Flat Josilin visits the 105.1 WQSB Studios in Albertville, AL! Plus, Flat Taryn is back from St. Augustine!

Flat Josilin traveled in our wonderful state of Alabama.

Flat Josilin has returned to Carlisle after visiting the 105.1 WQSB Studios in Albertville, AL!  She returned with some great pictures and an amazing tale of her adventures in radio!

Flat Josilin was very excited to visit the WQSB studios!

She learned that 105.1 WQSB & AM 630 have their studios in the same building!

Flat Josilin got to work right away!

She learned that being a radio DJ is a lot more work than just talking!

Radio DJ's have to pick out the songs that listeners want to hear and program them in the computer to play.  Flat Josilin was always willing to play the songs listeners requested, just like the regular WQSB employees.

Flat Josilin got a little confused! There are so many buttons and switches!

She decided she'd just try to sing a song herself!

After her shift was over, Flat Josilin took a tour of the studios.  She saw many neat things, including this old radio!

She was excited to see all of the pictures of famous country musicians.  Here she is with the famous group, Alabama!

Look at all the autographed pictures!

Flat Josilin made a lot of friends at WQSB and is very grateful for everyone's hospitality! She loves listening to "Alabama's Country Giant, 105.1 WQSB!"

Flat Taryn traveled to Florida, our southern neighbor.

Flat Taryn is back from St. Augustine, FL. Boy, you should see her pictures of the Castillo de San Marcos. It's the oldest castle in the United States! Her host sent us developed pictures along with Flat Taryn, and they will be up on our Flat Stanley Spotlight soon!You can learn more about this national park by going to http://www.nps.gov/casa/.

Washington D.C. - our nation's capital

The real Joselin and Taryn are first cousins, and their grandparents took a Flat Stanley with them to Washington, DC recently. They brought us back lots of great pictures and really interesting brochures!Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Young!

Get out the Tomahawk.....Flat Joseph is back!

Flat Joseph traveled to Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia is our eastern neighbor.

     As you can tell by the pictures, we have more adventures with our flat people every day!  Erin Sheehan showed Flat Joseph a great time at Turner Field - the home of the Atlanta Braves! Flat Joseph came home with lots of souvenirs and wonderful memories of being a Brave!

Flat Joseph visited the Grounds Crew Headquarters. They work every day to keep the field ready for games. Flat Joseph is ready to mow Turner Field.

Flat Joseph tries to catch a foul ball!

Call to the bull pen!

Hanging out in the dugout!

Flat Stanley Friday begins.....

We began our first Flat Stanley Friday by taking our visiting flat people from Chile, Scotland, Missouri, and Mississippi on a tour of our school. We showed them all the sights of Carlisle Elementary School! They had so much fun and are really excited about our Fall Festival coming soon. They don't want to go home until they get their face painted and get to watch the talent show and costume contest! Scotland Flat Stanley, two Chilean Flat Stanleys and one Mississippi Flat Stanley are going to the University of Alabama football game this weekend with some students. Hope they behave!

Our visiting Chilean Flat Stanley is posing in front of our school.

He's getting to know all of his new American friends!

Mississippi Flat Stanley also loves to meet new friends.

He's on his way to the gymnasium.

 Mississippi Flat Stanley is touring the school.

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Chilean Flat Stanley loves to see-saw.

He also loves to slide!

Scotland Flat Stanley loves our PE (Physical Education) classes on the playground!

He had to take a break he played so much!

Chilean Flat Stanley is standing by the American flag.

Hope Tartan Flat Stanley is not getting sick. He had to go see Nurse Ashley!

 Mississippi Flat Stanley wants to meet his new teacher!

Missouri Flat Stanley visiting Mrs. Sholar's third grade classroom.

Chilean Flat Stanley getting ready for lunch in our delicious lunchroom! The lunchroom ladies fixed him something special!

Mississippi Flat Stanley is looking at the front of our school.

Chilean Flat Stanley wanted to pose by the United States and Alabama flags.

Time to take the bus home for Mississippi Flat Stanley!

Hmmm...should he run track or play baseball?

Missouri Flat Stanley loves to play on our playground!

Flat Stanley wants to attend Snead State Community College!

