Today, Wilson Hall Middle and Grove Hill Elementary students filled the Wilson Hall Middle 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 an 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 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 >
- Ava and Danny lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance!
- Coleman’s class chose to honor their superintendent, Ms. Ashlie Flowers.
- Sherriff Dewayne Smith is the Helping Hands Hero for Jordyn’s class!
- Malik told us all about his class’s hero, beloved janitor Teresa Gilpin!
- Jaylynn and Braxton introduced us to 5th grade’s hero. Their classmate’s Jayln’s continued resilience and bravery inspires them to be the best they can be for their friends and community.
- Pledging to be a Helping Hand!
- 2nd grade students hold tight to their friend Jayden as they pledge to take care of each other and for their community.
- Taking their Super Citizen Pledge!
- 5th grade students pledged to be “a good, responsible, and active American.”
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
- Students, heroes, and teachers alike singing along to our tour anthem!
- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- We were incredibly honored to spend the afternoon celebrating with our heroes, students, and guests!
- The brand-new Super Citizens of Clarke County!
- These students are celebrating becoming Super Citizens!
- Congratulations to this group of Super Citizens!
- These 5th graders are ready to take on the world and create a better community for everyone now that they are officially Super Citizens!