Education travels outside the classroom

The students in the Ritzville third grade class had the unique experience of learning about culture, food and lifestyles of countries around the world, all because of a paper doll named Flat Stanley. With help from local farmer Mike Miller, Flat Stanley spent a month traveling around the world and helping the third grade class learn many lessons outside the classroom.

Flat Stanley is a popular children’s book character who begins as a normal boy before being flattened by his bulletin board while asleep. After being flattened, Flat Stanley uses his altered state to travel the world by being mai...