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Dictionary Project
We purchase dictionaries for each third grade child in southern Jefferson County in both public and private schools. Volunteers label, sort, and deliver the dictionaries to the schools in the fall. We distribute approximately 1200 dictionaries annually!
Festus Students Receive Dictionaries 2020
Thank you to the Jefferson County Leader Newspaper for sharing this article in the Festus School Insert to the newspaper!
Third Graders Are Recipients
Good Shepherd Catholic School Gets Dictionaries
Here is Mary Hatfield (L) presenting the dictionaries to Mariann Jones (R), Principal of Good Shepherd Catholic School.