{"id":2018,"date":"2018-10-11T18:37:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T22:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2020-07-03T16:48:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T20:48:33","slug":"rotary-putting-words-into-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/blog\/rotary-putting-words-into-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotary putting &#8220;Words&#8221; into action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/dictionary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2019\" src=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/dictionary-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Literacy is certainly one of, if not the, most important skills picked up in school and the Derby-Shelton Rotary Club is playing a key role in helping third graders throughout Derby and Shelton pick up the necessary skills by providing them with their very own dictionary. The Club is once again participating in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionaryproject.org\/about\/\">TheDictionaryProject<\/a> whose goal, &#8220;<em>is to assist all students in becoming good writers, active readers, creative thinkers, and resourceful learners by providing them with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come. Educators see third grade as the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn, so we encourage our sponsors to give dictionaries each year to children in the third grade<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Club has participated in this project for many years now and Rotarians visit each of the third grades in the two towns to hand deliver dictionaries to the students and to discuss the importance of reading and the role that the dictionaries can play in helping them. This year, the Club will distribute 446 of the dictionaries specifically designed for student use to students and an additional 24 to their classroom teachers. A special thanks goes to Kim Ryan Caro who is coordinating the project once again this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dictionary2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2034\" src=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dictionary2-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dictionary2-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dictionary2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dictionary2-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Dictionary2.jpg 1848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table class=\" alignleft\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 20pt;\"><strong>Derby Schools<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 20pt;\"><strong>Rotarians<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Bradley<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Linda Holmes<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Irving<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Arlene Greco<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>St. Mary\/St. Michael<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Jack Walsh<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ff6600;\">Shelton Schools<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Booth Hill<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>George Howe<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Elizabeth Shelton<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Pat Tarasovic, Linda Fay<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Holy Trinity<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Al Patuzzi, Carolyn Dow<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Long Hill<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Judy Gulish, Silvia Rodriguez<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Mohegan\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Ernie Luise<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Sunnyside<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Cindy Rinaldi<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Cindy-Dictionary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2038\" src=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Cindy-Dictionary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Cindy-Dictionary.jpg 750w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Cindy-Dictionary-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Literacy is certainly one of, if not the, most important skills picked up in school and the Derby-Shelton Rotary Club is playing a key role in helping third graders throughout Derby and Shelton pick up the necessary skills by providing them with their very own dictionary. 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