Community volunteers from the Rotary Club of Pearlridge (RCOP) kicked off the 2019-2020 Annual Rotary International Dictionary 5000 Project at Pearl City and Aiea elementary schools on Monday, September 9.. On Tuesday, September 10, RCOP board members, Dick Mosko, Lasar McCabe, Barry Viillamil and Clarence Delude presented 84 free dictionaries to third grade students and their teachers at Pearl City Highlands Elementary School.
Third graders and their teachers from 12 elementary schools representing Pearl City and Aiea will receive over 800 free dictionaries from the RCOP during the 2019-2020 school year as a part of the Rotary International Dictionary 5000 Project.
Board members from the RCOP will also return at the end of the school year to present one student from each of the 12 elementary schools with a Good Citizen Award which includes a $50.00 check and recognition certificate from the Rotary Club of Pearlridge.
Each Good Citizen Award winning student who best exemplified the principles of Rotary International’s “Four Way Test” throughout the school year will be selected by their teachers to receive the award.
"Four Way Test"
1. Is it the truth;
2. Is it fair to all concerned,
3. Will it bring good will and better friendships,
4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned.
2019-2020 Participating Schools
Alvah Scott Elementary, Gus Webling Elementary, Lehua Elementary
Manana Elementary, Momilani Elementary, Our Savior Lutheran School
Palisades Elementary, Pearl City Elementary, Pearl City Highlands Elementary
Pearlridge Elementary, St. Elizabeth School, Waiau Elementary
We all had a wonderful time meeting and presenting the dictionaries to the third grade students and their teachers at Pearl City Highlands Elementary School and look forward to visiting other schools in the next two weeks.
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Pictured: (top row) RCOP – Clarence Delude, Lasar McCabe, and Dick Mosko
(Bottom row) Pearl City Highlands Elementary third graders with their brand new dictionaries.