Today, 5th grade students from Excel, JF Shields, JU Blacksher, & Monroeville Middle filled the Coastal Alabama Community College Nettles 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, students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world.
Students chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with Authentic Liberty Replicas . They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”
See the heroes honored in the photo gallery below!
Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the Monroe 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 >
- Lily, LaQuerrian, Zaelyn, & Jeremy lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Zoey shares why Wanda Blankenship is honored as an Excel Torch Team Hero.
- Berkley is honored as an Excel Torch Team Hero and Harper shares all about her.
- JF Shields honors Carole Jones Banks as a Torch Team Hero and Chloe tells everyone all about why!
- Monroe County School Board Chair Tony Powell is honored as a JU Blacksher Torch Team Hero and Sida tells everyone all about him.
- Lola shares why Monroeville Middle honors Shanna Taite as a Torch Team Hero.
- Bambi Till from Excel wins the Gift Card to use in her classroom! Mrs. Rigsby accepts in her absence.
- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
- U.S.A.!
- We love seeing the students excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
- The students filled the room with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
- Singing along to our tour anthem!
- Monroe County Schools Torch Team Heroes!