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Rotary
clubs to provide 1,400 third graders
The Rotary Clubs of Woodinville and Northshore want third grade kids to
know that they care about their ability to read, learn and comprehend.
That’s why both clubs are partnering with the Northshore School
District to assure that all third grade students in the district get
their own personal copy of a children’s dictionary this academic
school year.
Sparked by a Rotary International
goal of “Universal Literacy”, and ignited by a grant from the Verizon
Foundation, local Rotarians are working together to get dictionaries
into not only the hands, but the homes of these kids and their families.
The Rotary Clubs of Woodinville and Northshore see the value for
our community and are launching a district wide effort for distribution
this Thanksgiving season. The school district has 21 elementary schools and nearly 1,400
third graders who will benefit from the dictionary project.
The American Heritage Children’s
Dictionary is a new edition, hard-bound, color reference published
by Houghton Mifflin of Boston, Massachusetts.
Nearly 1000 pages of vocabularies, pronunciation keys, thesaurus,
phonics, parts of speech, geography and maps make this age appropriate
dictionary packed full of meaningful information.
The dictionary will also be a useful tool for English Language
Learners and students living below the poverty level.
Having a personal dictionary will allow parents and guardians to
help their children at home with their homework.
Jan and Jerry Erickson of Woodinville remember when their daughter won
the 2nd grade spelling bee.
“Our daughter, Suzanne, received a dictionary as a gift then
and has treasured it ever since. She
has actually passed it along to her own children once they reached
school age. Now at ages 8, 10 and 12, it is getting heavy usage
again!” The dictionary
project is aimed at elementary school kids.
In third grade, students are beginning to learn word and
dictionary skills. By
giving each student a dictionary to own and take home, these children
will have a personal resource in their individual homes to develop the
very important word skills required of all students in the State of
Washington.
Rotary is worldwide organization of 1.2 million business and
professional leaders in 32,000 clubs that provides humanitarian service
in 200 countries around the world.
Local Rotary clubs work together to provide services in their
communities and are grateful to supporters, sponsors and underwriters
that assist them with their ability to serve and further their
commitment to “Service Above Self.”
If you would like to contribute to the Woodinville and Northshore Rotary
Clubs Dictionary Project, please contact Community Service Club Chairs:
Susan Webster of Woodinville and Fred Jossy of Bothell at their
respective clubs. Information
about the Woodinville Rotary Club can be found on the website at www.rotarywineandshine.org.
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