Boone County Retired Teachers/Support Staff (BSRT&SS) Give Out Student Dictionaries

Carl Bear and Claude Whited of the Boone County Retired Teachers/Support Staff (BSRT&SS) recently presented student dictionaries from the National Dictionary Project to third grade students in three Newton County schools, Mount Judea, Deer, and Western Grove, a member of the Ozark Mountain School District. The dictionaries were for each student’s personal use. The goal of this non-profit program is to assist all students...
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Charleston, WV Elks Distribute Dictionaries to Kanawha County School District

The Charleston Elks Lodge #202 in West Virginia participated in The Dictionary Project again this fall, donating over 400 books to students in Kanawha County School District. Both teachers and students look forward to the Elks’ presentation each year. The Elks spend time in each classroom talking with the students and explaining the importance of a dictionary. By giving the gift of a dictionary,...
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Students in Wa-Nee Community Schools Receive Dictionaries from the Rotary Club of Nappanee

he Rotary Club of Nappanee has participated in The Dictionary Project for five years, donating over 1,000 books to students in Wa-Nee Community Schools. This year, Dennis Martin, dictionary project chairman for the Rotary Club, presented the books to ten third grade classes. He opened the presentation by asking students if they knew anything about Rotary. Martin explained to each class that Rotary is...
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Members of the Oakview Grange #311 Promote Education

On November 4, much to the delight of Jefferson-Lincoln Elementary 108 third graders, Oakview Grange members Joyce Kludt and Alice Coakley presented each student with their very own dictionary. This marks the fourteenth year that Oakview Grange has provided dictionaries to Jefferson-Lincoln third graders. The goal of the Dictionary Project is to assist all students in becoming good writers, active readers, creative thinkers, and...
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Local Elks Hand Out Dictionaries

The Deming Elks Lodge distributed more than 500 dictionaries to third graders in Deming and Truth or Consequences, NM. The dictionaries were distributed as part of the Elks’ National Dictionary Project — a project with the stated goal of getting dictionaries in the hands of every third grader in the United States. Since its implementation in 1995, over 18 million children have received dictionaries...
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Third Grade Students “Race to Look Up the Word” with the Arden Rotary Club

On Monday morning, November 3, 2014, members of the Rotary Club of Arden met at Glen Arden Elementary School to continue the long-standing tradition of making sure that every third grader in the school has his/her own personal dictionary. Led by President Jorg Ronke, the distribution group included Past Presidents Bill Payne and Tom Robertson, Andrew Zehr, Carl Robertson and Gregg Solms. The five...
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York Rotarians Donate Dictionaries

Since 2006, members of the York Rotary Club in Nebraska have participated in The Dictionary Project. This year, over 200 dictionaries were distributed to 3rd grader students at York Elementary School, Emmanuel-Faith Lutheran, St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Heartland Community School, Trinity Lutheran, McCool Junction and Cross County. For many of these students, this is the first time they have ever received their own personal...
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