Today, ABC Elementary, FS Ervin Elementary, and JE Hobbs Elementary students filled the FS Ervin Elementary School Gymnasium. 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 Wilcox 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 >
- Latasia, Amiya, Preston, Kendrick, LaShun, and JaQuin lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance!
- Brian shared all about his class’s Helping Hands Hero: Secretary Demetria Anderson!
- Lisa Williamson is a math coach, and she shows Marcus’s class what a Helping Hand looks like!
- Haley’s class chose to honor Mrs. Gloria Thomas as their hero. Assistant principal Kennedy was here to accept it on her behalf!
- Curtis introduced us to Mr. Carlos Williams, his class’s Helping Hands Hero!
- Principal Cherylrettia Bennett shows these students the way to becoming Super Citizens! Lauren told us all about it!
- Kenmya told us all about what makes Ms. Stacey Blackmon a true Torch Team Hero!
- Kerrigan’s class chose to honor Ms. Monique Brown-Singleton as their Torch Teams Hero!
- 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.
- Pledging to be the Super Citizens of Wilcox County!
- 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!
- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- We were incredibly honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, and incredible guests!