Today, more than 155 2nd and 5th students filled the auditorium at Collinsville High School. 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!”
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 D&F Equipment Sales and passionate community sponsors. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.
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- These Super Citizens show off their graduation certificate before they honor their heroes.
- These are the smiling faces of the graduating Super Citizens.
- Our next great Americans
- The students anxiously await the celebration to honor their heroes.
- Our next great Americans
- These Super Citizens show off their graduation certificate before they honor their heroes.
- These are the smiling faces of the graduating Super Citizens.
- These Super Citizens show off their graduation certificate before they honor their heroes.
- This smiling student shows off his graduation certificate.
- Our next great Americans
- The students anxiously await the celebration to honor their heroes.
- Students Garry and Fernanda honor Amy Robertson as their Torch Team Hero.
- 2nd graders Andrea and Haylie share with the audience why they chose their hero.
- Mr. Stanely was honored by students Andrea and Haylie during the Super Citizen Graduation.
- Stasha Killian and Brent Killian (not pictured) received a Liberty Pin from Marc and Lane for being their Torch Team Hero.
- Hero April Hughes stands next to Addison and Braden who honored her as their hero.
- Officer Tony Barley received a statue of Liberty replica from 5th grader Abigail for being her Torch Team Hero.
- Officer Tony Barley received a statue of Liberty replica from 5th grader Abigail for being her Torch Team Hero.
- The students take the Super Citizen Pledge as they prepare to go out and be our next great Americans.
- The students stand together to sing “Only You”!
- All of todays heroes stand onstage with the students that honored them.