Today, Brewton Elementary School second and fourth grade students filled the 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 Escambia 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 >
- They are excited to honor their heroes and get their graduation certificates!
- Showing off their Helping Hands Graduation Certificate!
- Ryland & Raven lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Lizzie tells everyone why her dad Parker Johnson is chosen as a Helping Hands Hero.
- Officer Andy Casey is honored as a Helping Hands Hero and Edward tells us all about him.
- Jace & Zoey tell everyone why Fred Woods, Jr is honored as a Torch Team Hero.
- Mary Philyaw is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Marthan shares all about her.
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- U.S.A.!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- Brewton Elementary School Heroes!