P-3126

AWR Dictionary Project

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Project Description

Country: USA

Location: Abilene, TX

Total Budget: $1,080

Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy

Activity Type: Education: General

Summary: Distribution of dictionaries to all 3rd grade students at Abilene Wylie Elementary School.


Overall goal is to encourage students to read more - thus the need for a dictionary for better understanding of words. We provide all third graders with free dictionaries, which they can use for several years. The funds are used to purchase the dictionaries. Rotarians from the Abilene Wednesday Rotary Club will travel to the elementary campuses where all third graders will be assembled. We then tell the children a little bit about Rotary and hand out the dictionaries to each child individually.

The Dictionary Project concept began in 1992 when Annie Plummer of Savannah, Georgia, gave 50 dictionaries to children who attended a school close to her home. Since its implementation in 1995, over 32 million children have received dictionaries because others saw the same need in communities all over the country. The original goal of providing dictionaries to all third-grade students in South Carolina was met in 1999. In 2002, the Wall Street Journal published a story about the project, and the Dictionary Project took on a national purpose and expanded its mission to include all 50 states.

The program is typically implemented in the third grade, since this is the age when dictionary skills are usually taught. Educators describe third grade as the time when a student transitions from learning to read to reading to learn. In working with the administrators, principal and teachers of Wylie Elementary School in Abilene, the Abilene Wednesday Rotary Club has confirmed the 3rd grade as an appropriate age to give each student a personalized dictionary.

Our goal is to assist all students to become good writers, active readers and creative thinkers. Dictionaries were presented to approximately 360 students at Wylie Elementary School, and we see a tremendous appreciation from students in receiving their own dictionary to keep. They exhibit an interest in exploring the words, as well as the other resources such as sign language. Owning their own dictionaries challenges them to learn new words as they begin to broaden their vocabularies and strengthen their reading skills.

Grant funds will be used for the purchase of the dictionaries. Project funds used to purchase the dictionaries with local club paying 1/2 of the cost and the Grant paying 1/2. It is anticipated that 360 dictionaries will be distributed at a cost of $3.00 each. Club members participate in putting personalized nameplates in each dictionary, as well as inserting a brief Rotary Club information flyer. Members then participate in the presentation of dictionaries to students at their school campus.

Project Contact Person

District: 5790

Rotary Club of: Abilene Wednesday

Primary Contact: Jerry Love

Email: jerry@jerrylovecpa.com

Project Status

Completed
This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners.

Project listed for the 2019-20 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Abilene Wednesday (5790)

29-Sep-19

$540

$540

$1,080

Total

$540

$540

$1,080

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History Log Entries

29-Sep-19

System Entry

System Entry: Creation of project page.

30-Sep-19

by Dan Steele

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

30-Sep-19

by Jerry Love

System Entry: Project signed by Jerry Love.

30-Sep-19

by Dan Steele

System Entry: Project signed by Dan Steele.

11-Oct-19

by Dan Steele

System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

13-Jan-20

by Jerry Love

We delivered the dictionaries to the students on November 7 & 8, 2019.

14-Jan-20

by Walter Virden

System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.

24-Feb-20

by Dan Steele

Sent email with final report form attached requesting final report completion.

24-Feb-20

by Dan Steele

System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.

25-Feb-20

by Dan Steele

System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.

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