Projects - Dictionary Project

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North Ridgeville third-graders are not at a loss for words during the Fall when dictionaries are distributed to every student in the third-grade by members of the Rotary Club of North Ridgeville, as part of The Dictionary Project.  Our club will typically pass out more than 375 books at Wilcox and Liberty Elementary Schools, Lake Ridge Academy and St. Peter School.

Rotarians Shawn Mueller and Emil Bagi direct the class to find Shawn's favorite word when he was in school, RECESS!

It looks like Doug Maurer has found a second career as a teacher once he retires from his day job in landscaping!

Rotarians Kevin Corcoran, Casey O'Conor, and Adam Sonnhalter look for these 3rd graders favorite word, CHEESE!

Rotarian Traci Purdum (left) answers questions from 3rd graders about the sun and the planets diagram in their dictionaries.

The project is spearheaded by North Ridgeville City Schools Superintendent and Rotarian Dr. Craig Phillips.  "Rotary felt that this was a great opportunity to give back to North Ridgeville by providing students with a tool to help them with lifelong reading.  Sponsoring this event is something that we truly see as an investment in the community," Phillips said.

Since its inception in 1992, The Dictionary Project has provided over 4.5 million dictionaries to students around the United States.  The goal is to help all students finish 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.