Today,2nd and 5th grade students of Haleyville Elementary School filled their 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 >
- Blakely & Brooks lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Owen share with everyone why Beth Moore is honored as a Helping Hands Hero. Beth’s children Riley & Luke accept on her behalf.
- Jerry Corsbie is honored as a Helping Hands Hero and Ashawna tells us all about him.
- Anna Brooke tells us all about why Rita Butler is honored as a Torch Team Hero.
- Carson & Ashton honor Chris Webb as a Torch Team Hero.
- Nick tells everyone why Jerry Corsbie was also honored as a Torch Team Hero.
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- Having a blast at the celebration!
- The students and heroes filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- Singing loud and proud!
- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Smiling happily at her Super Citizen Celebration!
- Haleyville Heroes!