Wahpeton Literacy Coalition
Vision: Empowering our community to improve literacy outcomes in children and young adults through community education, effective instruction, and academic engagement.
Established as part of the N.D. Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant program, the WLC focuses on family and community engagement to improve literacy skills of children from birth through Grade 12.
Handouts: What Can We do at Home to Build Literacy Skills
More than 1 in 3 American children
start kindergarten without the skills they need to learn to read.
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
130 million Americans
—54% of adults between the ages of 16 and 74 years old—
lack proficiency in literacy, essentially reading below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level.
Source: Foundation for Family Literacy
Educational Success
The single most significant factor influencing a child’s early educational success
is an introduction to books and being read to at home prior to beginning school.
Source: National Commission on Reading
2024-2025 Coalition Members
- Lataya Lunneborg – Senior Class Student Representative
- Grace Schroeder – Senior Class Student Representative
- Kristi Maas – Early Learning
- Chandra Muller – Zimmerman
- Elizabeth Mauch – Wahpeton Elementary School 1/2/Special Education/Title
- Leah Baukol – Wahpeton Middle School
- Anita Tooley – Wahpeton High School
- Vicky Schafer – Parent/Community
- Dana Anderson – Public Relations
- Kristi Mahrer – CLSD Administrator Representative
- Lynne Daeuber – CLSD Secondary Representative
- Briley Speich – CLSD Early Learning and Elementary Representative
2023-2024 Coalition Members
2023-2024 Events