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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President:               Jim Schroeder, Jefferson Communty member

Don Battenberg:     Tutor, Johnson Creek

Secretary:               Bert Griffin, Jefferson County Head Start

Treasurer:                Mike Wagner, Tutor, Fort Atkinson

 

Other Members:

Barbara Schmitt, Loeb Lorman Metals

Susan Larson, Lake Mills Community Member

Diane Jaroch, Director, Watertown Library

Maribel Rue, Adult Learner, Fort Atkinson

Stacy Sherman, Fort Health Care

Founding Member 1996:       Connie Meyer, Director, Dwight Foster Public Library, Fort Atkinson

Honorary Members:              Kevin Delorey, Attorney at Law, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI

                                              Amy Lutzke, Dwight Foster Public Library

 

 JCLC provides the following programs and services:

  • Basic skills instruction: 1-to-1 private tutoring for native English speaking adults with reading, writing or math challenges, including preparation for GED
  • English as a second language (ESL): 1-to-1 and small group instruction
  • Preparation for U.S. Citizenship Test
  • Computer Skills
  • Jail Literacy: Basic Skills and ESL instruction for inmates in the County Jail
  • Family Literacy:
    • Books for Babies: a free keepsake book for every baby born at Fort Hospital, a collaboration with Dwight Foster Public Library in Fort Atkinson
    • Clinic Outreach: volunteers read to children in clinic waiting rooms and provide a free book with information about libraries, early literacy and JCLC programs
    • Rooted in Reading – an emergent literacy program for families with 3 to 5 year olds