Today, 300 2nd and 5th grade students filled the Haleyville 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 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 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 Winston 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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- Cole tells everyone why the 2nd grade chose their Helping Hands Hero.
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- Denise Cagle is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Cole.
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- Ethan shares about his Torch Team Hero.
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- Nurse Paige Hooker is honored as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Kourtney tells everyone why her Hero was chosen.
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- Dr. Brooke Goar is honored as a Torch Team hero by Kourtney.
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- Daniel tells us all about his hero.
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- Dr. Jeff Long is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Daniel.
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- 2nd graders taking their Helping Hands Pledge
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- Haleyville 5th graders take their Super Citizen Pledge!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- U.S.A.!
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- Singing loud and proud!
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- U.S.A.!
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- The students filled the [XYZ] with their voices as they sanUg “YOU in the USA.”
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Haleyville Elementary Helping Hands and Torch Team Heroes.