Literacy Network Monthly E-Newsletter

Students plan for an exciting 2024

It's 2024, and Literacy Network students have big plans for the year ahead. Teachers asked students to share their personal goals for this year. Here are a few things students said they are looking forward to accomplishing as they work to improve their literacy skills:

Voting booths

Voting in the 2024 presidential election after earning U.S. citizenship

Woman reading to child

Reading to a granddaughter who just turned one

Hands typing

Gaining typing skills for a job in healthcare 

Driver's license application

Improving reading comprehension and vocabulary for the driver's license written test

Adult helping child with math

Helping a child with his math homework

Book and computer in library

Learning to write and read on a computer and read the bigger books at the library


You can help students achieve these goals and more in 2024!

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Now hiring: Transitions ESL Instructor & Program Manager

Join our team as the Transitions ESL Instructor & Program Manager!


This full-time employee manages the Transitions Program, which provides skill-building and advising support to high-level English language learning adults who hope to start a college, workplace, or high school completion program. 


Learn more and apply by 1/21.

Save the date: 2024 events

The dates are set for LitNet's 2024 events. Mark your calendar now for these extra-special celebrations as we mark our 50th anniversary.

50th

50th Anniversary Celebration Event

Thursday, April 25, 2024

This year’s spring event commemorates 50 years of Literacy Network. The evening will celebrate our first 50 years, as well as look toward the future. This event also includes an online auction in the weeks prior to the gathering, as well as a commemorative book featuring student writings. 

Growing Through Literacy lunch logo

Growing Through Literacy

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Attendees gather over lunch to hear from students, volunteers, and other supporters about Literacy Network’s impact on the Dane County community.




Questions or interested in sponsoring an event?

Contact margaret@litnetwork.org or 608-268-6578

Still looking for a New Year's resolution?

Need a resolution for 2024? You'll feel great knowing you're providing year-round support when you sign up to be a monthly donor! Become a sustaining giver and ensure Dane County adults have the free literacy programs they count on.

Current monthly donor Rodrigo shares, "It's really the intrinsic benefits that speak to me. That really is about self-esteem, confidence, and agency...You can't put a value on that."


Get 2024 off to an impactful start when you join Rodrigo as a monthly donor today: litnetwork.org/donate.

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