 Its original goal was to provide dictionaries to third graders in the public schools in the three counties surrounding Charleston, and this was accomplished in the 1995-96 school year and every year since.In 2001 the project was expanded to cover the third graders in all of South Carolina’s public schools.The project grew tremendously after it was featured in an article on the front page of The Wall Street Journal on March 4, 2002  This coverage brought national attention to the project and its founders, Mary and Arno French.