ImageThe Dublin AM Rotary’s Literacy Committee is at it again!  All of the third graders in the Dublin City School District received their own copies of “A Student’s Dictionary” from the Dublin AM Rotary on Monday, November 18th.  The picture(s) below are of 3rd graders from Thomas Elementary School who had just received their dictionaries from our Literacy Chair Claudia Trusty and Superintendent Dr. Todd Hoadley. It was pajama and reading day at the school so everyone was perfectly attired and psyched for the event!  I think that Claudia and Dr. Hoadley were in their street clothes, but there are no pictures to prove it.  The students thanked the Rotary for their dictionaries in the 19 different languages currently used at the school!  Over 1,200 3rd graders received dictionaries this year across the District!

Claudia explained that an English as Second Language (ESL) teacher stopped her and wanted her to tell the Club that the dictionaries have been a very helpful tool with their ESL students.  This effort is especially significant given the State of Ohio’s 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee, which focuses on reading skills and reading improvement.

The dictionaries are funded through the Club’s Community Services budget and a grant that we received from District 6690 and is an annual literacy initiative facilitated by the Club’s Literacy Committee.

Happy reading!