Today, students from FS Ervin, JE Hobbs, & ABC Elementary Schools 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 >
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- Aerial, Serenity, Jermichael, Semaj, Shauntez, & Terrell lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- ABC Elementary honored Nurse Treldredge Garner as a Helping Hands Hero and Khloe tells us all about her.
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- Alexsis Quarles is honored as a JE Hobbs Helping Hands Hero and James shares all about why!
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- JE Hobbs Counselor Valonda Session as a Helping Hands Hero and Raegan tells us all about her.
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- JE Hobbs honors Valerie McCants as a Helping Hands Hero and Timothy tells us why!
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- Keyanni & Ethan tell us why FS Ervin chose Brenda Autry as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- ABC Principal Cherylrettia Bennett was honored as a Torch Team Hero and K’Veonna shares all about her!
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- JE Hobbs honors Judge Brittany Jones as a Torch Team Hero and Brayleigh tells us all about her.
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- FS Ervin honors Norbert Thomas, Jr as a Torch Team Hero and Santianna shares all about him!
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- Jada and her classmates at JE Hobbs honor the memory of their teacher, Freddie Jones. Ms. Miller accepts in his honor.
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- Singing loud and proud!
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- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
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- U.S.A.!
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- The students and heroes filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- Wilcox County Schools Heroes!