Grade 5 Students in Alliston Receive a Gift

 

The Rotary Club of Alliston has been providing Webster’s Canadian Dictionaries to grade 5 students in Alliston for six years and the students continue to benefit from having their own dictionaries to use in the classroom and at home.

This year the club presented 237 students with this special gift at four different events. 

The schools give Rotarians time to talk with the students about the value of volunteering, reminding them about the fact that they will need 40 hours of volunteer time outside of the home, from grade 9 to grade 12,  in order to graduate from high school.  The students are encouraged to get ready for that experience by finding opportunities now to help others in their communities.  The Rotarians also describe what their organization is about and what it has done to help improve life in the Alliston area. 

Before presenting the dictionaries, the students are encouraged to think about how this resource will help them to enhance their reading and writing skills.  The actual presentation involves Rotarians’ calling up the students by name, shaking their hands, and handing them their own dictionaries. 

The students are very excited about the gift and enthusiastically thank the Rotarians.

The Rotary Club of Alliston thanks all the teachers for allowing them to spend time with their students and preparing the dictionaries.  The club also thanks Rotarians Colleen Kotnisz (President 2014/15), Sue Leach, David Green, Art Kovats, and Joan Hayward for organizing these events and participating in the presentations.