Today, students from Central, Underwood, Waterloo, & Wilson Elementary Schools filled the Central Elementary 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 Lauderdale 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 Super Citizen Graduation Certificate!
- They are excited to honor their heroes and get their graduation certificates!
- KayAnna, Lane, Eli, & Halle lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Donny Davis is honored as Waterloo’s Torch Team Hero and Catherine tells us all about him!
- Mason, Curtlynn, & Joshua tell everyone all about why Central honors School Resource Officer Robert Browder as a Torch Team Hero.
- Underwood Principal Brad Chaney is honored as a Torch Team Hero. Maylen & Greyson share all about why!
- Wilson honors Ashley Godsey as a Torch Team Hero and Emma tells us all about her.
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- U.S.A.
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- Singing loud and proud!
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- Lauderdale County Schools Torch Team Heroes!