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November 2011 Dictionary
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I was glad to be part
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Fred Roberts and Brett Jolley distribute thesauruses and dictionaries on behalf of North Stockton Rotary to excited students in Mrs. Regan's third grade class at Brookside Elementary School. Click to enlarge pictures.
 

My great thanks to all club members who helped distribute dictionaries and thesauruses yesterday. We have great reports of very happy children and teachers - clearly a great success. Special thanks to Tod Anton, who coordinated with the schools, Brett Jolley who covered for me to get volunteers while I was on vacation, Sami Khoury who stamped and sorted the books, and Sami and Wayne Hose who brought the books to our meeting on Tuesday. Obviously this was a team effort and all are greatly
appreciated. And to whoever managed to get The Record to actually publish an article on this event, you are my hero!
 Judy Lovett


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A student holds their new dictionary during Wednesday's event at El Dorado Elementary School in Stockton. MICHAEL McCOLLUM/The Record

By The Record

November 03, 2011 12:00 AM

STOCKTON - You might find it hard to believe, but based on the wide-eyed reactions of El Dorado Elementary third-graders Wednesday afternoon, two synonyms for the word "cool" are "free dictionary" and "free thesaurus."

Third-graders at El Dorado and 17 other school sites in Stockton Unified and Lincoln Unified received the free reference books Thursday from the North Stockton Rotary Club. You'd have thought they had been given iPads and Xbox 360s.

Jasmine Olvera, 8, looks over her brand-new dictionary Wednesday at El Dorado Elementary School in Stockton. El Dorado was one of 18 schools in Stockton Unified and Lincoln Unified whose third-graders received new dictionaries and thesauruses courtesy of the North Stockton Rotary Club.MICHAEL McCOLLUM/The Record  

"I'm going to show my dad," 9-year-old Dreama Mills said when asked what she would do with the books when she brought them home. "I'm very proud to have a new thesaurus and new dictionary of my own. I'm really proud."

Theresa Shapiro and Jim Dugoni represented the North Stockton Rotary at the El Dorado giveaway. Shapiro could not stop smiling as she prepared to distribute the books.

Dreama Mills, 9, holds her new dictionary Wednesday at El Dorado Elementary School. MICHAEL McCOLLUM/The Record  

"Just to see the look on the children's faces is completely worth it," Shapiro said.

Shaun Oliver, 8, said he was planning to take his new books home and "see what words I don't know and learn how to pronounce them."

He added, "I'm going to read it and my eyes will be tired all day."

John Conger distributed dictionaries and thesauruses to these appreciative students and Woodrow Wilson School.


 

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