Today, more than 250 2nd and 5th grade students filled the lunchroom at Geraldine High School. 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 civic, 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 D&F Equipment Sales and passionate community sponsors. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.
Did you see today’s event? Were you as emotional as we were? Will you help us continue this amazing mission?
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- These 5th grade Super Citizens show off their Super Citizen Certificate that they will be receiving today.
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- This 2nd grade Super Citizen smiles before the celebration begins.
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- These 5th grade Super Citizens show off their Super Citizen Certificate that they will be receiving today.
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- This 2nd grade Super Citizen smiles before the celebration begins.
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- The students at Geraldine learned valuable lessons in civics, financial literacy, and character among many other things.
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- Each student wore their statue of liberty crowns and waived American Flags during todays celebration.
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- Charlie, Drew, Omar, and Lana lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of the program.
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- Destiny shares with the crowd why her class honored their Helping Hands Hero.
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- Christopher and Brayden stand onstage to honor their Torch Team Hero Geraldine Mayor Chuck Ables.
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- Geraldine Mayor Chuck Ables spoke to the students expressing his gratitude after receiving his award.
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- Christopher and Brayden stand onstage with their Torch Team Hero Geraldine Mayor Chuck Ables.
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- Big thanks to D&F Equipment Sales for making today possible. D&F’s Johnny Bolton talks to the crowd during the event.
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- We are so grateful to Johnny Bolton and D&F Equipment Sales for supporting Geraldine’s students.
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- These Super Citizens stand to recite the Super Citizen’s Pledge.
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- Each student received a D&F Equipment Sales sponsored t-shirt.
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- Zoey, Sara, Karissa, Nicky, and Amelia lead their classmates in “Only You”.
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- The Super Citizens sing together to “Only You”.
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- Each student received a D&F Equipment Sales sponsored t-shirt.
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- The Super Citizens sing together to “Only You”.
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- The Super Citizens sing together to “Only You”.
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- Geraldine Mayor Chuck Ables and Johnny Bolton from D&F Equipment Sales pose for a photo with some Super Citizens at todays event.