Today, more than 125 5th grade students filled their 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 Clarke 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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- Zyron & Tyson lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Officer Margaret Snow is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Andi
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- Lance honored Coach Danny Powell as a Torch Team Hero
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- Madison tells us all why Capt. Anthony Hayes was chosen as a Torch Team Hero and we got a picture with his picture after her speech.
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- Taking their Super Citizens Pledge!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- The students wave their flags in song.
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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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- Having a blast at their Celebration!
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- Principal Taraethia Sullivan shares her pride in her 5th graders as they graduate as Super Citizens!
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- Jackson Intermediate Torch Team Heroes!