Today, Abbeville Elementary 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 (or “Helping Hands” for the younger students), students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world. They chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with an Authentic Liberty Replicas & Liberty Pins. They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”
See the Torch Teams & Helping Hands Heroes honored today in the photo gallery below!
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the Henry 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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- Linda and Jer’Ziah lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Greyson led his friends in thanking their much-beloved Deputy Jaxon Blankenship as his class’s Helping Hands Hero!
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- Greyson told everyone why his class chose Mrs. Linda Lawrence as a Helping Hands Hero!
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- Deputy Jaxon Blankenship was honored by Julian as her class’s Torch Team Hero!
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- Jalia shared why Abbeville Elementary’s reading coach, Mrs. Rita Brown was chosen by her class as a Torch Team Hero!
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- Mr. Jeffrey Fuller has shown Abbeville Elementary students what a true Hero looks like! Paisley shared all the reasons why he was chosen as her class’s Torch Team Hero! Mr. Fuller’s niece, Emerald, accepted the award on his behalf!
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- Taking their Helping Hands pledge!
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- Taking their Super Citizen Pledge!
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- Leading the crowd in song!
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- We were honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, donors, and special guests. Thank you to Representative Rick Rehm, and Superintendent Lauri Beasley for celebrating with us!
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- We are grateful to Representative Rick Rehm for his continued support!
