A dictionary teaches a child how to approach a problem and use critical thinking skills by sounding out the word and finding it in the dictionary. This simple task gives them a feeling of self-confidence and satisfaction that they cannot get online.

Neponset Valley Rotary Club delivers dictionaries to Hanlon students

Members of the Neponset Valley Rotary Club brought dictionaries for the students at the Hanlon Elementary School this past week. Literacy is one of Rotary International’s long-term projects, and on the local level members said they like to help out in any way they can. Children received the dictionaries during a special presentation Wednesday morning.
Students were excited about the visit and the present they received which will help them further their education in the future.