Today, 200 fifth grade students from Wilson Hall Middle School and Jackson Intermediate School filled the gymnasium at Wilson Hall. 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 Clarke 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 >
- Laryn & Aaron lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Showing off their Super Citizen Graduation Certificate!
- They are excited to honor their heroes and get their graduation certificates!
- Wilson Hall 5th graders honor Heather Glass as a Torch Team Hero and Lily shares all about why!
- Coach Mark Dukes is honored as a Torch Team Hero by WIlson Hall 5th grade and Khalii tells everyone all about him.
- Jackson Intermediate 5th graders honor Coach Marcus Caster as a Torch Team Hero and Fabian grabs a picture with Claire after his speech!
- Coach Ursula Rozier is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Jackson Intermediate 5th grade and Kaylie tells us all about her!
- Taking their Super Citizens Pledge!
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- U.S.A.!
- Super Citizens singing along to our tour anthem!
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Singing in celebration!
- The students and heroes filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- Clarke County Schools Torch Team Heroes!