Today, 125 students filled the Farley Elementary School 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 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!”
Torch Team Heroes Honored today:
- Evan McElwain
- Emma Pruett
- Damiyah Reed
- Gabriel Johnson
- Haley Mattox
Helping Hands Heroes Honored today:
- Christopher Fields
- Sasha Zhmaylo
- Caleb Carnes
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by passionate community sponsors. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.
Did you see today’s event? Were you as emotional as we were? Will you help us continue this amazing mission?
- These students are ready to start the celebration.
- Our next great Americans from Farley Elementary.
- Farley students showing off their super citizen graduation certificate.
- Our next great Americans from Farley Elementary.
- These students are ready to start the celebration.
- Students shoFarley students showing off their super citizen graduation certificate. wing off their super citizen graduation certificate.
- The crowd is led in the Pledge of Allegican by: Kathryn, Gavin, Tamara, Myles and Sarah.
- Farley students pledging allegiance to the flag.
- The students of Farley Elementary say the Pledge together.
- Hero Linda Kennedy and student Christopher.
- Shasha reading about his hero.
- Sasha and hero Mr. Robin Conn.
- Caleb reading about the hero.
- Hero Mrs. Barber and student Caleb Carnes.
- Emma with hero Terry Jennings.
- Damiyah hugging hero Edna Falls.
- Hero Edna Falls.
- A hero and the student who represented his classroom.
- Hero Robin Mattox with daughter Haley.
- Kristen Sharp sings “YOU in the USA” with Kaylin, Anna, Lauren and Abi.
- The students sing together ” YOU in the USA”
- The heroes and their student.