Des Moines Rotarians visited Parkside Elementary this month to deliver children’s dictionaries to third-graders. The Rotary Club provides a new children’s dictionary to every third grade student in the city of Des Moines each year.

“Research shows that third grade is the prime time for a child to receive a good dictionary,” said Club President Jane Ipsen.

The dictionaries are for the students to keep, so they take them home after school dismisses for the summer.