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For the past three years the McCook Rotary Club has presented each third grader in Red Willow County with their own personal large volume dictionary. It is the club's desire to continue presenting dictionaries to all 3rd graders in the county.
Students in the county only have temporary use of dictionaries at schools and libraries and possibly at home. The standard Dictionaries are also written on an adult level making many of the defined words in those dictionaries above this grade level of understanding. By presenting each third grader with his or her own personal dictionary we have observed pride of ownership. The club receives many thank you letters from those student showing us how they use them.
In September the club will contact the different third grade classroom in the county to obtain the number of dictionaries needed (Last year there were 156 third graders). Once the club has a firm number of dictionaries required it places an order for the $11.00/books.
The dictionaries are handed out by volunteer Rotarian's in December. Each dictionary also contains a copy of the Rotary purpose, the four way test, and a letter to their parents.
NOTE: THIS IS THE CLUB'S PRIMARY 2014/15 PROJECT -the Kenya, Africa project will be seconday
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