Alaska Literacy Program

Alaska Literacy Program News

Jan

2019

Posted in ALP News.

Thank you to all the volunteers who make this event possible - Amber, judges, kitchen, set-up and the clean-up crew! Thanks to Tara & Vik for the games that challenge. Thank you to staff and board who go above and beyond. And thank you to all who came out to support literacy in our community!

Check out our Facebook page for pictures of the event. [Read More... ]

Aug

2018

New Board and Staff Members

Posted in ALP News.

ALP is pleased to announce the addition of four new members to the Board of Directors: Jim Anderson, DeeAnn Apgar, and Emily Creely. The Board provides leadership for carrying out ALP's mission of changing lives through literacy.

ALP also welcomes Rosario Ramirez, who has accepted the position of Family Literacy Educator. ALP's IMPACT Family Literacy program works with preschool children and their caregivers to implement best practices in early childhood education and multigenerational support.

Thank you to everyone for your dedication to our community! [Read More... ]

Jan

2018

Sol de Medianoche article

Posted in ALP News.

ALP was featured in a local paper, Sol de Medianoche.

Check out the article, "A Welcoming Experience," in English here: http://www.soldemedianochenews.org/alaska-literacy-program.html

Leer en Español: http://www.soldemedianochenews.org/una-experiencia-acogedora.html

Nov

2017

ALP Board of Directors

Posted in ALP News.

Welcome to Sue Liebner, the newest member of ALP's Board of Directors. In addition to serving on the board, Sue is a volunteer teacher at ALP.

Find out more about our Board of Directors here.

Sep

2017

ALP in the News

Posted in ALP News.

Thank you to KTUU for highlighting ALP in your news segments!

http://www.ktuu.com/video/?vid=446923033

Aug

2017

Keys to Life - Alaska Festival of Stories Weekend

Posted in ALP News.

You are invited to the Alaska Festival of Stories Weekend, Sept 9-10, hosted by Keys to Life. This is an incredible opportunity to listen, learn, tell and share a story.
http://keystolifealaska.com/festival_of_stories.html

Aug

2017

New ALP Board of Directors Officers

Posted in ALP News.

Thank you to the dedicated ALP Board Members who have served as officers and to the new officers,

President Natasha Pope

Vice President Ashley Brinkman

Secretary Mary Gibbs

Treasurer Linda Gerwin

Are you interested in serving on the ALP Board of Directors? Join this dynamic organization and build community by changing lives through literacy. Contact Polly Smith, Executive Director at 743-0201 for more information.

http://www.alaskaliteracyprogram.org/index.cfm?section=About&page=Board-and-Staff [Read More... ]

Downloads

	ALP Board Membership application (206 KB) Please fill out this application form and mail fax it to us if interested in serving on our board.
	ALP Board of Directors Statement of Agreement (63 KB) Statement of Agreement .pdf.
	ALP Board of Directors Job Description (18 KB) Board of Directors Job Description

Jul

2017

August Programs of Study

Posted in ALP News.

See the August Programs of Study. [Read More... ]

Downloads

August Programs of Study (89 KB)

August 2017 Programs of Study

Jul

2017

National Book Fund 2017

Posted in ALP News.

ALP is pround to announce that we have been awarded a National Book Fund grant from ProLiteracy to support our adult literacy and basic education program. $2,000 in textbooks were received from New Readers Press, primarily for our lowest level learners at ALP. Thank you to ProLiteracy and all the work you do in providing programs with the resources and materials we need to help adults learn to read, write and do basic math.

Learn more about ProLiteracy and see how you can support at https://www.proliteracy.org/ [Read More... ]