Today, 200 Arab Elementary 5th graders 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 Marshall 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 >
- Casen & Cohen lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Rachel tells everyone all about their Torch Team Hero!
- Rachel presents their Torch Team Hero, Sandra Preston with her Statue of Liberty Replica.
- Taking their Super Citizen Pledge!
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- U.S.A.!
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- Principal Jessica McCrary shares with her 5th graders how proud she is of their hard work in becoming Super Citizens!
- Super Citizens with their heroes!
- 5th graders grab a picture after their celebration with their Heroes!
- Celebrating their Hero after with a class picture!
- Super Citizens with their heroes!
- 5th graders grab a picture after their celebration with their Heroes!
- Celebrating their Hero after with a class picture!
- Super Citizens with their heroes!
- 5th graders grab a picture after their celebration with their Heroes!