Third Graders Receive Dictionaries

The Whitehall Rotary Club completed their annual distribution in October of dictionary/reference books to local third graders. Third grade students in Harrison, Cardwell and Whitehall receive the books each school year. The books are purchased from The Dictionary Project, a national non-profit that promotes literacy. The books contain a basic dictionary along with sections on the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. states, world countries, the planets, world maps, weights and measures, sign language and the longest word. The favorite every year for most of the students is finding the longest word and asking how to pronounce it.

The Whitehall club has been providing these books to local students for about 20 years. Rotary clubs across Montana and the U. S. participate with The Dictionary Project to help improve literacy among young students.