Today, McDonnell & Ridgecrest Elementary School students filled The Royal at StoveHouse. 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 Madison 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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- Milan, Bryan, Copeland, and Kimberly lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance
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- Alice told us all about her class’s Helping Hands hero, PTA President Elizabeth Fox!
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- Anjelica and Dianne honored their school’s translator, Ms. Jackie Sanchez!
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- These girls from McDonnell Elementary’s 5th grade honored Ms. Jeanne Hendrix, and let us know all about how she inspires them to be Super Citizens!
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- Ms. Mercedes Toney received her Torch Teams Award from Daniel!
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- These students placed their hands on their heart and promised to be a Super Citizen.
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- Students pledged to be “a good, responsible, and active American.”
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- Students pledged to “be responsible for what they say and do, in their country, community, family, and school.”
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- Students pledged to “be responsible for what they say and do, in their country, community, family, and school.”
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- Students pledged to be “a good, responsible, and active American.”
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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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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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- We were incredibly honored to spend the afternoon celebrating with these Guests, Heroes, and amazing Speech Readers!