[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22502]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        ``FLAT STANLEY'' PROJECT

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to talk about a 
project that a student in our district is participating in. Emily Leal 
is a first grade student and an excellent student at Roosevelt 
Elementary School and contacted me about the Flat Stanley project. 
Roosevelt is a recognized school for its quality and also happens to be 
the elementary school in our district that I went to.
  This national project, originally designed by Arthur Brown in his 
book, Flat Stanley, encourages communication and education among 
children around the world. Students make a Flat Stanley and start a 
journal for him. Then he is sent around to schools, professionals, 
persons in different geographic locations where Flat Stanley is treated 
as a guest for a few days and this journal is completed.
  Flat Stanley and his journal are then returned to the original 
student who can plot his travels and share the journal for educational 
purposes with his or her fellow students. Since Emily's first grade 
class is participating in this project, she is a constituent of mine, 
and she chose to send Flat Stanley to me so he can visit the floor of 
Congress in Washington, DC.
  Before I return Flat Stanley to Emily this next week, I am going to 
bring him to the House floor where America's elected officials 
participate in democracy. I hope that Flat Stanley will have a safe 
trip back with me to our district, and that Emily's class enjoys 
reading about his visit to Congress.

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