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The
partnership between Sacajawea Elementary School and St. John's Lodge
pays big dividends in the increased reading ability of the students.
The Lodge has supplied the school with a computer server and
all the necessary software and books to support the Accelerated Reader
program. This is not a one time commitment by the Lodge and
it has gone on for the past few years. It will continue into
the future as we realize that the future belongs to these young people
and if they are well educated they will have a much better chance of
making it a rosy future.
Worshipful Brother Joseph Lund along with Worshipful Brothers Bill
Collison and Helmuth Svoboda arrived for the Monthly first Monday School
Assembly and were royally treated by the students and faculty.
WB Lund presented the school with copies of volumes one and
two of our Lodge history and had them placed in the library so the
students could check them out for their parents to read.
He then presented the principle with a check in the amount of $5,000.00
to purchase materials and books in conjunction with the accelerated
reader program. This program, the school informs us, is
working wonders with the student body. The recent addition of
four bicycles to be given away in a drawing each semester for students who acheive
goals set by the faculty is paying even bigger dividends.
This drawing has students reading more than ever in order to
earn chances at the bicycles.
We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with this school,
its faculty, and its student body. It is successful to this
point and test scores point this out.
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