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Giving the gift of words

Oct 28 2011
Mary

Fairgrove Elementary third grader Luis opened his crisp, new English dictionary to a random page Thursday and started reading.

Moses Lake students receive dictionaries

Oct 28 2011
Mary

Third-grade students throughout the Moses Lake School District received dictionaries to call their own.

Thank you, Pioneers! Happy 100th birthday!

Oct 28 2011
Mary

When the Telephone Pioneers were established one hundred years ago, in 1911, their purpose was mostly fellowship, and Alexander Graham Bell was a member.

Kiwanis Club of Oxford dictionary project

Oct 27 2011
Mary

The Kiwanis Club of Oxford passed out over 240 dictionaries supplied by the Dictionary Project of Charleston, SC, to students at Lafayette Upper Elementary School in Oxford, MS.

Altrusa of Lexington begins dictionary project

Oct 27 2011
Mary

Altrusa International of Lexington, KY, held its first Dictionary Project for the 2011-2012 school year on September 8, 2011, International Literacy Day, with the third-grade class

Third graders receive dictionaries from Norwich Rotary

Oct 27 2011
Mary

Diane received a gift Wednesday morning, equipping her with just the words she needs to teach her family English.

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