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This past week Shepherd Lincoln Mercury in downtown Richmond donated dictionaries to all 3rd grade students attending Will Lee Elementary, St. Peter Lutheran School and St. Augustine School. The dictionary project is a national program designed to provide a dictionary for all third grade students. The idea of the program is to aid third-grade teachers in their goal to see all their students leave at the end of the year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers. Jim Shepherd, owner and president of Shepherd Lincoln Mercury, recently learned of this program and thought it would be a great project to become involved with to help all of the local schools. As Jim passed the dictionaries out at the schools he had an opportunity to speak with the kids. Jim told them “a dictionary is perhaps the first and most powerful reference tool that a child should own. This program makes it possible for all children to have a dictionary that is theirs to keep, that they can take home and use and hopefully keep for a very long time.” This is a wonderful program to help teachers and children. Jim Shepherd’s goal is to continue this program annually, and at the start of each school year provide dictionaries to all third graders. If you have a local event you would like see listed here, send an email with the information to: AAR Newsletter. Your contact information MUST be included. _______________________________________________ Thanks
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