Today, more than 175 third grade students filled the Cherokee Elementary 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, 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 Marshall 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 >
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- 3rd graders proudly show off their certificate.
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- Libby shows off the torch and tablet she made!
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- Elena & Cole lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Tina Page is honored as the 3rd graders Torch Team Hero, Layla introduced Ms. Page.
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- These 3rd graders stand together to take their Super Citizens Pledge.
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- Ella Kate, Elijah, Jordyn, Bryan, Jamayah, Jacob, Harley, Lailah, David, & Italey lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- The students filled the gym with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- Cherokee Elementary Torch Team Hero with Layla and Superintendent Brett Stanton.
