The Dictionary Project Begins!

On Friday, January 16th Rotary President Karen Frazier and assisted by Tad Shaw and Steve Frazier did the first dictionary delivery and lesson to the students at St. John's School in Excelsior.  The children were amazed and delighted to receive their very own dictionary.  President Karen taught the students the Four-Way Test and then proceeded to teach them how to use the dictionary and the reference section in the back of the book.  Children squealed with delight as they discovered the Declaration of Independence, the longest word in the English Dictionary, and even how to spell supercalifagilisticexpialidocious!

The children appreciated receiving the dictionaries and heaped gratitude and hugs on Rotarians Karen, Tad and Steve. 

In total the Excelsior Rotary Club will distribute about 1000 Student Dictionaries to third-grade students in the nine public and private schools within the district.  President Karen hopes to have all of the dictionaries delivered by the end of January.  Three visits are already planned for next week to St. Therese, Clear Springs and Groveland by teams from our Excelsior Rotary Club. (Pictured above is President Karen teaching the Dictionary Lesson Plan at St. John's School.)