Today, 160 students filled the Chaffee 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 civic, 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!”
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the Huntsville City Alliance. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.
Did you see today’s event? Were you as emotional as we were? Will you help us continue this amazing mission?
- Proud Super Citizens holding their graduation certificates.
- Chaffee students show off their Super Citizen certificates.
- A happy graduate of the Super Citizen Program.
- Chaffee students show off their Super Citizen certificates.
- Proud Super Citizens holding their graduation certificates.
- The happy graduates of the Super Citizen Program.
- Deferrel and Alexa lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- The students of Chaffee say the pledge.
- Hero Ms. Craig with students Delaney and Emily.
- Caitlyn and Tyler honor their hero Mrs Bennett.
- Hero Janice Bentry with students Braden and Eli.
- Emily honors her classroom hero Officer Boomer.
- Hero and Coach Mr. Jones being honored by student Chase.
- Studends lead the crowd in the Super Citizen song “YOU in the USA.”
- Chaffee students sing along to “YOU in the USA.”
- Chaffee students sing and do the motions to “YOU in the USA.”
- The students raise their voices together in song.
- The students and their heroes pose for a final picture.
- A few special students who read about what freedom means to them.
- The Chaffee Elementary School Super Citizens.