(In the featured photo above: Lion, Doris Maynard and her daughter Lion, Michelle Maynard joins the St.Francis Xavier School third-grade students.  – Photo courtesy Essex Junction Lions Club) The third graders at St. Francis Xavier School in Winooski, Vermont recently celebrated their annual visit from the Essex Junction Lions Club, which has been proudly donating dictionaries and bookmarks to students since 2018. The presentation is a... Read More

(Rotary member Sharon Fulton shakes hands with Marcus Heavyrunner as Rotary members gathered at Linderman School in Polson last Tuesday to disperse free dictionaries. (Photo courtesy Kristi Niemeyer/Leader) Thanks to the Rotary Club of Polson, MT, nearly 400 third graders received their own dictionaries—hands-on tools that help students build vocabulary, learn research skills, and grow beyond screens. For many children, it’s the first book they’ve ever... Read More

(Photo: Third grade students at Saegertown Elementary School receiving their dictionaries.) Hayfield Grange # 800 (Saegertown, PA) recently provided dictionaries to third grade students at Saegertown Elementary School as part of The Dictionary Project, helping build vocabulary, confidence, and independent learning skills. This marks the 23rd year Hayfield Grange has supported the program.  

The Rotarians of the Pagosa Springs Rotary Club recently visited Pagosa Springs Elementary to give each third grader a colorful new dictionary. With guidance from the Rotarians, more than 100 students proudly signed their names and immediately began exploring new words. Before long, the children were suggesting their own words and mastering their new dictionaries—leaving smiles all around. Thanks to successful fundraising events, such as the “Jeans and Jewels Barn... Read More

Today we would like to highlight the work of Rotary club of Monongahela. This year the Monongahela Rotary Club proudly continued its annual tradition of supporting youth literacy by delivering new dictionaries to third-grade students at Ringgold North, Ringgold South, and Madonna Catholic Regional School. As part of Rotary’s global Dictionary Project, Rotarians Tom Graney and Deb Mangino visited classrooms this week to hand out the books and... Read More

Frontier Elementary School in Loxahatchee, FL recently received a donation of dictionaries for their third-grade students. With the help of third-grade teacher Susan McConville, the dictionaries were distributed, and the students eagerly began searching for the longest word in the book!   For more than half of the students, this was their first time using a dictionary, and they were thrilled to have one of... Read More

Dana Gordon, 65, was a devoted member and past president of the Rotary Club of West Hartford, CT, a passionate supporter of the Dictionary Project, and a strong supporter of the Noah Webster House’s school programs. Through this partnership, students learned about Noah Webster’s role in American history and the evolution of the dictionary they received. Dana’s commitment to education and community service will be fondly remembered.

Through their annual Rotary Dictionary Project, the Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, proudly donated personal dictionaries to many excited third-graders in Archuleta County.   Recently, Paola Hasbun’s class at Pagosa Peak Open School was visited by Rotarians Cindi Galabota and Lisa Scott, who distributed dictionaries and led the students on an adventure through the pages—discovering maps, animals, U.S. history, and many other helpful reference tools. The... Read More

Third-grade students at Loxahatchee Groves Elementary School in Loxahatchee, Florida, celebrated as they received “A Student’s Dictionary & Animal Gazetteer” to take home as their own. Vice Principal Juliana Bradley looked on with gratitude as the children searched through their books to find words about animals and words they don’t know in the dictionary. One student was so excited about his new book that he asked if... Read More

Since 2017, the Greater Federation of Women’s Club (GFWC) Carrollton Civic Women’s Club in Georgia has partnered with The Dictionary Project, generously donating dictionaries to local third-graders. On a memorable school visit, GFWC member, Laura Miller, watched a student place her new dictionary on her head. When asked why, the child said, “Letting it sink in!” Needless to say she was very excited to explore and absorb all the... Read More