Centralia Sunrise Rotary Donates Student Dictionaries

The Centralia Sunrise Rotary donated student dictionaries to our third grade students.  Mr. George Hinton, a member of this organization, came to Sandoval Elementary School and made the presentation to our third grade classrooms.  This program is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world.

The Dictionary Project is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization. The goal of this program is to assist all students in completing the school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers by providing students with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come. The Dictionary Project gives 95 cents of every dollar donated toward the purchase of dictionaries.

Reading is the most important skill of all. It is the starting point for all the economic and social opportunities this world has to offer. Educators see third grade as the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn. Every year we watch The Dictionary Project grow by expanding our pool of sponsors, so more children can enjoy the benefits of owning their own personal dictionary.

I believe that this program is very vital to the education process of children.  It provides them with one more tool in their arsenal to learn how to read.  Good reading skills will promote and improve student performance in other subject areas as well.

I would like to send my sincere thanks to the members of the Centralia Sunrise Rotary.

David Schulte, Principal