Today, 175 5th graders filled the Collins Intermediate School Auditorium. 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 Jackson 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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- Conner & Lauren lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Lane honored his dad, Officer Lee Benson as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Matt Brewer is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Mary Jacobs tells us all about him!
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- These Super Citizens lead everyone in our Tour Anthem – Only You 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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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- The students and heroes filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Collins Intermediate Torch Team Heroe!
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- We were excited to get a picture with our Torch Team Hero Officer Benson and his family!
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- We loved getting a picture with Torch Team Hero Matt Brewer and his family!
