Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset gives students dictionaries, school supplies
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The Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset presented dictionaries and other school supplies to the 100 third- and fifth-grade students at Princess Nahienaena School on Oct. 3.
According to the club, the gift was made because reading a printed dictionary can be a unique learning experience, and the students were surprised at the amount of information they found inside their copies of "A Student's Dictionary & Gazetteer."
During the presentation, a treasure hunt activity helped the students learn how to use their new reference books including how to look up word definitions, find the times tables and identify the state tree of Hawaii. The fun activity was facilitated by Rotary Maui Island Resource Chair Joanne Laird.
Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset members Deborah Moore (front), Liz May and Laura Stanton (back) help students locate information in their new dictionary during the "Dictionary Treasure Hunt" activity. Photo courtesy Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset
McDonald's gift cards were awarded as prizes to the students, and teachers were offered a follow-up standards-based lesson using the dictionary for use in their classrooms.
During the activity, Youth Service Chair Dan Jaeger displayed 15 boxes of school supplies on the stage for the students to see.
The supplies were collected at the club's 10th annual drive at the Lahaina Cannery Mall, thanks to contributions from 5A Rent-a-Space, Maui United Way and members of the community.
The supplies will be made available to teachers to help stock their classroom supply closets.
For more about the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset, go to www.rotarycluboflahainasunset.org.
Youth Service Chair Dan Jaeger is pictured with students Camilla Santos and Hiki Novikoff at the presentation of 15 boxes of school supplies, which were collected during the club's 10th annual school supplies drive held for the school. Photo courtesy Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset