The North St. Paul, Maplewood, Oakdale Rotary Club Dictionary Project. Pictured Above: Students from one of Richardson’s 3rd grade classes. (Richardson pictures taken by Patty Phillips- Rotary Club Member and District 622 School Superintendent) For the 5th year the Rotary Club Members have raised funds for and distributed dictionaries to every third grader in the nine elementary schools in District 622 on Friday, February 15th. This annual project, led by Sonya Czerepak (Rotary Member and Principal of Cowern School), provides dictionaries to third graders as a way to help promote literacy. The Dictionary Project supports students’ efforts to become active readers, good writers & creative thinkers. The students regularly use the dictionaries to enhance their studies – even beyond third grade. These expanded dictionaries also include Presidential biographies, U.S. State Facts, world maps, sign language instructions, weights & measures and a wide variety of other reference information. Rotary Clubs throughout the world participate in this annual event.