Today, more than 325 fifth graders from Swift School and Foley Intermediate School filled the gymnasium at Foley Intermediate 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, 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, AlaTrade Foods, BlueCross Blue Shield of Alabama, and ScreenTech. 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?
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- These fifth graders are excited to honor their Torch Team Heroes.
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- All smiles as they wait to graduate as Super Citizens.
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- The students pose with a graduation certificate.
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- Daniel, Kylee, Jayda and Jairo lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- The students stand to pledge allegiance to the flag.
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- Zane and Andy get a picture with their Torch Team Hero, Officer Labron Williams.
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- Assistant Principal McCurdy was honored today by Kahlia and Kamiyah as well as the entire fifth grade.
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- Mr. Johnson was honored as a Torch Team Hero by Calisa.
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- Deputy David Tetreau was honored today by Jashua as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Kristen Sharp of the Liberty Learning Foundation leads the crowd in the tour anthem “YOU in the USA” with the help of Ashauntee, Dee, Heidi, Seuszanna, Jasmin and BaJackeline.
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- “Only you can keep the YOU in the USA”.
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- The students take the Super Citizen Pledge to remember what they have learned as Super Citizens.
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- The leaders show the motions to the song to get the crowd ready to sing.
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- The students sing about liberty and freedom as Super Citizens.
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- “The the harbor she stands, holding up her hand for everyone who lands in America”.
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- The 2017 Foley Intermediate and Swift School Torch Team Heroes.
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- Branton Bailey(Prinicpal of Foley Intermediate) Officer Labron Williams, David Wilson (Foley Chief of Police and Captain Thurston Bullock
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- The heroes pose for a selfie with the entire Foley fifth grade class.
