Today, 150 3rd graders from Fairhope East Elementary School filled their cafeteria. 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 Baldwin 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 >
- 2rd graders showing off their Super Citizens Graduation Certificate!
- These 3rd graders are excited to honor their heroes and get their graduation certificates!
- Hunter & Grey lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Mrs. Mitchell & Mrs. O’Connor’s classes chose Ricky Trione as a Torch Team Hero and Harper & Sophie tell us all about him!
- Kenita Bonner-Callwood is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Davis & Ethan and their friends in Mrs. Rasinen & Mrs. Littlepage’s classes.
- Assistant Principal Spencer Segrest is honored as a Torch Team hero by Mrs. Kirtland & Mrs. Thompson’s classes and Liam & Kennedy tell everyone why!
- Taking their Super Citizens Pledge
- Fairhope East 3rd graders taking their Helping Hands Pledge!
- Thank you to our amazing sponsors!
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- U.S.A.!
- Singing in celebration!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- The students wave their flags in song.
- Fairhope East Elementary School Torch Team Heroes!