Today, more than 150 Irondale Community third grade students filled the 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, 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 Authentic Liberty Replicas . They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”
See the heroes honored in the photo gallery below!
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by The Jefferson 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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- These 3rd graders are excited to celebrate.
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- 3rd graders show off their certificates!
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- Lesi, Herondis, & Caniece lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Kaily honored Rhonda Montgomery as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Deputy Lyndon McCray was honored as a Torch Team Hero by Jer’miah
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- Kaily honored Larry McAdams as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Jer’miah honored Tamara Hue as her Torch Team Hero.
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- Mark, Justin, Nimi, Natalie, Cloe, Michael, Legend, & Andrew lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- The students filled the gym with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- Irondale Community School Torch Team Heroes smile for a photo with the students that honored them.
