Eagleville Elementary School – Mrs. Yanek’s Second Grade Class

Greetings from Eagleville, Pennsylvania! We are the kids of Miss Yanak's second grade class. There are 21 of us - 11 girls and 10 boys. Most of us are 7 years old and are turning 8 this year. We live in houses or apartments and everyone either rides the bus or gets a car ride to school. We have a special class every day (Art, Music, Library, and Gym class we have twice a week!)

This year Eagleville School is celebrating its 50th anniversary. (Actually, our school was totally rebuild 6 years ago, so it looks really new in the photo.) Our theme for the year is "Go for the Gold - As Eagleville Turns 50." We are trying to practice showing respect and taking responsibility in every part of our lives. We like jokes, recess, and listening to good stories.

Eagleville is a small village that is considered to be a suburb of Philadelphia. It is very near the King of Prussia shopping area and Valley Forge National Historical Park. The name Pennsylvania mean's "Penn's Woods," as the land was a gift to William Penn from King Charles II of England. Our capitol city is Harrisburg, but the largest city is Philadelphia. Pittsburgh is close behind. In fact, Pennsylvania has two major league football, baseball, and hockey teams. The fans for the teams sometimes split themselves right down the middle between east (Philadelphia) and west (Pittsburgh.) When your Flat Stanley comes here we will want him to visit Philadelphia, Valley Forge, the Pocono Mountains, Hershey Park, and Lancaster County (home of many Amish people.)

We hope that you have fun with our Flat Stanley and show him a good time in your community. Stanley has one brother named, Arthur, but they don't always get along. So, Stanley's sort of happy to be visiting you where he doesn't have to put up with a little brother. Because he comes from Eagleville he especially likes the Eagles football team. If he sees an eagle he might start singing the song, "Fly Eagles fly, On the road to vic-tor-y . . ." Stanley really likes meeting all sorts of people, old and young, but only kind people who treat him with respect. You will find that he likes egg salad sandwiches, and milk, but he also enjoys pizza, mac and cheese, and cookies. Hershey's chocolate is made in Pennsylvania, so he really likes Kisses. The chocolate type!! Be careful, he is allergic to peanuts and peanut butter, so it's important for him to sit away from those foods during lunch or other food times. He likes being outside in the fresh air, but watch out for strong gusts of wind! You wouldn't want to see him blow away!

Have fun visiting with our Flat Stanley!

Best wishes from the kids of 2-Y (Miss Yanak's 2nd grade)