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Garden City Kiwanis gives third-graders book full of words

Jan 11 2011
Mary

`I hope this is very useful to you,` Ken Hines told students at Memorial Elementary School. `This isn`t a very old book, even though it has a lot of old words in it.`

Power of words

Jan 11 2011
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The third graders at Queen of the Miraculous Medal School flipped through the pages of new dictionaries Friday.

Grand Rapids Kiwanis Clubs team up to help students

Jan 11 2011
Mary

Three Kiwanis Clubs of the Grand Rapids area make up the sponsoring team: Grand Rapids Golden K Kiwanis, Grand Rapids North Kiwanis, and Grand Valley State University Circle K Kiwanis.

Kiwanis donates 600 dictionaries to Brighton students

Jan 11 2011
Mary

 Third grade students in Brighton received personal dictionaries from the Kiwanis Club in Brighton this week.

Clinton Valley Kiwanis Club shares thank-you letter

Jan 11 2011
Mary

 The Clinton Valley Kiwanis Club presented dictionaries to every third grader in the Clintondale and Fraser Public School Districts, ten schools in all.

Bloggers work to get more words into the hands of eager young people

Jan 11 2011
Mary

 In a well-worn dictionary that Jen Wright has regularly thumbed through since elementary school, words are circled and playful notes point to newfound terms, chronicling Wright`s path through

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