Tassajara Hills Elementary

Danville Sycamore Valley Rotary’s Annual Dictionary Project!

For the past several years the Rotary Club that I have been a member of since it was chartered in 1989 has distributed dictionaries to the 3^rd-graders of the San Ramon Unified School District. There were over 30 of our Rotary club members who participated in the distribution last week.  David Behring, president of the Wheelchair Foundation, and myself assisted with the dictionary distribution at Tassajara Hills Elementary. David and I went into the 3^rd-grade classrooms to the delight of the students.  As we were distributing them we had them help us look up words so they could learn how to navigate through the beautiful hardbound dictionary.  Some of the words were “service”, “Gila monster”, and “impertinent”..  As a student would find the word they would raise their hand, then stand up and read the definition.  I hope you agree with me when I say the love of reading is one of the most important skills a young student can learn.  Dictionaries are intended to bring words to life, and as a resource for students to use for many years. Read more