries to Students

Jan 05 2015
Mary
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...
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