Today, second and third grade students filled the Harry N. Mixon Elementary 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 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 Dale 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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- Showing off their Helping Hands Graduation Certificate!
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- Showing off their Super Citizen Graduation Certificate!
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- A’zeric and John lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Kymora and Arya tell everyone why Mr. Knighten Asprin is honored as their Helping Hands Hero
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- Jackson and Creedence led their friends in thanking Cathy Yeatts as their class’s Helping Hands Hero!
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- Alayna & Jackson led their friends in thanking much-beloved Kate Benson as their Helping Hands Hero!
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- Kaliyah and Peyton took the mic to tell us all about their Torch Team Hero, Mr. Devin Shelton!
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- Mrs. Cindy Sanders was honored as a Torch Team Hero! Leilani, Cruz, and Halley told us all about her!
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- Amelia and Skyler honored a true hero, Mrs. Amanda Melby. It was an honor to have such a Super Citizen at our Celebration!
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- Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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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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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- These students are excited to sing along to our tour anthem!
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- U.S.A.!
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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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 honored to spend the morning celebrating with our heroes, students, donors, and special guests. Thank you to Ozark Mayor Charles Ward, Council members Bryan Macario & Winston Jackson, Paige Knight & Linda Johnson with Mary Hill Family Service Center, Hayden Camp- Alabama Dept. of Workforce, Superintendent Reevice Girtman, Ashley Story from Central Office, and Amanda Melby Assistant Principal, for celebrating with us!