The Benjamin G. Brown School hosted a special assembly on Friday, January 17. Thanks to the generosity of the Medford-Malden Elks organization, every third grade student at the Brown School received a dictionary on behalf of the more than 350 third grade students in the district. Brown School Principal Shawn Maguire hosted the gathering in the school library where several Medford-Malden Elks Lodge members distributed the reference books to students.

The Elks have been a steadfast partner in supporting student literacy, having donated a dictionary to every third grade student in the district for many years.

The dictionaries are intended for students to keep and use at school and at home. Other elementary schools across the district will receive their copies of the dictionaries early next week.

— Somerville Public Schools