Rotary Club of Jackson distributes dictionaries to JPS students - WAPT Jackson - Dictionary

The Rotary Club of Jackson donated dictionaries to JPS third-graders Monday.Cars lined up to receive the dictionaries at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum for students within the JPS system.The Rotary Club of Jackson's President Leroy Walker said they plan to speak with teachers on how to properly use the dictionary."We're going to talk to the instructors about how to use it and what is it that they can get in terms of increasing their vocabulary and making decisions in terms of structuring their sentences and grammar," Walker said.According to Walker, administering such resources can provide a change from the technological norm. "What we normally would do under normal situations is go and see the kids ourselves and talk to them about the dictionaries and the process of looking up certain words. We're into the computer age, I understand, but at some point they'll may have to use a dictionary to be able to fashion themselves in the manner they should growing up," said Walker.Dictionaries were also donated to the seniors of Lanier High School.

The Rotary Club of Jackson donated dictionaries to JPS third-graders Monday.

Cars lined up to receive the dictionaries at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum for students within the JPS system.

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The Rotary Club of Jackson's President Leroy Walker said they plan to speak with teachers on how to properly use the dictionary.

"We're going to talk to the instructors about how to use it and what is it that they can get in terms of increasing their vocabulary and making decisions in terms of structuring their sentences and grammar," Walker said.

According to Walker, administering such resources can provide a change from the technological norm.

"What we normally would do under normal situations is go and see the kids ourselves and talk to them about the dictionaries and the process of looking up certain words. We're into the computer age, I understand, but at some point they'll may have to use a dictionary to be able to fashion themselves in the manner they should growing up," said Walker.

Dictionaries were also donated to the seniors of Lanier High School.