Letter from Megan McKee Schulman, 4th-grade Teacher at Neil Armstrong Elementary in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District
According to some, a printed dictionary is a tool of the past, an archaic way of learning about words and their meanings, especially in this digital age. However, I wholeheartedly disagree. When students in this generation hold their very own dictionary for the first time, they realize how much ownership they can have over the language they use. Being able to use their own... Read More
Letter from Diane Landean, Math Coach, Indian Island School, Maine
The Indian Island 3rd graders received their dictionaries and thesaurus this morning. They were so excited and spent lots of time exploring all they had to offer. I was told “It is so much fun reading these books!” They were especially excited about all the information in the back of the dictionaries. Thank you for making this possible. I am sending a picture of... Read More
Letter from Pat Wasiczko, Teaching Assistant, Brunswick Central School, Troy, New York
Dear Ms. Mary French, Thank you so much for sending all those beautiful dictionaries to our third graders at Brunswick Central Schools. The children were so overwhelmed with joy in receiving them. Thy have enjoyed searching through the dictionary for things that were new to them. One of the many things they enjoyed was the Periodic Table of Elements. I told them... Read More
Thank You
April 21, 2016 To Whom It Concerns, Mr. and Mrs. Triola helped to bring dictionaries to our students this year through your wonderful program! They took the time to teach the students how to use the resource and the students haven’t stopped talking about them since! Their teachers have begun to integrate dictionary skills more frequently so the students can use the dictionaries... Read More
Ticonderoga Elks Lodge #1494 Receives Warm Thank-You
Thank you for taking the time to raise the money for the dictionary project. My students were very excited when they heard you were coming. We used them the next day to find out information about the states for their research projects. They were very interested in all the things that were in them too. It is definitely a worthwhile project and will continue... Read More
School Appreciation: Teachers and Faculty Say Thanks
Slaybaugh School is in receipt of you very generous donation of dictionaries for our 3rd grade students. What a nice surprise! The dictionaries will surely assist our students with their creative writing assignments and acquisition of robust vocabulary words. While there are many technological resources available to our students, having something tangible and personal, such as their own dictionary, will encourage the children to... Read More
Third Grade Teacher
We received the dictionaries that you intended to give every third grader in our school. What a surprise! We live in a rural community in which students do not have the advantage of technology at school and most not at home. These dictionaries will be put to good use and appreciated by teachers. Thank you so much for your generosity. Sincerely, Barbara Laughlin Maries... Read More
Mrs. Davis and 3rd Grade Students at Liberty Christian School
Dear Huntington Beach Elks Lodge, We would like to say a big “THANK YOU” for donating dictionaries to our class. We appreciate it very much. We are learning about different parts of the dictionary and how to use reference materials. Each one of us is able to look something up without having to wait and share a dictionary, which is so helpful for an... Read More