Derby/Shelton Rotary Club
Dictionaries distributed to all third graders
Rotarian Jack Walsh is pictured with teachers,
administrators and students at Irving School in Derby.
2008 marks the 250th birthday of the Noah Webster, and
Derby/Shelton Rotary Club gave third grade students in both Derby and
Shelton an opportunity to remember his most important work - the dictionary
as they distributed 633 brand new dictionaries to every third grade student
in the two towns. Rotarians visited each of the schools and presented
students with their own personal copies of the books and to stressed the
importance of the books. Noah Webster, who is buried in Grove Street
Cemetery in New Haven would be quite proud!
Click image to see how the students responded!
The local Rotary Club has been doing the project for a
number of years now in an effort to promote literacy and encourage student
performance. This year Marge Domorod coordinated the project, and the
following schools were visited by the Rotarians listed below.
Shawn Fields made these Booth Hill students happy with his
delivery!
School |
Rotarian(s) |
Booth Hill School |
Shawn Fields |
Elizabeth Shelton |
Bryan Lizotte |
Lafayette School |
Dave Grant Sr. & Tony DellaMonica |
Mohegan School |
Pat
Tarasovic, Sylvia Rodriguez & Jeff Merrill |
Sunnyside School |
Arlene Greco & Pam Mautte |
St.
Lawrence School |
Ernie Luise |
St.
Mary /St. Michael |
Dave Grant Sr. & Tony DellaMonica |
Bradley School |
Pat
Tarasovic & Linda Holmes-Hannon |
Irving School |
Jack Walsh |
St
Joseph School |
Al
Patuzzi |
Long Hill School |
Barbara Quinn |
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