Today, students from Lakewood, Williams, & Chapman Elementary Schools filled The Royal at StoveHouse. 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 Madison 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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- CJ, Linden, Eris, Blessing, Joseph, and Josiah lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance
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- Kayleigh introduced us all to her class’s Helping Hands Hero, Curriculum Specialist Dr. Micheal Foster!
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- Konnor told us all about Ms. Angela Smith, his class’s Helping Hands Hero.
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- Aliyah’s class chose to honor “Mrs. V”, her schools beloved secretary Genesis Viverette!
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- Ms. Leslie Maples, principal of Chapman Elementary, was honored today as one of our Helping Hands Heroes! Nicholas and Alivia let us know all about it!
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- Much beloved curriculum specialist and army vet Dr. Micheal Foster returned to the stage to accept his Torch Teams award from Jaiden and Elijah!
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- Josiah let us know about how his school’s assistant principal, Ms. Quavis Brown, inspires his class to be true Super Citizens!
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- Leslie and Khloe honored their Torch Team Hero: Ms. Wendy Pearson!
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- These students placed their hands on their heart and promised to be a Super Citizen.
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- Students pledged to “be responsible for what they say and do, in their country, community, family, and school.”
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- Students pledged to be “a good, responsible, and active American.”
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- Mr. Palmer says “you’ve gotta do good to be good,” and these students pledged to do just that.
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- These students placed their hands on their heart and promised to be a Super Citizen.
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- We were incredibly honored to spend the morning celebrating with these Guests, Heroes, and amazing Speech Readers!