Today, 2nd and 5th graders from Grove Hill Elementary & Wilson Hall Middle Schools filled the Wilson Hall Middle 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 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 Clarke 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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- These Clarke County 2nd grade students are excited to honor their heroes and get their Hands on Liberty graduation certificates!
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- Showing off their Super Citizen Graduation Certificate!
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- Showing off their Helping Hands Graduation Certificate!
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- Sofia and Carter lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Lydia proudly honored Mayor Ross Wood as her class’s Helping Hands Hero, recognizing his leadership in the community, with his wife, Dawn Wood, accepting the honor on his behalf.
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- Kaylee celebrated the Clarke County Board of Education Maintenance Team—Chuck, Milton, Neal, Jeff, and Lucas—as her class’s Helping Hands Heroes, appreciating the hard work they do behind the scenes each day.
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- Shay recognized Cecelia Adams as her class’s Helping Hands Hero, grateful for the guidance and encouragement she provides to students.
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- Macey Anne proudly honored Kimberly Shears as her class’s Torch Team Hero, celebrating the leadership and encouragement she brings as a coach.
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- Maci recognized Rhonda Pugh as her class’s Torch Team Hero, appreciating the dedication she shows in her role as a coach.
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- Bentley and Markel celebrated Laterrance Taylor as their class’s Torch Team Hero, recognizing the positive impact he has made in their lives.
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- Leading the crowd in song!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to 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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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- U.S.A.!
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- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- We were honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, donors, administrators, and special guests. Thank you to Ashley Flowers, Superintendent; Jackie Daffin, Assistant Superintendent; Dr. Carolyn Taite, Principal of Wilson Hall Middle School; Agatha Grant, Assistant Principal of Wilson Hall Middle School; and Niquitha Merida, Principal of Grove Hill Elementary School, for celebrating with us today!