Today, 2nd graders from Moulton, Mt Hope, Speake, East Lawrence, Hatton, & Hazelwood Elementary Schools filled the Lawrence County High School Auditorium. After finishing 10 weeks in the Super Citizen Program, they are gathered to celebrate their accomplishments and honor local heroes from the stage.
Thanks to Mr. Palmer and his very hands-on teaching, these students have begun learning about their important roles in America’s future. The “Hands on Liberty” DVD series and accompanying activities and lesson plans teach crucial lessons in civics, character, financial literacy and social studies to a tech-centric generation. And in the closing piece of the program, Helping Hands, students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world.
Students chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with Liberty Pins. They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”
See heroes honored and a glimpse of the exciting event in the gallery below!
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the Lawrence 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 >
- Showing off their Helping Hands Graduation Certificate!
- They are excited to honor their heroes and get their graduation certificates!
- Christopher, Matthew, Trace, Laney, & Brennan lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- East Lawrence Assistant Principal Lee Roberts is honored as a Helping Hands Hero and Cashton shares all about him.
- Hatton honors their SRO Officer Chris Long as a a Helping Hands Hero and Tiana tells us all about him.
- King tells us all why Hazelwood honors Jennifer Hogeland as a Helping Hands Herol.
- Moulton SRO Officer Antwon Plott is honored as a Helping Hands Hero and Wheeler tells us all about him.
- Madilyn tells us why Mt Hope SRO Officer Doug Moody is honore as a Helping Hands Hero.
- Ms. Morris’s class at Speake honors their bus driver Sandy Long as a Helping Hands Hero and Ginny shares why!
- Adalyn tells us all why she and her friends in Ms. Borden’s class at Speke honor their counselor LaDonna Cook as a Helping Hands Hero.
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- U.S.A.!
- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- Singing loud and proud!
- The students and heroes 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!
- Lawrence County Helping Hands Heroes!