Today, 125 5th graders filled the school cafeteria. 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 Baldwin 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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- Trotter & Hays lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Gracie honored SR Officer Roderick Bolden as a Torch Team Hero and they dropped their mask for a quick picture!
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- Shepherd honored his grandfather, Cecil Christenberry as his Torch Team Hero and they dropped their mask for a quick picture!
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- Taking their Super Citizens Pledge!
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- Pledging to be Super Citizens everyday!
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- Fallon, Molly, WIlliam, PJ, & Anna Scott lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- U.S.A.!
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- Celebrating in song!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- U.S.A.!
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- Fairhope East Torch Team Heroes, the students that honored them and the amazing teachers!