Asst. Superintendent Jane Unhjem, Rotary President Allen Zick and members Andrew Manganiello and Linda Cusato prepare to hand out dictionaries to third grade students.

On February 21, third grade students at Goshen Intermediate School received a special gift – a free dictionary from the Goshen Rotary Club.

According to the Goshen Rotary Club, the purpose of the Dictionary Project “is to provide third grade students in the community with their own personal dictionary. The dictionary is for the children to keep, so they can take it with them into the fourth grade and use it throughout their school career.”

Goshen Rotary Club President Allen Zick, along with fellow members Andrew Manganiello, Linda Cusato and Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Jane Unhjem, handed out both English and Spanish versions of dictionaries to all third grade students.

President Zick explained to students the different functions of their new dictionaries. Students were excited to learn that in addition to using their dictionaries for the definitions and spellings of words, they could also reference different maps, measurement charts and a listing of presidents.