Today, Robert C Hatch and Frances Marion second and fifth grade students filled the Francis Marion High School Audiotrium. After finishing 10 weeks in the Super Citizen Program, they are gathered to celebrate their accomplishments and honor local heroes from the stage.
These students have learned their important roles in America’s future thanks to an immersive experience in civics, character, financial literacy and social studies. And in the closing piece of the program, Torch Teams (or “Helping Hands” for the younger students), students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world. They chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with Authentic Liberty Replicas & Liberty Pins. They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”
See the Torch Teams & Helping Hands Heroes honored today in the photo gallery below!
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the Perry County Community Alliance. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.
Were you at the event? See the photo gallery below to find yourself, to revisit the magic or watch it unfold for the first time >
- Showing off their Super Citizen Graduation Certificate!
- These Perry County students are excited to honor their heroes and get their Helping Hands graduation certificates!
- Perry County students are becoming Super Citizens!
- Showing off their Super Citizen Graduation Certificate!
- Lawarence, Brandon, Michael, and Brielle lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance!
- Anthony took the stage to tell us all about their class’s hero!
- Anthony’s class chose principal Christine White to be their Helping Hands Hero!
- Akiylah introduced us to her Helping Hands Hero!
- Ms. Tiffany Brooks is a paraprofessional, and she shows these students what a real Helping Hand looks like!
- Frederick reads his speech!
- This class honored their beloved custodian and engineer, Mr. Napoleon Bryan!
- Trayvon is ready to introduce his class’s Torch Team Hero!
- Trayvon’s class presented their Torch Team Award to their custodian, Ms. Teresa Woods!
- These students placed their hands on their heart and promised to be a Super Citizen.
- Mr. Palmer says “you’ve gotta do good to be good,” and these students pledged to do just that.
- Hands on hearts, these students pledged to be Super Citizens.
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- Leading the crowd in song!
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- We were incredibly honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, and incredible teachers!