The education and literacy team is focused on supporting childhood literacy to set children up for success in school and the workforce.
The team hosted a Literacy Resource Drive that collected 200+ items for Joplin Parents as Teachers Kindergarten Bootcamp visits and 4,000+ new and gently used books for distribution with stickers highlighting free literacy resources in the community.
2023 Goals:
Increase the number of Joplin School students attaining 90% or above school attendance from 86% to 90% to match DESE’s goal of 90% attendance by 90% of students by 2027.
Increase book distribution to support home libraries by distributing at least 500 children’s and young adult books per year for four years by 2027.
Create and distribute a print and video family literacy campaign by 2025.
Increase the number of community story walks by at least four by 2027.
Meeting The Education and Literacy Team meets the First Tuesday of each month, 2:00-3:30 pm Leadership: Christina Matekel-Gibson, Co-Chair Jessica Pommert, Co-Chair For more information contact: Nicole Brown - One Joplin - Director@OneJoplin.com - 417-726-9123 (office cell)