Welcome to our community literacy website!
'It is with a good book as it is with good company.' -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Resources
Documents
Adults
- Adult Literacy Services
- A one-page document listing GED and reading skills programs for adults in Battle Creek. It can be downloaded and printed for distribution.
- Adult Literacy
- Battle Creek's Work Readiness Initiatives
- Battle Creek area employers, educators and literacy service providers met on Tuesday, October 23, to discuss what needs to be done so that area residents get the education and training they need to succeed in the job market. Click on title to see full Enquirer editorial.
- Work Readiness
- The Salvation Army Literacy Program
- The Salvation Army Literacy Program is still taking reservations for its after-school programs - grades 1-8. Click on the title for more information
- After School Literacy
- Early Childhood Literacy Connections
- A one-page document listing services in the community available to families raising young children. It can be downloaded and printed for distribution.
- Early Childhood Literacy
- Library circulates 1 million items
- Battle Creek Enquirer story about Willard Library exceeding 1 million items in circulation on June 21, 2007.
- Family Literacy
- Community Literacy Plan
- Battle Creek's 4-page plan for improving literacy community-wide, including strategies and actions.
- General Literacy
- Community Literacy Plan Framework
- One-page outline of Battle Creek's comprehensive systemic plan for improving literacy from birth through adulthood.
- General Literacy