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February 26, 2014
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Mountain View School District Third Graders Receive Free Dictionary by Michele Earle El Monte
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personal dictionary. The dictionaries, which were personalized with the student’s name are a gift to use at
school and at home for years to come. Making the special delivery to the very happy third graders were Duarte Elks Club No. 1427 members, John McEntire, Jim Rentschler, and Donna McEntire and Al Frederickson, Past
District Deputy Grand Exgive back to our community alted Ruler for the Alhamand support students with bra/San Gabriel Valley Elks their educational endeavClub No. 1328, and Elroy ors.” the very popular Elk puppet. Each student was very ex“This is our sixth year cited to receive the dictionproviding dictionaries to the ary, which is packed full of students in Mountain View,” resources. said Donna McEntire, Elks “This dictionary is a Club member and retired wonderful resource book MVSD teacher. “The Elks full of information to help value education and we are very happy to Free Dictionaries continued on page 13
Wright, Policy and Programs Officer, California School Boards Association. Olivia Lee, Field Representative for Assemblymember Ed Chau was also in attendance. Nikki Edwards, event organizer from California Food Policy Advocates, greeted everyone and thanked Principal Juan Munoz for graciously welcoming everyone to his school. Visitors were then escorted by students into classrooms to get a firsthand look at Breakfast in the Classroom. Upon entering the classrooms, it was evident that students were quite com-
fortable with the process of bread), a bag of red grapes passing out food and drink. and a carton of 1% milk. They ate at their desks chatSome classrooms offered ting quietly while enjoying activities for students to one of their favorite breakengage in while eating their fast selections which inbreakfast. One kindergarten cluded a whole grain Breakfast in class continued on page 12 conchita (Mexican
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Every third grade student in the Mountain View School District was presented with a free dictionary thanks to the Alhambra/San Gabriel Elks Club and the Duarte Elks Club, who distributed 859 dictionaries to the district’s 10 elementary schools. As part of The Dictionary Project, which originated in Charleston, South Carolina in 1995, the two local Elks clubs gave away over 8,000 dictionaries to San Gabriel Valley third graders this year. Since its implementation, The Dictionary Project has put over 21 million dictionaries in the hands of students world-wide. The goal of the program is to assist all students in becoming good writers, active readers, creative thinkers, and resourceful learners by providing them with their own
Sixth grader Violeta Gutierrez started off the Breakfast in the Classroom celebration with a beautiful acapella version of the StarSpangled Banner. She and fifth grader Manaya Alonzo served as the ceremony hostesses for the impressive event at Wilkerson School. Making Breakfast a Priority was the theme and reason for EL Monte City School District to celebrate. Local dignitaries included El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero, City Councilmember Victoria Martinez, Superintendent Maribel Garcia, former Superintendent Jeff Seymour, EMCSD board members Bob Cruz, Cathi Eredia, and Jessica Ancona. California state dignitaries included Sandip Kaur, Director of Nutrition Services Division, California Department of Education and Peter