Today, more than 350 second and third grade students filled the Harry N Mixon Elementary 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 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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- 2nd graders are excited to celebrate!
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- These 3rd graders are excited to honor their heroes.
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- Ahkari & Jade lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Lorelei honored Lucy Ambler as her Helping Hands Hero.
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- Michael Walker was honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Tristan.
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- Principal Charlotte Smith was honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Kayden.
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- Tiaunna honored Liz Sammuli as her Helping Hands Hero.
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- Logan honored his dad Nate Clark as his Helping Hands Hero.
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- Susan Woods was honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Londyn.
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- Hayden honored Coach Jason Easterling as her Helping Hands Hero.
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- Ava and her friend Khloe honored her dad Josh Biretz as their Torch Team Hero.
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- Aniahya and her friend Micaiah honored her mom as their Torch Team Hero.
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- Riley and Reece honored their grandfather James L. Willis III as their Torch Team Hero.
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- Christian honored his dad James Andrews as his Torch Team Hero.
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- Clyde Hazel was honored as a Torch Team Hero by Trent.
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- Robert Harry was honored as a Torch Team Hero by his grandson Whitman.
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- 2nd graders take their Helping Hands Pledge.
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- These 3rd graders stand together to take their Super Citizens Pledge.
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- These Super Citizens lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- The students filled the gym with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Ozark City Schools Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes, the students that honored them, Principal Lowery, Principal Smith, Superintendent Dr. McIntyre, Mayor Bob Bunting, & Walmart Manager Linda Andrews.