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The Winchester Campaign for Grade-Level Reading's mission is to help remove roadblocks to success through a holistic approach to strengthening the education to workforce development pipeline.

WCGLR has three main goals: ​​​ School Readiness Increase the number of children ready for kindergarten to at least 80% on the VALLSS - Pre K by 2032. ​ School Attendance Reduce chronic absenteeism to rates at or below 10% among K-3rd graders by 2032. ​ Summer and Afterschool Learning Increase by 100% the number of K-3rd grade students who have access to summer and afterschool opportunities by 2025. ​

Our Vision We believe that an engaged Winchester community working together is the best way to ensure our youngest community members to have the tools and support they need to succeed in school to succeed in school and graduate to become productive and active citizens. Research shows that third grade is when classroom learning shifts from learning to read to reading to learn. Reading at grade level by third grade is a good predictor of future academic success, empowering students to master