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DG Ken Asks: Please consider adopting these two
projects as part of your club’s regular yearly activities. I
would like to see us commit to making sure that every year,
every third grader in our District receives a dictionary. And,
in a similar fashion, Choices should be presented to early
teenagers as they begin some of the most formative years of
their lives, and Rotary in our District should be Leading The
Way in implementing it in our Club’s schools.
Visit both websites and get a feel for yourself about what
these projects involve, and the results they achieve. For
Choices, feel free to contact Shelley Huestis, 206-322-8004,
or
shuestis@choicesedgroug.orgAnd, we have a number of
Clubs who have been very happy with their past involvement
with both The Dictionary Project or Choices, and I’ll be happy
to get you contacts so that you can discuss these projects
with a local Rotarian. |
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Dictionary Project
Reading is the most important skill of all. It is the
starting point for all the economic and social
opportunities this world has to offer to an individual. |
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The goal of this program is to assist
all students in completing 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. |
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A dictionary is an essential tool for
a quality education. A student cannot do his or her best
work without one. A child develops his understanding of
the world and builds a frame of reference on what he or
she knows, a dictionary provides the knowledge to better
understand our world and the words to share information. |
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www.dictionaryproject.org |
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Choices
CHOICES makes a compelling case for the way education -
or the lack of it - can affect someone's options.
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| CHOICES is a powerful, interactive seminar
designed to help middle and high school students realize
that they can take charge of their lives. During two
fast-paced, 50-minute classroom sessions, trained
business and community volunteers show students that
every decision has a consequence. Presenters use an
eye-opening role play to get the class involved in money
management, and make real-world connections between
school and work. |
| You walk into a class and find the kids
slouched in their seats, biding time until the bell
rings. You wonder how you're going to connect. Then you
start talking to them, one by by one, asking questions,
asking for their opinions. You see them sit up, lean
forward - pretty soon they're waving their hands and
shouting out answers. You've sparked their minds. |
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www.choices.org |
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