It’s not every day that a High Desert student receives a photo and note, both signed by “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Jurassic World” actor Chris Pratt.
Sixth-grader Dominic Dozier from Lucerne Valley Elementary School admitted it was wishful thinking when he mailed a request to Pratt, one of his favorite celebrities.
“Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Jurassic World” actor Chris Pratt sent a Lucerne Valley student a signed photo and note as part of the Flat Stanley school project.
The request was part of the Flat Stanley Project, designed to help students improve reading and writing skills, and spark interest in learning about different people in different places.
Lucerne Valley Elementary School library technician Candyce Kennedy selected the Flat Stanley Project as her elective for the school’s After School Program.
What’s a Flat Stanley?
In 1995, Canadian third-grade teacher Dale Hubert started the project that includes paper cut-outs based on a 1964 children’s book “Flat Stanley” by the author Jeff Brown.
In the book, Stanley Lambchop is accidentally flattened by a falling bulletin board. Stanley’s parents then rolled him up and mailed him to a friend in California.
Hubert expanded on the idea, using “Flat Stanley” to help students improve reading and writing skills and to also spark an interest in learning about different people in different places.
“Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Jurassic World” actor Chris Pratt sent a Lucerne Valley student a signed photo and note as part of the Flat Stanley school project.
The Lucerne Valley school project
Under Kennedy’s direction, Lucerne Valley After School Program students each wrote a story, colored their cutouts of Stanley and then began mailing them out to people near and far.
“At the beginning of the program, we were not getting many addresses back, so I had the students each choose a celebrity they would like to send one of their Stanleys to,” Kennedy said.
The students collected the names of a variety of celebrities “from actors, sports stars, musicians…even Donald Trump,” she said. “I warned the students that we most likely wouldn’t be getting back anything from this endeavor, so they shouldn’t get their hopes up.”
But last week, “Something amazing happened,” Kennedy added.
Actor Chris Pratt
“We received a reply from the actor Chris Pratt, with a signed picture of him from ‘Jurassic World,’ but not only that, he signed the Stanley as well!” Kennedy stated.
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