The Dictionary Project
Inspiring stories, literacy milestones, and community impact updates from across the country.
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ARTHURDALE — Third- grade students across the county received dictionaries from the Rotary Club of Kingwood on Wednesday. “This is the eighth year we have done this,” Rotary Club member…
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In 2004, the Rotary Club of Knoxville had a vision to supply dictionaries to all Marion County children in grades three or four, that aligned with Rotary International’s Global Literacy…
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Cameron Park Rotarians recently visited third-grade classrooms in Cameron Park and Shingle Springs to hand out free dictionaries to students. The local Rotary Club distributed nearly 400 books at Blue…
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The Hillsboro Elks Lodge #1862 recently completed its Dictionary Project for the 2015-2016 school year. The project provides dictionaries to third grade students in 31 grade schools in Hillsboro, Oregon.…
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During the months of October and November 2015, the Gulf Breeze High School Key Club from Gulf Breeze, Florida delivered 840 dictionaries to 11 local Elementary Schools. At each school,…
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choice /CHois/ noun: 1. the act of selecting among alternatives or multiple possibilities “When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels.” Anonymous 2. the power, authority…
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ul·ti·mate /ˈəltəmət / adjective: being or happening at the end of a process, final; maximum or extreme “Let us not be afraid to help each other—let us never forget that…
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voice /vois/ 1. noun: the sound produced in a person’s larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song “Nothing that I can do will change the structure of…
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goal /ɡōl/, noun: 1. the object of a person’s ambition or effort; purpose “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” C. S.…
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cel·e·brate / ˈseləˌbrāt/, verb: 1. to do something joyous or special to honor an important event, occasion, holiday, etc. “It’s always good to remember where you come from and celebrate…
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trans·for·ma·tion /tran(t)sfərˈmāSH(ə)n/, noun: 1. a complete change in form, appearance, or character “Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey…
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fan·tas·tic /fanˈtastik/ adjective: 1. imaginative or fanciful “Children seem to need, then, a delicate balance between the realistic and the fantastic in their art; enough of the realistic to know…
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