Rainbow Valley Grange gives dictionaries to third graders

Checking out their new dictionaries are, from left, Amaraini Sanabria, Natalia Zermeno and Lexi Green as their teacher, Wayne Tortorella, looks on. The dictionaries are ordered through The Dictionary Project which is a national program.

Cristian Franco writes his name in his new dictionary. The goal of the Dictionary Project, also known as Words for Thirds, is to supply dictionaries to every third grader in the country.

Teacher Wayne Tortorella and his third graders at Vallecitos School display their new dictionaries which were delivered by Rainbow Valley Grange secretary Lucette Moramarco, in back.

From left, third graders Maria Gonzalez, Isaac Rojas, Jovanny Lita, and Ashley Beene explore words and definitions in their dictionaries.

Vallecitos third grader Cesar Vega examines information on the last pages of his new dictionary provided by Rainbow Valley Grange on Sept. 30. Grange members raise money to pay for dictionaries for the school