Madison County 2nd & 3rd Grade Students Celebrate their Heroes and become Heroes Themselves!

Today, 525 2nd and 3rd grade students from Walnut Grove, New Market, Hazel Green, & Lynn Fanning Elementary Schools filled the Hazel Green High 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 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.

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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 >

: Everly, Sutton, Ella, Eli, Logan, & Jacob lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.

: Bennett, Nolan, & Lily tell everyone why Walnut Grove 2nd grade chose Holly Whitt as their Helping Hands Hero.

: Adrian Bone is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by the 2nd grade at New Market and Trenton and Bass tell us all about him!

: Lynn Fanning 2nd grade chose Chris Key as their Helping Hands Hero and Nicholas & Kate share why!

: Mrs. Jensen’s class at Hazel Green chose Patricia Bates as a Helping Hands Hero and Lukas tell us why!

: Mia Smith is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Nolan and his friends in Mrs.Magwoods’ class

: Hazel Green SRO Deputy Clay Warmbrod is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Kelley’s class and Hunter tells us all about him.

: Dean Temple is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Ms. Drysdale’s class and Kane shares why!

: Eaegan and her friends in Mrs. Shanefelt’s class honor Amanda Jones as their Helping Hands Hero.

: Gloria McNea is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Bethany and her friends in Mrs. Harry’s class.

: Elliot & Wisdom honor Shean Belle as a Helping Hands Hero for Mrs. Watson’s class.

: Walnut Grove 3rd graders chose Coach William Ryan Swaim as their Torch Team Hero and Grant share all about him!

: 3rd graders at New Market chose Sergeant Major Matt Girard as their Torch Team Hero. His daughter Lily and her friend Saleh tells us why and his wife Melissa Girard accepts for him!