Today, 2nd and 5th grade students filled the 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 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 Wilcox 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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- 2nd graders showing off their Helping Hands Graduation Certificate!
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- These 3rd graders are excited to honor their heroes and get their graduation certificates!
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- Lauren & Nevaeh lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Aaliyah tells us why the 2nd grade chose their PE Coach as their Helping Hands Hero.
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- Gary Mingo is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Aaliyah and the 2nd grade.
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- 2nd graders taking their Helping Hands Pledge.
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- These 2nd graders take their Helping Hands Pledge.
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- Alexander tells us why he chose his great grandmother as his Torch Team Hero.
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- Alexander honored his great grandmother Florine Roundtree Smith, posthumously and his grandmother accepts the award.
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- 5th graders taking their Super Citizens Pledge!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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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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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- ABC Elementary Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes along with the students who honored them.