Literacy Love will be closed for Thanksgiving Break from November 23rd to November 30th.

We will be closed for Christmas Break from December 21st to January 4th.

Literacy Love will have a mock TAG essay on January 5th, from 10:00-11:30am. We will use the TAG rubric to grade each test. This is free for current Literacy Love students and $35 for non-Literacy Love students. Even if you are attending our current TAG writing classes, we ask that you fill out this form to register for the mock essay.

Students will need to bring a laptop.

Spots are limited.

New class starting the week of February 2nd.

We are excited to introduce our new small group class, Writing 2.0. This class is for students in 3rd through 5th grade. This is a great class for our current TAG Writing students or anyone interested in becoming a stronger writer. We will continue teaching writing but will emphasize different styles, such as debating topics, presenting information, and other engaging methods to help students become well-rounded writers in preparation for TAG schools and moving into upper grades.

Wednesdays 5:15-6:00pm

Weekly Class - 45 minutes

Monthly Cost - $250

***Thanksgiving Special***

$225/month if registered by December 12th

New class starting the week of February 2nd.

Introducing our new “Let's Learn to Write” class! This class is for 2nd grade students who are ready to learn how to write and have fun writing. We will focus on grammar, sentence structure and responding to text using parts of the RACE strategy.

Wednesdays 5:30-6:05pm

Weekly Class - 35 minutes

Monthly Cost - $200

***Thanksgiving Special***

$185/month if registered by December 12th

We are excited to introduce a new Literacy Love partnership called Moms In Community. This is a support system where we will highlight and share the information of professional moms in our community who offer services that we believe are important and helpful to our students and their academic success.

Lydia Wright is a Licensed School Counselor who had a career as a Special Education teacher and School Counselor for DISD for 15 years serving schools in East Dallas. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from McMurry University and a Masters of Education in Counseling Education from North Texas University.

In Lydia’s spare time, she stays involved in her children’s schools. She is a founding board member of the Pre-Geneva Association for her neighborhood school and helped get the Geneva Heights Peace Pantry established to support school families with food insecurity at home. Lydia is now leading a three-year grant at St. Patrick Catholic School for Smart Families. The program supports the school and families in ways to engage with technology in a healthy, intentional way.  

In 2015, she stepped back from full-time work to raise her two children and help with her family business. She was only out of public education for a few months before parents started reaching out for consultations about various issues with former students and in particular the Human Growth and Development class (aka Sex Ed) she had taught at Lakewood. This brought on a surprising career pivot and for the last ten years, Lydia has been teaching small group courses for 5th and 6th grade boys and girls (separately) regarding puberty, decision making and the human reproductive system. The class covers quite a bit in one afternoon session – signs of puberty, female and male reproductive systems, abstinence (with a brief intro to contraception terminology), STD/HIV, sexual orientation/gender terms, sexual harassment, consent, sexting and technology safety. It’s a lot to cover in three hours but families seek her out by word-of-mouth from various schools in East Dallas but especially her previous campus, Lakewood Elementary.

The opportunity to work with families on an important topic also guided Lydia to start a shorter class for 4th grade girls this fall that is focused on signs of puberty in girls. It is already turning into a needed resource for girls and parents as they start the walk into puberty.

She explains her goal as simply having a real impact on students and striving for everyone attending to feel accepted and more prepared for the future. 

If you would like to receive information about her spring 2026 classes, please complete the google form link.

If you would like to be considered for our Moms In Community group and be highlighted in our monthly newsletter, our social media accounts, as well as added to our website please fill out this google document.

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Parents, we want to remind you of our absence policy found on all of our registration forms. We know life can get hectic and things happen, but we are not able to offer refunds or make-up classes when we do not have 24-hour notice of absence. Please save this number to your phone to text Christine Duffy to notify us about your student’s upcoming absence, 214-278-1836. We realize illnesses can come up unexpectedly and quickly, so please kindly reach out as soon as you know your student will be missing class.

“No refunds or credits will be given for classes missed. Students are eligible for one make-up class a semester. Make-up classes will be scheduled with your teacher for absences made with at least a 24-hour notice. Make-up classes can be scheduled anytime during the semester according to the teacher’s schedule. Notices of absences can be emailed to Christine@literacylove.org or texted to 214-278-1836. Emails can also be sent directly to the teacher.”