Today, Pike Liberal Arts 2nd and 3rd grade students filled their 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 Troy Bank and Trust. 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 Super Citizen Graduation Certificate!
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- They are excited to honor their heroes and get their graduation certificates!
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- William and Cody lead students, heroes, and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance!
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- River let us know all about her class’s Helping Hands Hero: beloved custodian Mr. Adam May!
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- Interim Headmaster Mrs. Amy Allen was honored as this class’s Helping Hands Hero, and David told us why!
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- Chandler and Anise’s class were inspired and shown what a true Super Citizen looks like by Officer Christian Drakes!
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- What a wonderful “full circle” moment when we learned today that Officer Christian Drakes went through our Citizen Promise Program as a High School Student in Dothan and is now making a difference in his comunity!
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- These students placed their hands on their heart and promised to be a Super Citizen.
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- Students pledged to be “a good, responsible, and active American.”
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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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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- “Freedom! Liberty! It starts with you and me!”
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- Singing along to our tour anthem!
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- These students are singing our tour anthem loud and proud!
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- We were incredibly honored to spend the morning celebrating with these guests, heroes, teachers, and amazing students!