# A Missouri school is hunting postcards from all 50 states

> Students at New Madrid Elementary are collecting mail from every state, and turning each card into a history lesson.
- Title: A Missouri school is hunting postcards from all 50 states
- Summary: Students at New Madrid Elementary are collecting mail from every state, and turning each card into a history lesson. A Facebook post asking for postcards…
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- Source: Valleynewslive — https://valleynewslive.com/2026/09/13/elementary-school-students-work-get-postcards-all-50-states-heres-how-help
- Published: 2026-09-13T16:37:55.6+00:00
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- Topics: education, postcards, missouri, america250, community, news, local
## Fifty states, one mailbox
Students at New Madrid Elementary in Missouri are collecting postcards from all 50 states to mark America's 250th anniversary.
## The map so far
Cards have arrived from Texas, Oregon, California, South Dakota, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Washington DC, New York, Pennsylvania and Iowa.

> We got several from Georgia right off the bat
## It started on Facebook
Counselor Casey Rost posted the idea online. Families, friends and total strangers started mailing cards in, and the pile kept growing.

> Everybody's excited about the postcards when they come in and they're like, oh, we got another one
## Each card is a lesson
Every day the students pair new mail with a fact about American history. One morning they learned Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Constitution, and they already had a Pennsylvania card.

> We're able to just kind of draw some connections for our students
## Kids pick favorites
Adley Brown likes the California and Arizona cards for their trees and is still waiting on Virginia. Lamar Owens named Arizona. Others chose Georgia and Alaska.

> I haven't seen one from Virginia yet, and I kind of want to see one from there
## How to send one
Mail a postcard to New Madrid Elementary, 955 US Highway 61, New Madrid, MO 63869. One card from a missing state finishes a kid's map.

> They're thinking about our country and where they want to go
## Key takeaway

A Facebook post asking for postcards became a daily geography and history lesson for a whole elementary school.