Flat Stanley went to visit the awesome Miranda Collier and the Ambassadors at Snead State Community College. He loved meeting the students, faculty, and even the President, Dr. Robert Axley! He gave him some great advice for his future. The best advice according to Flat Stanley was....when you think you've learned everything, it's time to learn something new. Flat Stanley really wants to be a Parson when he grows up!  He brought back some pictures of his visit to Carlisle!

Flat Stanley begins his visit at Snead State Community College!

Flat Stanley couldn't wait to see what college was like!

There are so many things he wanted to see!  Where to start?

Flat Stanley stopped for a picture outside the historic Administration Building.

Flat Stanley met his tour guide, Dillon Dyer.  Dillon was a great guide and awesome friend to Stanley!

Dillon is a member of the Ambassadors.  The Ambassadors are Snead State students who perform many duties around campus, including tours.  They were a really great group!

The tour started at the Norton Building.  The Norton Building has been recently renovated to house the Social Science classes.

The Norton Building will be holding a special dedication ceremony in November.  Dillon and the Ambassadors will be helping out.

Next, Dillon took Flat Stanley to the S.U.B. or Student Union Building.  This building is where students go to hang out between classes.  Students can watch television, play games, and just hang out in here.

Beside the S.U.B. is the fountain.  The fountain is under the famous pine trees of Snead State.  Students come out here to study and relax outside.

Next, Dillon took Flat Stanley to the Math & Science Building.  Can you guess what classes are held in here?  He saw a lot of neat experiments!

After, Flat Stanley was ready for lunch.  Dillon took him to the Snead State Cafeteria.  There are some really nice ladies that work there, just like at Carlisle!  He had some terrific chicken fingers for lunch and continued his tour!

Flat Stanley visited the Music Building next!

Dillon took Flat Stanley to the Cosmetology Building next.  He got a haircut from students who are perfecting their cosmetology skills.  They did a great job!

Snead State has its very own water tower!

Flat Stanley learned that Snead State has different sports: Volleyball, Men's & Women's Basketball, Softball & Baseball, Tennis, Cheerleading, and Dance.  Stanley took a picture with the volleyball team.  They were raising money by selling delicious cookies!

Here is Flat Stanley at the new softball complex that is under construction .

Dillon took Flat Stanley to visit the Snead State President, Dr. Robert Exley.  He was very friendly and encouraged me to never stop learning.  

Flat Stanley learned that students can attend Snead State classes in Boaz and at the Arab site.

Flat Stanley can't wait to attend Snead State after high school!

Flat Stanley Friday

Mr. Hubbard,  Mrs. Towns, and Mrs. Wardrup have tried to find the best way to learn about our flat travels this school year. So, we have decided that every Friday will be Flat Stanley Friday!  We will learn about geography, history, and different cultures each week from our flat travelers. Our flat people will also be on display for one week on our Flat Stanley Spotlight bulletin board in the lunchroom. We want everybody in the school to get to travel along with us!  We will post as many adventures as we can on our blog, but some flat travelers will be coming back with their pictures already developed. Unfortunately, these pictures will not be on our blog, but they will definitely be on display at school!  Our real people will not bring their flat people home until the end of the school year. We want to keep them safe at school to complete our year long travels by researching our travels using atlases, almanacs, and the Internet. This is going to be an exciting school year!

Our travels begin....

Our Flat Stanley project is coming along great! Some of our flat people are beginning to return! Take a look at the link below. Two of our wonderful Etowah County Board of Education personnel, Dr. Kim Mintz and Mrs. Melissa Shields accompanied Flat Stanley on a tour of our county facilities. Flat Stanley met our superintendent, Dr. Alan Cosby, and many other important employees who make Etowah County the best school system in the state!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOUGpYlcjPk

This project keeps growing and growing.......and we LOVE it!

Carlisle third graders posing with Flat Stanley. We will be sending Flat Stanleys like this one all over the world!

We received a Tartan Flat Stanley from Scotland. Look at his plaid pants and tie. Guess we'll have to learn why the Scottish wear plaid!

 This Flat Stanley is visiting all the way from Missouri!

We have been fortunate that almost every person we asked agreed to take a flat person. We are actually still receiving emails from people who want a flat person! We now have more destinations than students! Therefore, each homeroom will be sending extra Flat Stanleys to people all over the United States and the world, including France, Scotland, Switzerland, Chile, Canada, and Korea! We are also hosting flat people from Scotland, Chile, and Missouri. More pictures of our flat visitors coming soon......