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Building better readers; Rotarian service project puts dictionaries in students’ hands

Oct 07 2013
Mary
Third-grader Kendyl couldn't take her eyes off her new dictionary after a group of visiting local Rotarians gifted her with the book Friday.

Jefferson Grange #167 Delivers Dictionaries to Happy Third Graders!

Oct 03 2013
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Jefferson Grange members David Ifert, Donna Lakin and Doris Ifert delivered 76 dictionaries to third graders at Valley Elementary School on October 3rd, 2013.

AT&T Pioneers, Golden K Kiwanis put dictionaries in hands of third-graders

Oct 03 2013
Mary
DECATUR — In the Bible’s Book of Judges, the way people pronounced the word “shibboleth” helped identify whether they were from the conquering tribe or the conquered one.

Bowling for literacy – Rotary Club of DeLand delivers 3,000 dictionaries

Oct 03 2013
Mary
DELAND – The Rotary Club of DeLand recently completed its 8th Annual Bowling for Literacy/Dictionary Project.

Dictionaries donated to Springfield students

Oct 01 2013
Mary
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Hundreds of third-grade students in Springfield have been given brand new dictionaries from a local publisher.

Third-graders get free dictionaries to aid education

Sep 30 2013
Mary
Nearly 1,300 third-graders throughout the Bryan school district were personally handed a dictionary from an elected official during a two-day dictionary giveaway that started Tuesday.
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