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What People Are Saying
About LitSite Alaska!

Read the special greeting in praise of LitSite Alaska from
U.S. First Lady Laura Bush.


Anchorage Daily News lead editorial
"Mrs. Bush's praise should be echoed by everyone concerned with the site's goal of 'promoting literacy, cultural diversity and well-being throughout Alaska.' "
                                                                 read the full editorial

"LitSite Alaska validates lifelong learning and literacy. It validates all kinds of families and their interactions with literacy."

     --Carol Comeau
       Superintendent of Schools
       Anchorage School District

"[LitSite Alaska] is a prime example of moving the community into the classroom and the classroom into the community."

-- Stands for Education
    United Kingdom

Chronicle of Higher Education
"A Web Site's Tales of Northern Culture Aim to Help Alaskans Understand Each Other"


Find out why
Education World
gives LitSite Alaska
an A+!



School Library Journal
"Web Site of the Month: A State Reads, A State Writes"


Anchorage Daily News
"For Reading and Writing, LitSite Alaska is the New Place to Be"


"LitSite Alaska is a logical extension of the University of Alaska Anchorage’s mission to inspire learning. That doesn’t mean just for those who are students. It means for everybody."

     --Edward Lee Gorsuch
       Chancellor
       University of Alaska Anchorage

University of Alaska Anchorage Accolades
"Litsite is a rich online learning tool for reading, writing and Alaska history." The article is in PDF format.

The Alaska Legislature
"The Twenty-third Alaska State Legislature congratulates and commends LitSite Alaska and the University of Alaska Anchorage for developing a unique and valuable resource bringing Alaskans together . . .

Winner of a 2003 Contribution to Literacy in Alaska Award from the Alaska Center for the Book, a 2004 University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor's Award for Excellence, and recommended by the Governor's Commission on Tolerance for educational quality, LitSite Alaska enhances educational, cultural, community and family values through literacy and the gift of narrative.


LitSite Alaska
University of Alaska Anchorage
litsite@uaa.alaska.edu