Middle School Literacy

The Rotary Club of Griffin is very involved in our local school system's Literacy initiative. For more than ten years we have given a dictionary to every seventh grader in our school system. Advancement in technology and access to online resources has greatly improved since our initial giving. Dictionary resources are readily available online. With input from the local middle schools, we shifted our focus this year to other resources that we jointly felt were better suited to today's student. With the help of a grant from Wal-Mart and at a discounted price, the club donated 50 copies of 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens to each middle school resource center (200 books in all). The books are available for classroom check-out. The final cash cost is yet to be determined as we are applying for a grant to defray some of the costs.