225 crown-wearing, flag-waving fifth graders cheered, clapped and counted down to a grand entrance by Libby Liberty™ at Boaz Intermediate School. Fresh off her Next Great Americans Tour, the lady in green brought history to life and introduced students to the 10-week civics, character, financial literacy and social studies program they’ll begin after her tour rolls away.
The Super Citizen experience includes today’s kickoff event, immersive learning and community service projects and will culminate with a graduation celebration that sees students honoring local, everyday heroes from stage.
These crucial lessons are being taught thanks to funding from the Marshall County Community Alliance who understand that these lessons must be taught despite school budget cuts. The day ended with a rousing sing-a-long of the tour’s anthem, “YOU in the U.S.A.”
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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- London and Sam lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Libby’s mouth is 3 feet long, about the length of an electric guitar!
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- Maddox and Hayden help Libby show off her real measurements.
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- Libby’s finger is 8 feet long, the length of a car.
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- You must climb 354 steps to get to Libby’s crown!
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- There are 25 windows in her crown that you can see the beautiful view of the New York Harbor.
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- The spikes on her crown are about the size of a Great White Shark.
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- The Official Libby Liberty™ Selfie!
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- She isn’t green like Shrek, she turned patina through a process called oxidation.
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- Libby reveals her 879 inch shoe size.
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- Libby invites the students to imagine what it would be like to be an immigrant traveling to Ellis Island.
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- Some of us may be descendants of Native Americans!
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- Libby shares the iconic poem “The New Colossus.”
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- Thank you to our amazing sponsors!!
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- You ARE The Next Great Americans!
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- Libby and her leaders sing together for freedom!
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- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
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- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- These Boaz Intermediate students are excited to pose with Libby Liberty™.
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- These Boaz Intermediate students are destined for greatness as they start their Super Citizen Journey!!
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- These great citizens are about to start their Super Citizen journey.
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- Libby gets a picture with these amazing students after the kickoff.
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- Libby greets the wonderful students of Boaz Intermediate!
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- The Next Great Americans of Boaz!
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- These great citizens are about to start their Super Citizen journey.
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- Libby loves getting pictures with real-life Super Citizens and Community Leaders!