Today, 150 students filled the Elkmont 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 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 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 Limestone County Community Alliance. Witheir 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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- Ethan & Reagan lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Coy & Harper tell everyone about the Hero they chose!
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- Mayor Tracy Compton is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by the 2nd graders and Coy & Harper tell us why!
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- Kayden tells everyone about the hero the 3rd graders chose!
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- Randi Thompson is honored as a Torch Team Hero and Kayden read why!
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- 2nd graders take their Helping Hands Pledge!
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- These 2nd graders take their pledge with their Helping Hands arm bands as a reminder ~”Ya gotta do good to be good”
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- 3rd graders taking their Super Citizen Pledge!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- U.S.A.!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- Singing loud and proud!
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Singing in Celebration!
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- Elkmont Elementary School Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes along with Superintendent Dr. Randy Shearouse, Principal Larry Saulsberry, SRO Deputy Pendergrass, and Representative Danny Crawford