Early County Elementary School Kicks Off Their Super Citizen Programs with a visit from Libby Liberty™!

Today second and fourth grade elementary students from Early County Elementary School came together to kick off the Super Citizen Programs for 2025-2026 School Year. They waved flags, wore Statue of Liberty crowns and counted down for Libby Liberty™ to take the stage. On three huge screens “live video” shows her Next Great Americans tour pulling up to the school and then the real-life Libby walked out from behind the screens!

The lady in green brought history to life and introduced students to the 10-week civic, character, financial literacy and social studies program they will begin when her tour rolls away. She told them that they already have the most important title in the world: “CITIZEN.”

Students in multiple grades are participating in the Super Citizen Program. The younger grades are taught by an innovative civic education program starring Mr. Palmer (the hand-puppet host of the “Hands on Liberty” series).
Upper elementary grades learn from the original Super Citizen Program kit that features lessons, class activities and the emotional, unforgettable “Torch Teams” project-based learning experience. In Torch Teams, students team up, nominate, vote for and, ultimately, honor local heroes from stage at their graduation later this year. They learn that “When you honor a hero, you become a hero.”

Today’s event and the injection of civic learning is free to schools because of generous community sponsors who understand that these crucial lessons must be taught despite school time and budget constraints.

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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 >

: 2nd and 4th graders of Early County Elementary gathered today to meet Libby Liberty™.

: Walter and Kaitlyn lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.

: Libby Liberty™ makes her entrance to greet the students!

: Libby’s mouth is 3 feet long, about the length of an electric guitar!

: Zamarria and Jacob help Libby show off her real measurements.

: Her finger is 8 feet long or about the size of an entire car!

: Libby reveals her 879 inch shoe size.

: From the ground to the top of her torch she is about the length of a football field!

: She isn’t green like Shrek, she turned patina through a process called oxidation.

: Libby’s torch is what lights the way to freedom.

: Do you know what’s written on Libby’s tablet? Here’s a hint: It’s the date of American Independence!

: In the workshop, the artists worked on all the different parts of Libby! They put her together piece by piece, like the most gigantic Lego structure EVER!

: Libby shares Martin Luther King, Jr’s hope that Americans will be judged “not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”