Posted by BEN BEAUMONT – Clinton School students J.D. Lowery, Russ Swearingen and Jonathan Mwaba traveled to Fayetteville today with Arkansas First Lady Ginger Beebe to attend a production of “The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley” with 1,000 area elementary students at the Walton Arts Center. The children were treated to a song-and-dance version of the Flat Stanley story — a 10-year-old boy who is flattened by a bulletin board and mails himself all over the world to experience great adventures. Mrs. Beebe greeted the crowd and the Clinton School students shared their own handmade Stanleys and stories of their coming travels around the world.
As reported below, the students have partnered with Mrs. Beebe to send Flat Stanleys they made all over the world as they travel this summer to their International Public Service Projects. They will keep Flat Stanley journals and take pictures with him in locations throughout the globe. When the students return, Mrs. Beebe will share Flat Stanley’s experiences with elementary children throughout Arkansas.
As seen today, the Walton Arts Center is doing terrific work to provide educational opportunities for young children. For many, the Flat Stanley production was the first musical they’d ever seen.
Students Jonathan Mwaba, Russ Swearingen, J.D. Lowrey and their Flat Stanleys with Arkansas First Lady Ginger Beebe.
The students and Mrs. Beebe speak to more than 1,000 elementary school children.
The First Lady and the Clinton School students met the cast following the performance.
Jonathan Mwaba and Flat Stanley.
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