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DICTIONARY DONATION
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Rotary President
Jerome Bannister presents a third grade student with
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Third
graders at Hunters Bend Elementary School have a new tool to
help them in class. On March 12, members of the
Franklin Breakfast Rotary delivered brand-new dictionaries
to the school. During the presentation, each third
grade student was given his or her very own dictionary.
"We
chose the third grade because this is the grade where
teachers start asking students to structure sentences and
look up words," said Rotary President Jerome Bannister.
"Studies show the students will likely keep the
dictionaries for the next six or seven years."
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The
Rotarians worked with the school district to determine which
type of dictionary they would distribute. "The
school district looked at several dictionaries and chose this one," said Bannister. "The
reason they chose it is because it's not only a dictionary,
but the back part of it is an encyclopedia about world
geography and the Declaration of Independence."
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The
Franklin Breakfast Rotary began delivering the dictionaries
to students last year. So far, they have distributed more than 1,100
dictionaries to students in both Williamson County
Schools and the Franklin Special School District.
Rotarian Sharon Stewart says she has been amazed by
the kind of response they've seen from the students.
"There's just no sensation like having a kid look up
to you and say thank you and really mean it," said
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Bannister agrees.
He says it's all worth it when you learn how much it
means to the kids.
"We
have gotten letters and cards from some of the kids who say,
'This is the first book I have ever been able to write my
name in'," said Bannister. |
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Students from Shelly Maag's third
grade class at Hunters Bend Elementary School show
off their new dictionaries in a class photo. |
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Important Dates
April 14-18, TCAP Testing
Saturday, April 12,
ACT Testing for all 11th Grade Students
Monday-Thursday, May
19-22, Semester Exams
Thursday, May
22, Last Day for Students
For other
dates, check with each individual school
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