Today, more than 250 second and third grade students filled the Madison County Elementary School Auditorium. 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 >
- These 3rd graders proudly pose with these True American Heroes as they show off their graduation certificate .
- These 2nd graders are all smiles as they pose proudly with these True American Heroes!
- Justin, Corde’, & Lilly lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Archer honors his dad, Jason Hysell as a Helping Hands Hero.
- Kelby Sisco is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Anna.
- Abigail honors her dad, Alan Hicks as a Torch Team Hero.
- Steve Ellingsworth is honored a Torch Team Hero by his grandson Brayden.
- Terrence & Leighton honor James Gregory Howard, Sr. “Sarge” as their Torch Team Hero.
- These 3rd graders pledge to be Super Citizens!
- Marisa, Abi, Kit, Lauren, Brady, & Zion lead everyone in our tour anthem!
- U.S.A.!
- The students celebrate in song and proudly wear the logos of their sponsors!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- A True American Hero standing and celebrating with all our Super Citizens!
- The 2017-18 Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes, along with the students that honored them, Madison County Commissioner Craig Hill and some of our favorite American Heroes!
- These Super Citizens couldn’t complete their celebration without posing with these Heroes!