Today, Madison Cross Roads, Harvest, & Endeavor Elementary School students filled the Sparkman High 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 an 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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- Carmen, Blair. Adalynn, and Beckham lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance!
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- Brooklyn told us all about her class’s hero: Wendy Ingle-Hardin!
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- Evelyn took the mic to tell us all about Endeavor’s 2nd grade class’s Helping Hands Hero, Connie Lewter!
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- Gia and Simon told us about their class’s hero: bus driver Mr. Ricky Murry!
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- Maddy honored her mom, Shelly Bennigsohn as her class’s Torch Team Hero!
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- 2nd grade students pledged to “be responsible for what they say and do, in their country, community, family, and school.”
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- 3rd grade students pledged to “help govern and care for [their] community.”
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- Leading the crowd in song!
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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- Waving their flags in song and celebration!
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- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- We were honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, donors, and special guests. Thank you to Mac McCutcheon with the Madison County Commission, and Dan Spiceland with PeopleTec, Inc. for celebrating with us!
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- We are thankful to Dan Spiceland with PeopleTec, Inc. for his support!
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- We are thankful to Mac McCutcheon from the Madison County Commission for his support!
