The Wauconda Area Library has recently made some important improvements to its literacy services. This room provides access to a computer workstation, which is equipped with speakers and microphone and is loaded with a variety of literacy-oriented software. The software provides instruction for a broad range of needs, from teaching the abc's to building advanced vocabulary.
Children can learn how to read in English or Spanish.
Adults and young adults can learn how to read or sharpen their reading skills. Both adults and children whose primary language is not English can learn English as a second language. Some of the software even teaches Spanish as a second language. One of Rotary's main thrusts in recent years has been to challenge illiteracy and mathematical illiteracy. This donation to the library has already had the effect of doing just that.