Ansonia Rotary Club members John Yeager, left, and Rich Knoll pose recently with students at Assumption School in Ansonia./ Contributed photo
ANSONIA - Ansonia Rotary Club members John Yeager and Rich Knoll handed out personal dictionaries to Karen Clayton’s third grade class at Assumption School this week, completing the club’s annual contribution to local education.
The club purchased dictionaries for all 200 of Ansonia’s third graders.
Assumption staff and students welcomed the gift. They located the longest word in the English language in the books and attempted to pronounce it.
ANSONIA - Ansonia Rotary Club members John Yeager and Rich Knoll handed out personal dictionaries to Karen Clayton’s third grade class at Assumption School this week, completing the club’s annual contribution to local education.
The club purchased dictionaries for all 200 of Ansonia’s third graders.
Assumption staff and students welcomed the gift. They located the longest word in the English language in the books and attempted to pronounce it.
The distribution of dictionaries at Assumption followed distributions at Mead and Prendergast elementary schools in the previous weeks. The effort was organized by Rotary Club member and Superintendent of Schools Carol Merlone and Club President Lori Veillette.
The annual purchase and distribution is part of the Ansonia Rotary Club’s Community Services program.
The Ansonia Rotary Club meets for lunch weekly at Crave Restaurant. For more information, go to www.ansoniarotary.org, or call 203-888-1101.
The Ansonia Rotary Club meets for lunch weekly at Crave Restaurant. For more information, go to www.ansoniarotary.org, or call 203-888-1101.
This is a press release from Ansonia Rotary Club.
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